Volvo formally unveils the EX30, its compact electrical SUV

After just a few teases, Volvo is lastly revealing the EX30, its extra inexpensive all-electric premium SUV. Designed to have the bottom carbon footprint of all its choices, Volvo’s fourth EV brings the corporate’s plan to go all-electric by 2030 one step nearer to changing into a actuality. 

The EX30 contains all of Volvo’s typical security options and an up to date Park Pilot Help that may show you how to discover parking areas, together with moving into them. It additionally is available in 5 exterior colours and ambient mild choices impressed by Scandinavia, together with a northern lights setting, with paired ambient soundscapes. It comes off extra like what you’d get in a spa than a automotive, however so long as you don’t get too cozy whereas driving, it ought to be good. 

The EX30 is out there as a Single Motor Prolonged Vary or Twin Motor Efficiency. They cost from 10 to 80 % in 26 and a half minutes, have 64 kWh of usable battery and 268 rear horsepower. Plus, there’s 31.9 cubic toes of baggage area. 

Now, the place they differ: The Single Motor is real-wheel drive, providing an estimated vary of 275 miles, going 0 to 60 in 5.1 seconds and with 253 lbs-ft of torque. The Twin Motor is all-wheel drive with a barely shorter vary at 265 miles, goes 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds and has 400 lbs-ft of torque. Constructed with efficiency in thoughts, the Twin Motor delivers 154 extra horsepower (a complete of 422 HP) than its single motor sibling.

The Volvo EX30 is out there for pre-order within the US beginning at $34,950, with a cross-country variant launching subsequent yr. In a press release concerning the EX30’s launch, Volvo’s chief government Jim Rowan commented on the frequent monetary barrier to purchasing an EV. “We all know that worth and value of possession continues to be one of many largest challenges when individuals think about switching to an electrical automotive,” he stated. “With the Volvo EX30, we goal to deliver premium, totally electrical mobility to a wider viewers, serving to to advance and velocity up the transition to full electrification that our business and society wants.” 

The EX30 is considerably cheaper than Volvo’s C40 and XC40 EVs — each with a beginning worth round $55,000 and the upcoming EX90, which Volvo says shall be “below $80,000.”