FEATURE | TIE UP

Translated By DeepL

The new view from STUTS and Volvo's EV cars running into the future.
Future Primitive

With a new view of STUTS,
Volvo's EV car running into the future.

These days, we hear the term "electric vehicle" more and more. The XC40 Recharge Ultimate Twin Motor, an electric vehicle (EV) created by Volvo, a Swedish company born in Scandinavia, a country known for its advanced environmental technologies, is a vehicle that will drive us toward a new future of automobiles. The person who test-drove this Volvo EV this time was STUTS, who continues to make fresh music with the MPC as his weapon of choice, and who also drives a Volvo in his private life. We asked him to take a short cruise around Tokyo behind the wheel of a Volvo EV.

The more you ride, the more you feel its potential.

First, we set off for our first destination, the area near Haneda Airport. As he said he drives four to five days a week, the car is going so smoothly with the flow of traffic that it is hard to believe that this is his first EV car.

It's really very quiet. I don't hear any engine noise at all. The seats are very comfortable, and I drove from Tokyo to Nara by myself the other day to pick up my equipment.

Even when accelerating at high speeds, the engine noise remains overwhelmingly quiet compared to gasoline-powered vehicles. Acceleration is smooth when the accelerator pedal is depressed, and one cannot help but feel the high potential of EV vehicles.

The driver's seat is high and the handling is very smooth. Even people who get carsick easily don't get too drunk.

INFORMATION

Volvo Car Japan

XC40 Recharge Ultimate Twin Motor
¥7,390,000 MSRP
Overall length x overall width x overall height (mm): 4,440 x 1,875 x 1,650
Maximum output: 300 kW
Maximum torque: 660 Nm
Driving range per charge: 484 km
Drivetrain: AWD (all-wheel drive)