Volvo to unveil its first electric car XC40 SUV on Oct 16

Stockholm:  Volvo Cars on Wednesday said it is all set to unveil its first fully electric car, XC40 SUV, equipped with a new safety structure for passengers and battery alike, on October 16.
When launched next month, the Volvo XC40 SUV will be one of the safest cars on the road, despite a fresh set of challenges presented by the absence of an internal combustion engine, the Swedish car-maker said.
“Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe,” Malin Ekholm, Head of Safety at Volvo Cars, said in a statement.
“The fully electric XC40 will be one of the safest cars we have ever built.” While building on the safety standards of the original XC40, Volvo Cars safety engineers had to completely redesign and reinforce the frontal structure to deal with the absence of an engine.
“The fundamentals around safety are the same for this car as for any other Volvo. People are inside, and the car needs to be designed to be safe for them,” Ekholm said.