Small-car lovers who lament the shortage of inexpensive electrical compact vehicles might get a jolt of power from Volvo’s reveal on Wednesday of its EX30. The totally electrical small SUV 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 accessible dual-motor all-wheel drive.

Volvo says that’s a beginning worth much like that of a comparable gasoline car—and that’s earlier than contemplating that the EX30’s complete value of possession shall 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 lowest 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 is going to may be inbuilt one other place as properly—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, in line with Volvo, though it doesn’t level out particularly whether or not these are EPA-cycle miles. It’s going to get a nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery chemistry in a measurement 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 “a bit over 26.5 minutes,” in line with 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 car its fastest-accelerating car ever. 

“There’s a rising demand from customers 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 right this moment’s EV market. It might be positioned fairly intently 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 relatively 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 shall be 5 vibrant exterior hues which will very properly stand out from the colours you’re used to seeing on newer Volvos. 

Consumers will have the ability to select from certainly one of 4 distinct inside rooms (themes). The EX30 additionally presents the “immersion” of ambient lighting themes harking to Scandinavia, paired with ambient soundscapes. 

The 12.3-inch single-touchscreen interface, in a structure very similar to that of the Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y, may have Google built-in, in addition to digital-key performance offered by way of a variety of telephones. Volvo says that the EX30 shall be prepared for over-the-air software program updates that “will make it higher over time.”

Count on a full set of energetic security objects, together with a security function that stops “dooring” accidents with bicyclists or runners.

2025 Volvo EX30

Volvo EX30 Cross Nation coming

Volvo additionally says that the EX30 shall be supplied in a Cross Nation model subsequent yr, with extra floor clearance, skid plates, black panels, and 19-inch black wheels, with accessible 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 yr. 

Internationally, Volvo factors out that the shopping for course of shall be by way of VolvoCars.com, and it’ll even be making the EX30 accessible by way of Care by Volvo subscription packages, beginning in Europe at 599 euros ($640) a month. For U.S. clients, it clearly factors out {that a} reservation doesn’t assure availability of the chosen trim, and that “retailer worth might fluctuate.”

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 encompass 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 vendor pushback that has not but arrived. Ford is enacting a no-haggle pricing coverage with its EVs beginning in 2024.