Driving the 2025 Volvo EX30 Seals the Deal

The 2025 Volvo EX30 is coming to U.S. shores VERY SOON, and it’s set to be one of the most exciting EVs we’ve seen in quite some time. It’s an affordable EV that’s priced to fly off dealer lots and has brought a TON of interest to the Volvo brand. It’s also an electric car that’s courted a bit of controversy of late with the Biden administration steeply increasing tariffs on Chinese-bought cars. We’ll ask Volvo about that as we take one of the first drives of this compact SUV on American roads.

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0:00 Introduction
0:23 Exterior Walkaround
2:36 Interior Features
5:52 On the Road
11:27 Conclusions

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[EVPulse]

Wondering about range? Volvo tells us it expects over 250 miles on the EPA test cycle. However, at the time of publication, the automaker is awaiting final figures.

[systemler]

Just had one while my xc60 in for service...ex30 is absolutely stunning

[HelmutBemboka]

Pretty sure that's a MY24. MY25 has the "EX30" lettering on the back hatch, not on the C pillars.

[bobnelsonfr]

We (wife and I) have been driving Citroën C4 Picasso minivans for well over a decade. There are no guages in front of the driver. Everything is under a large cowl in the middle of the immense dash. That's to say, well to the right of the driver's line of sight. It took only minutes to get accustomed.

[randomcheese]

never been that big of a Volvo fan, but this looks really cool. I'm impressed with the innovation especially in the interior.

[OwenFromOhio]

As one with a $500 Reservation on this car, I appreciate a video that I thought was coming from the USA. The parked car had a South Carolina Plate on the back, but the car while driving had European Plants on the front and back? I also appreciate, kind of, the Tariff question as that non-answer is basically what my dealer has to say on the subject? In nearly a year, we USA Reservers/buyers haven't heard a word from Volvo about our Configuration Date and certainly not a Delivery Date. I guess I'm somewhat relieved that after watching hundreds of European Review/Delivery videos to see now two videos with the same Volvo Rep in the car... and maybe from the good old USA.

[gao]

The leg room in the back seat is quite disappointing.

[davidgiles]

Looks like an very compelling (relatively) lower priced EV option. HOWEVER, why not offer even a simple HUD that displays basic necessary info (like speed)??? It's baffling to me that auto manufacturers these days don't want to incorporate simple solutions... 10, 000 glances for a center screen speedo vs. about 100 glances that it took me to get used to my EV6's HUD.

[normantang]

Does the roof have a cover you can slide in to close? I haven't seen any review mentioning that feature.

[richwhilecooper]

Wifey picks up her Dual Motor top spec EX30 next Friday. It replaces a long line of Mini Cooper Ss but Mini did not seem to come up with a similar offering and wanted a staggering 8.9% apr with no dealer contribution, while Volvo was 2.9% apr with £1k dealer contribution. Way to lose a customer, mini. Plus the Volvo looks way more futurustic. The drive in tje ex30 is amazing.

[SoloTraveler]

Craig always enjoy your reviews. Nice to find you still sharing your expertise.

[fwiler]

Whoever thought speedometer should be in center of console is an idiot. Heads up display is so inexpensive if you're too cheap to have a standard speedometer. The carbon footprint of a tiny screen is a laughable excuse. Your screen is so huge, you could have two smaller screens thus taking same carbon footprint. And no physical controls and no haptic feedback is another issue. Look at the backlash Honda got for removing a physical knob for volume control of the stereo to a touch interface. It was so bad, they switched back the very next year.

[thenetworkarchitectchannel]

I think it will be a winner in the segment. Thx for the video. I enjoyed watching.

[winc]

Not likely to be here after the 100 percent tariff announced on Chinese electric vehicles. No one is going to buy it at twice the price.

[PaulHo]

It's not the C30 we deserve, but I see this checking a lot of boxes for a lot of people.

[AdamJakowenko]

Great review. Sustainability is nice but no gauge cluster or HUD is clearly primarily a cost saving measure, one which buyers at this price point will have to decide if it's worth it. I'm positive they started there, then someone in a board room said "figure out a way to justify this as a safety feature". I'm sure many will get used to it, but for me it's a deal breaker (That and the dumb 2 switches for all 4 windows thing, which ID.4 owners have been complaining about for years now). Kris Rifa also lambasted the UI for its frustrating inability to easily access frequent functions, which he demonstrated in his review...I'm curious if they updated the software or you just had a very different experience

[alexjones]

Its simply too expensive for this segment, at $68k drive away here in Australia. This puts it $6k ahead of the base Tesla Model Y. Ouch!

[mightywallaby]

I’d be waiting for the Kia EV3. It has legroom in the back, heaps more boot storage, buttons and a heads up display. Likely to be cheaper as well.

[ZEMC]

The C40 recharge has steering column shakes at highway speeds hope they worked those kinks out on this model

[richardshiggins]

You omitted to state the battery capacity in KWh .