The car that set volvo on the way to its electric era

WHY WE RAN IT To see if this veteran might actually be the pick of Volvo’s growing, tech-first EV range Such is the reassuring familiarity of a Volvo SUV that when this EX40 arrived on our fleet sever

Few of the many other cars we test in 2025 will carry the significance of this week’s road test subject. Yes, the Ford Puma Gen-E is just another all-electric compact crossover, and there have been qu

IN WHAT CAR? tests, we prefer to focus on things that can be measured objectively, so looks – a purely subjective matter – don’t influence our judgements. But when I’m choosing a new car for myself, l

FINAL RECKONING

THE ELROQ IS DESPERATELY hard to fault. And believe us, we’ve tried. Basically a shrunken Enyaq, it looks tremendous, drives neatly, is efficient and roomy, balances tech and switchgear, and still dar

THE Volvo EX30 is the smallest SUV in the brand’s line-up but it brings over so much from larger, more luxurious models that it outclasses almost all other cars of its type when it comes to luxury and