Car review: Fast, safe, highly equipped electric Volvo XC40

Volvo's new XC40 Recharge Pure Electric is the latest charmer. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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SINGAPORE - Driving enthusiasts are power-hungry. They cannot get enough of power. Even more than power, they adore torque. Because accessibility to torque determines how quick a car actually feels in traffic.

Which is why electric cars - with their propensity for immense and instantaneous torque - have charmed their way into people's hearts.

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