2024 Volvo EX30

2024 Volvo EX30 Revealed

Meet the new 2024 Volvo EX30, the Swedish brand’s compact SUV offering. Good news, it has been confirmed for South Africa!

The 2024 Volvo EX30 has just been revealed and the B-segment entrant brings a new generation of sustainable manufacturing and electrified mobility to the table. Physically, it will be the most compact Volvo product and positioned below the XC40.

Under the skin is Geely’s electric car architecture and the new EX30 will be assembled in China.

There’ll be multiple configurations of the 2024 Volvo EX30, with single motor and rear-wheel drive and dual-motor, all-wheel drive. The entry-level model features 200 kW and 343 Nm, and it’ll hit 100 kph in 5.7 seconds. Thanks to a lithium-ion phosphate battery with 54 kWh, a range of 344 km is possible based on the WLTP cycle.

You can go for the Single Motor Extended range model that replaces the 54 kWh battery with a 69 kWh unit that increases the performance (down to 5.3 seconds) and a range of 480 km.

If you’re wanting some serious performance, then the EX30 Twin Motor Performance should be your port of call. With 315 kW and 543 Nm driving all four wheels, a 0-100 kph of 3.4 seconds is possible. You’ll be penalised for the performance as the additional power, performance and weight reduces the battery range down to 460 km based on the WLTP cycle.

2024 Volvo EX30 Coming to South Africa?

Volvo SA has confirmed its new compact B-segment SUV will be coming to South Africa in early 2024. Here’s how much you can expect to pay for it.

EX30 Core Single Motor R775 900
EX30 Plus Single Extended Range R865 900
EX30 Plus Twin Motor Performance R935 900
EX30 Ultra Single Motor ER R965 900
EX30 Ultra Twin Motor Performance R995 900

 
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Volvo EX30 is official - a small and affordable SUV that’s big on performance and features.

Volvo has finally taken the covers off its smallest electric vehicle - the EX30 is small, and yet the company refers to it as an SUV, not a crossover. The newcomer has plenty of performance, it has good levels of equipment - just as any Volvo should. And yet Volvo wants the EX30 to be affordable - where’s the compromise, is the company cutting any corners?

The EX30 is quite a car for Volvo - it is its smallest SUV ever and, in the AWD version, it is the fastest-ever production Volvo to have left the factory. Quite a pair of boots to fill in for the little fella. We won’t know if it truly lives up to the promises until the first road tests, but at least on paper, it looks very promising.

Starting with the one everyone asks about first - the performance. There are three powertrains available and two battery sizes to choose from. The entry-level model uses only one electric motor coupled with the smaller 51 kWh LFP battery pack. It will be the cheapest option by far. And it will offer 344 km of range, it deals with the 0 to 100 km/h sprint in 5.7 seconds, and it tops out at 180 km/h.

 
Phew! The future of Volvo still has wagons in it

The EX30 is a weeny SUV that’ll bring new people to Volvo. But not at the expense of its bread and butter

You could fairly identify Volvo as an SUV brand nowadays. Most of its sales are in that market and its most significant new model in some time – the EX30 – is unmistakably crossover shaped. We’re delighted to report its estate cars remain safe, though.

"Volvo is not a company that disregards it heritage," says its head of global offer, Warren Davidson. "SUVs are extremely important to us but they’re not the only part of what we do. We’ve done beautiful wagons for years."

The latest generation Volvos sit atop a scalable Geely platform that brings both the flexibility and economies of scale that’ll keep the kind of cars we love viable for production. Expect a fully electric wagon in the near future, too.

"Some of our competitors have moved away from this kind of car but we still see a strong market for it," adds head of strategy Erik Severinson, who also claims those economies of scale are what’s given the EX30 such a low entry price.

 
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