Volvo Automobile Australia has confirmed the EX30, the model’s smallest SUV but, is coming to Australia later this yr.
Not a lot is understood concerning the EX30 but, though Volvo teased an image of it late final yr forward of its international launch this yr revealing comparable boxy styling and lighting parts to the flagship EX90.
The automobile is predicted to supply solely all-electric powertrains and be produced in China for native and export markets.
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Volvo has excessive hopes for the small electrical crossover saying it can play a “large half” in reaching its formidable gross sales goal of 1.2 million automobiles per yr by 2025.
Whereas pricing will not be revealed till later this yr, Volvo CEO Jim Rowan has previously said he expects the crossover to “attain a special value demographic”.
Smaller battery choices which Mr Rowan says will enable patrons to “select the vary that most closely fits their way of life and their finances” are anticipated to assist carry pricing down.
In some markets Volvo might provide a subscription service for a minimal three-month time period to additionally encourage patrons, though the corporate will not provide swappable batteries as some Chinese language automakers are doing.
It says it will not do that on account of security causes. The battery has been positioned in a location which is in an ‘integral’ a part of the automotive’s crashworthiness.
The EX30 is predicted to be smaller than the C40 and XC40that are each over 4.Four meters lengthy.
For the time being the most affordable all-electric Volvo in Australia is the XC40 Recharge Pure Electrical, which begins at $73,990 earlier than on-road prices.
Volvo plans to turn out to be an EV-only model by 2030, with its Australian line-up going all-electric by 2026.
The Swedish carmaker, a part of the Geely empire, says it plans to be Australia’s first producer to completely transition to pure-electric energy.
At the moment Volvo gives solely two EVs, the XC40 Recharge Pure Electrical and the C40 Recharge Pure Electrical, with the massive EX90 to hitch them domestically late in 2024.
