
Stay tuned for more details on the new Volvo EX30 as we get them. He believes that Generation Z will rent a car site unseen if the deal has the flexibility they crave. New boss Jim Rowan is adamant that subscription packages – maybe for radically shorter periods, letting young customers flex and choose to run a car for a quarter – will bring in a new demographic. Like the C40, there’ll be demos to test at a dealer, but you’ll order your car online, regardless of whether you’re buying or subscribing.
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The Swedes have been focused on the Care by Volvo subscription service in the past couple of years, which will apply to every new EV. The average price paid for a new 2023 Volvo XC40 B5 Plus Bright 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A) is trending 668 below the manufacturer’s MSRP. Tested vehicle: 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum Plus 4-door 4wd.
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Google’s Android Automotive OS: does it work? IIHS ratings for the 2022 Volvo XC90 4-door SUV - midsize luxury SUV. The interior will major on sustainable materials. Whatever it’s called, expect the baby SUV to carry across much of the Volvo technical infrastructure, including its Google-based Android OS infotainment. This is why we expect the name to be EX30, not EX40. We need to expand even more there, and we’re planning something smaller even than the 40 Series.’ We’ll still have them, but probably not as many, with more SUV models instead. Previous Volvo boss Håkan Samuelsson told CAR magazine back in 2021: ‘We’ll need fewer saloon and estate variants in future. The battery size is estimated at 68kWh, if it reuses the pack from the Smart, pointing to a 250-mile electric range. The new small crossover, designed to compete with the Ford Puma, Vauxhall Mokka e and Peugeot e-2008, is expected it to have just one e-motor for front-wheel drive – unlike the XC40 and C40. Volvo has been experimenting with smaller electric cars with its XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge models, but the EX30 promises to be a big leap forwards.

Volvo’s electric plans explained Volvo EX30: what we know Since electricity is not measured in gallons, a conversion factor is used to translate the fuel economy into miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent (MPGe). Expect a footprint around 4.3m long – placing it slap bang against the new Hyundai Kona, Mini Countryman and upcoming Renault 4 EV.Īnd if there’s an EX90 and an EX30, an EX60 can’t be far behind… It will most likely share the Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform with the Smart #1 or Zeekr X, also part of the Geely family. That logic would dictate that the EX30 could replace the current XC40 first shown in 2017, in the same staggered way that the EX90 will replace the XC90 (which in some markets will continue as a non-EV, but with an EX-inspired new look).
