Small-car lovers who lament the dearth of inexpensive electrical compact automobiles could get a jolt of vitality from Volvo’s reveal on Wednesday of its EX30. The totally electrical small SUV, set to incorporate a extra rugged Cross Nation variant, is a key piece of its lineup because it transitions to all-EV—one that may begin at $34,950, doubtless not together with vacation spot, with out there dual-motor all-wheel drive.
Volvo says that’s a beginning worth just like that of a comparable gasoline automobile—and that’s earlier than contemplating that the EX30’s complete value of possession can be decrease than any present Volvo EV and decrease than different totally electrical luxurious rivals.
As the corporate beforehand disclosed, the EX30 is projected to have the bottom carbon footprint of any Volvo ever made. The EX30 is because of be inbuilt China. The automaker hasn’t but detailed whether or not it can could be inbuilt one other place as nicely—as Volvo’s bigger EX90 electrical SUV is because of be constructed each in China and in South Carolina.
2025 Volvo EX30
EX30 vary, charging, acceleration
The EX30 brings with it a complete bunch of fairly spectacular numbers. The one-motor rear-wheel-drive extended-range model begins round $35,000 and can return as much as 275 projected miles, based on Volvo, though it doesn’t level out particularly whether or not these are EPA-cycle miles. It’ll get a nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery chemistry in a dimension not disclosed on Wednesday however reported to be 69 kwh. In Twin Motor variations, amounting to all-wheel drive, the EX30 will have the ability to fast-charge from 10-80% in “somewhat over 26.5 minutes,” based on Volvo, at a peak cost energy of as much as 153 kw.
The 422-hp Twin Motor variations of the EX30 will have the ability to speed up to 60 mph in simply 3.4 seconds—making this comparatively inexpensive automobile its fastest-accelerating automobile ever.
“There’s a rising demand from shoppers globally for small, totally electrical premium SUVs,” Volvo defined in a press launch on the mannequin, maybe clarifying the way it sees the mannequin becoming into at the moment’s EV market. It may very well be positioned fairly carefully in opposition to the Kia Niro EV or Hyundai Kona Electrical, and it’s anticipated to be a couple of inches smaller throughout than the Volvo XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge fashions, however on the time of writing Volvo hasn’t but disclosed dimensions.
2025 Volvo EX30
All of the Volvo cues, with Google inside
The EX30 has a chunky tall-wagon profile, and from first look it seems to not emphasize floor clearance and off-road prowess. As a substitute, it’s a hatchback with a fairly tall roof that arcs easily. A beltline wraps subtly from the entrance across the sides, and resolves in again as a ledge that splits vertical taillights. Bitmapped headlamps borrow the Thor’s Hammer design plus a few of their look from the upcoming EX90, and with a blunt nostril, it echoes some Volvo’s familial front-end design however with out the grille. Additional, Volvo says that there can be 5 vibrant exterior hues which will very nicely stand out from the colours you’re used to seeing on newer Volvos.
Patrons will have the ability to select from certainly one of 4 distinct inside rooms (themes). The EX30 additionally affords the “immersion” of ambient lighting themes harking to Scandinavia, paired with ambient soundscapes.
The 12.3-inch single-touchscreen interface, in a format very like that of the Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y, could have Google built-in, in addition to digital-key performance supplied by means of a variety of telephones. Volvo says that the EX30 can be prepared for over-the-air software program updates that “will make it higher over time.”
Count on a full set of lively security gadgets, together with a security function that forestalls “dooring” accidents with bicyclists or runners.
2025 Volvo EX30 Cross Nation
2025 Volvo EX30 Cross Nation
2025 Volvo EX30 Cross Nation
Volvo EX30 Cross Nation coming
Volvo additionally says that the EX30 can be supplied in a Cross Nation model subsequent 12 months, with extra floor clearance, skid plates, black panels, and 19-inch black wheels, with out there 18-inch wheels. Volvo’s additionally placing a Swedish flag on the hood. Order books for the EX30 Cross Nation will begin in 2024 for that mannequin and manufacturing is due later within the 12 months.
Internationally, Volvo factors out that the shopping for course of can be by means of VolvoCars.com, and it’ll even be making the EX30 out there through Care by Volvo subscription packages, beginning in Europe at 599 euros ($640) a month. For U.S. prospects, it clearly factors out {that a} reservation doesn’t assure availability of the chosen trim, and that “retailer worth could differ.”
2025 Volvo EX30
Volvo says that it plans to promote solely electrical automobiles by 2030, and it’s aiming for half of its gross sales already by mid-decade to include EVs.
Volvo introduced in 2021 a shift to on-line gross sales within the U.S. beginning with its 2022-model-year EVs, in addition to a purchase order course of with out markups, negotiation, and haggling, with “clear and set pricing fashions,” however after supplier pushback that has not but arrived. Ford is enacting a no-haggle pricing coverage with its EVs beginning in 2024.