Volvo EX30 2024 Review | BEST NEW Budget EV?

The Volvo EX30 sits right in the entry line up of EV's but is it any good? I've had use of it for the past week and I've found some surprising and interesting things!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:48 Exterior
4:43 Rear
5:34 Frunk or Fruit!
6:08 Rear Seats
8:06 Front Seats
14:51 Multimedia System
16:50 Drive
18:43 Electric Motors
22:02 Two Launches!

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[VolvoEXPerformance]

The charge bug was fixed in the 1.4 update :)

[eilifnrgaard]

I love my EX30 Ultra. Even if the range is not that impressive, it’s just a joy to drive it. And the design is beautiful.
A great car for a couple or a single.

[coinshooters]

Hi Nick been following you Mercedes reviews , and now its time to change my B180 which I love, loving the look of this Volvo , honestly what do you think, stay with the Mercs or jump ship ?, any advice appreciated, love your reviews 👍

[leemccourt]

My review of the EX30, I’ve had mine for a few weeks, 24 plate, plus model.
Things I didn’t see in any reviews
1: the key, or lack of, the key is a plastic card, credit card size, or a black box ( size of a matchbox) both east to loss and hard to use. The card has to be put on the sensor on the drivers door then put on the wireless charger point so you can’t charge your phone, the black box should open the car when you get close, but not always and lock when walking away, but not always, it has no buttons, no sign of where the battery goes and no hole for a key ring. To open the boot, you need to unlock the car first.
2: air con, the heating/cooling system is an air pump, while better for battery life, unlike most EVs takes a while to get to temperature like an diesel car, the vents while looking good, are on or off, nothing in between, and very poor direction control, also the app can start the air con, but you can’t set the temperature, very odd
3: charging the battery, can’t set the battery to charge to anything other then 100% no good for long term use, and when the charge is done, you have to unlock the car to disconnect the plug
4: the Plus has a 51kw battery giving 160 miles on full charge, not great
5: the Plus doesn’t have park pilot or front camera for parking
6: default settings, the distance control sets to long and have to reset every time, the eye sensor that tells you off for looking at your mirrors and the screen with all the info on can be turned off but again every time
My last EV a Cupra born V1 had all of the above and a 57kw battery range 250, and cost a lot less.

[kevinliley]

Nice comprehensive video. Performance mode engages the front and rear motors permanently, giving that immediate kick. You can almost feel the car rear up and be ready for action. Without the mode switched on, you still have access to the front motor (the car has a default rear motor bias) but it takes a split second for a clutch to engage and make it available. I have a twin motor Ultra and love it. As we are empty nesters, the size is perfect and the rear seats don’t get used that much.

[Silpophow]

Excellent Video Nick 🎉I've ordered the Ex30 Extended range plus 🎉comes November 7th 🎉can't wait my 1st EV 🎉

[truenorth]

Thank you! Finally a EX30-review that don´t claim to be MY2025 when it obviously aint.🙌 Will soon get my 2025 EX30 (7 weeks away) as a service car for working at Volvo Cars. Will be intresting to see how it performs.

[briandicker]

Great review Nick. Glad you liked the EX30 . I've had an EX30 Ultra for 3 weeks now and I'm delighted with it. We've had MB in recent years and wanted to move to an EV but unfortunately the price of a MB EV was way out of our budget. The build quality of the EX30 is very solid and the trim feels very luxurious on the Ultra. The only gripe I have the Box Key that works when it thinks it will. Brian .Blandford

[johnafish]

Ford Sierra had the window switches in the middle in the 1980's, same for the Rover SD1, in fact such placement used to be very common.

[Markyreg]

Thanks for another great review Nick 😎

[chrispoole]

Good job Nick! Would you hold out for a 25MY if you had the choice?

[Mattza]

Another fantastic review Nick, but you still haven't converted myself from my CLA night edition 👍

[davesmith]

Roaming around 6:20 out the rear window, I see some alternate Plan B forms of transportation (just in case the electric power grid should fail). The interior design could lead to a few hours of conversation. Tesla is Tesla, but wouldn't it make some sense to keep interiors similar to gasoline cars, and ease the consumer into EV, instead of going radical change there, too? The lack of instrument cluster, and the tablet in the middle, throws me off on the aesthetics. Same with all tablets. They should get the exterior design team in to design the interior.

[Vlatard]

I read tons of comments from some theoretical EX30 owners about problems with the remote access key. Maybe I haven't had the car long enough, but so far it hasn't had a single error or malfunction. It's just knowing how to use the door handle. zero problems.
What I do believe is that in a car without buttons, you will always miss the possibility of opening or closing remotely, or if you want to open the passenger door, or for it not to close when you leave the car leaving someone in the car. inside and when you try to leave the alarm starts to sound. That is to say, they are errors in concept, but not in operation.

Hope that phone Key (when arrive) will solve many of this issues.

[kencarruthers]

Thanks for another good review Nick. The first all EV (not hybrid) that looks tempting to me. Can you say how comfortable (or not) you found the seats please? Also, the glass roof looks good from inside but does it open at all? Ken

[andyhill]

Great review thanks.
How does this compare to the Mercedes EQA?

[graafisk]

EX30 twin motor performance ultra Moss Yellow in Denmark — love it! The only thing lacking is built-in internet (internal struggle with Scandinavian supplier) so we have to manually connect our own EVERY TIME for maps to be useful. Otherwise, amazing car.

[AlexanderSmith-lteg]

Ordered a EX30 Ultra SMER in white, breeze interior 😊 Told January 2025 hoping for sooner. Good review 😊

[Hornetville]

almost went for the EX30 Ultra over the EQA 300 but due to black painted roof backed out especially being on the coast

[barneyreichman]

Great review. I've had my EX30 twin motor ultra for a few weeks now. Some niggles but overall all very good. Although easy to drive it does have some complex systems which are poorly explained in the Users Manual. The Auto-Brake is one such system and even the Volvo master technician at my Volvo dealership is uncertain how it should work, I'm still waiting for an answer from Volvo UK.