2025 Volvo EX30: Overview, Costs, and Specs | The Every day Drive

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2025 Volvo EX30 Twin Motor Efficiency Extremely

Specs

Class: Subcompact Crossover

Nation of Manufacture: China

Shade: Moss Yellow

Miles pushed: 201

Battery capability: 64 kWh

EPA-Estimate MPGe: 116 metropolis/100 hwy/109 mixed

EPA-estimated driving vary: 253 miles

Client Information vary estimate (excellent situations): 253+ miles

Cost Port Location: Rear driver-side fender

Snow Efficiency: N/A

Base worth (2024): $46,600 (not together with $1295 vacation spot cost)

Choices on check automobile: Local weather Package deal ($500)

Value as examined: $48,395

Professionals and Cons

The nice: Fashionable design, wonderful energy, enjoyable to drive

The nice: Fairly priced, roomy cabin

The not so good: No old-school speedometer, middling vary

Overview

There are literally two methods I may have opened this overview. One addresses how delighted I’m by the brand new Volvo EX30’s recent designthe opposite particulars this poor automobile’s tough journey to america. However, within the curiosity of speaking in regards to the product first, we are going to handle the little electrical Volvo’s tariff woes momentarily.

New and Contemporary

So, the excellent news first: The EX30 is well one of many newest-feeling automobiles I’ve pushed in years. Now, 2025 has been a banner 12 months for brand new rides. I rank among the many finest automobiles I’ve pushed this 12 months the Kia k4 small sedan, Lincoln Nautilus premium midsize crossover, Subaru Forester Hybridand the Toyota Crown Signia. However, that mentioned, I’m most impressed by the pleasant little Sino-Swede.

Design

Volvo’s all-new subcompact electrical crossover appears enjoyable and easy on the surface, and boasts some of the elegantly easy cabins in the marketplace. In the event you’re aware of Tesla cabins, what had been speaking about right here, although the Volvo inside comes off as extra trendy, and fewer austere.

Tariffs

There’s one other story right here…and it has a tragic ending. However, not too unhappy.

When Volvo first meant to launched the EX30 in the summertime of 2024, the Chinese language-built automobile was slated to start out at simply $36,245 (together with vacation spot cost), this for a single-motor, base mannequin. However for a lot of causes, the small electrical Volvo is simply trickling into U.S. showrooms as this overview is revealed—a few 12 months and a half not on time.

Chinese language EVs

Through the manufacturing delay, a 100-percent tariff on Chinese language-built EVs was enacted by the Biden administration, and has remained in impact beneath the present presidential regime. As these import taxes are prohibitive, Volvo shortly moved to switch EX30 manufacturing from China to a manufacturing unit in Ghent, Belgium.

Belgium

Whereas the manufacturing transfer does permit Volvo to dodge the Chinese language-car tariff, it does elevate the priced of manufacturing the EX30, on account of larger European Union (EU) labor prices. Thus, we are going to by no means see a $36,000 EX30 within the States. For the second, Volvo will solely import from Belgium the topline Twin Motor Efficiency Extremely. And, all issues thought of, it represents spectacular worth. Notice that our check automobile, as depicted right here, was among the many few EX30s imported to the U.S. from China. Per Volvo, shoppers is not going to discover a distinction between automobiles assembled in China and Europe.

However sufficient backstory. Let’s speak about driving the EX30…

Check Automotive

Client Information’s check automobile—seen right here in Moss Yellow—got here to $48,395 together with vacation spot cost. Our check automobile’s solely possibility was the $500 Local weather Package deal.

Trim Ranges

For 2026, a barely less-expensive Plus trim degree can be added to the lineup, as will a rugged Cross Nation variant. Each will characteristic dual-motor AWD. The Cross Nation will characteristic off-road themed trim, in addition to a small improve in experience peak for added floor clearance. The initially scheduled single-motor base mannequin is not in Volvo’s plans for the U.S.

Cabin

Entering into the EX30 is an thrilling journey into the long run. The simplicity of the design, the dearth of bodily switchgear, and basic openness contribute to the feeling of futurism come to life. To some extent, the cabin’s simplicity is a operate of Volvo’s efforts to maintain manufacturing prices of the EX30 down, however the internet impact in fairly constructive.

Touchscreen and Controls

Nearly each management is situated on the touchscreen, with local weather features situated on the backside of the display screen. The normally array of redundant controls will be discovered on the steering wheel.

Moreover, there is no such thing as a conventional instrument panel situated in entrance of the driving force, as an alternative, velocity and vary data is displayed on the console touchscreen. Whereas we typically choose precise knobs, switches, and speedometers,  we shortly acclimated to the EX30 setup.

Trip and Dealing with

Underway the EX30 is a delight. The little EV is amazingly fast, and is all kinds of enjoyable to drive. After we say the ’30 handles properly, we don’t imply within the conventional, hunkered-down, sports-car idiom, however in a spunkier, light-on-its-feet type of means. Of us who keep in mind how Volkswagens of the Eighties felt to drive will know what we’re speaking about. That mentioned, we’d respect a bit extra really feel and heft from the steering.

Energy and Efficiency

As for energy, the EX30 boasts an abundance. The twin-motor setup is rated at 422 horsepower, and helps the little Volvo dash to 60 mph from a cease in lower than 4 seconds. A 64-kWh battery is the one power-storage possibility, and within the case of our check automobile yields an EPA estimated 253 miles of vary. Throughout our fair-weather testing, that vary estimated proved to be conservative.

Charging

As this may develop into a problem—or no less than consideration—transferring ahead, notice that the EX30 is provided with a standard CCS cost port, and isn’t but geared up with the trending NACS system which permits entry to the Tesla Supercharger Community, although a easy adapter fixes that downside.

Worth

Truthfully, although Volvo wasn’t capable of retail the EX30 for round $35,000, we discover this loaded instance at beneath $50,000 a fairly compelling worth. We wouldn’t thoughts a bit extra vary, and perhaps the controls have been over simplified, however we’re in any other case charmed by this straightforward, fun-to-drive, character-packed little Swede. If it is available in at an identical worth, the 2026 Cross Nation could also be much more fascinating.

And whereas it’s a disgrace that the tariff state of affairs has restricted Volvo’s plans for this feisty and futuristic electrical automobile, we’re simply glad it acquired right here in any respect.

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