ELECTRIC CALM

They begin with a pause.

- WORDS RAMESH SOMANI

Kochi to Munnar in the Volvo EX30

MOUNTAIN WILD.

SOME JOURNEYS DON'T BEGIN WITH A KEY TWIST OR AN ENGINE ROAR.

They begin with a pause. Kochi does that to you. The air is heavy, palms sway without urgency, and even the traffic feels mildly philosophical. It's a city that doesn't ask where you're going - it asks how fast you plan to get there. And for this episode of Viral Excapés, the answer was simple: not fast at all. Because when Volvo hands you the all-electric EX30, the idea isn't to rush. It's to glide.

Rolling out of Kochi, the first thing you notice is the silence. Not the awkward kind - the good kind. The kind where conversations don't compete with engine noise and playlists don’t need to overpower anything. EVs don’t shout for attention; they whisper confidence. Gaurav, aka Tech Guruji, summed it up perfectly somewhere between a toll booth and a coffee stop: “Electricity goes inside - happiness comes outside.” Science. Pure science.