The Volvo EX30 is without doubt one of the extra fascinating EVs round, maybe as a result of it’s so completely different. Distinctive in design (so cool), distinctive in measurement (it’s tiny, and never only for a Volvo), distinctive in UI (maybe you’ve heard concerning the zero-buttons, no meter/HUD method) and – as Hafriz Shah discovered in Sweden – distinctive to drive as properly. The latter was a shock to the tester.
Volvo Automotive Malaysia (VCM) is all set for the launch the Volvo EX30, which is simply across the nook now. Registration of curiosity is already open, and a number of other items of the EV have been noticed on a trailer heading to Port Klang final month. This implies that CKD native meeting at Volvo’s Shah Alam plant has already began, and exports have begun.
The EX30 is Volvo’s smallest automotive (ever?). Constructed on the Geely’s Scalable Electrical Structure (SEA) platform that additionally underpins the sensible #1, sensible #3 and upcoming Zeekr X, the devoted EV is simply 4,223 mm lengthy, 1,837 mm vast and simply 1,555 mm tall, which is 202 mm, 26 mm and 97 mm lower than the XC40, respectively. Its 2,650 mm wheelbase is 52 mm shorter than the smallest XC mannequin. The EX30 can also be a lot smaller than its sensible cousins.
The EX30 is already out there in Thailand and Indonesia. Within the Land of Smiles, three variants are being supplied. All function a 69 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery pack with max charging charges of 11 kW AC and 153 kW DC.
The Core Single Motor Prolonged Vary and Extremely Single Motor Prolonged Vary have a rear-mounted motor rated at 272 PS (200 kW) and 343 Nm, with a WLTP vary of 480 km. The Extremely Twin Motor Efficiency range-topper provides on a entrance motor to make it 428 PS (315 kW), 543 Nm and 460 km of WLTP vary.
Over in Indonesia, there’s no AWD mannequin however RWD consumers get two battery packs to select from. The bottom Plus has a 51 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) unit for 344 km vary, whereas the top-spec Extremely Prolonged Vary will get a 69 kWh NMC battery for 480 km vary.
We’ll quickly know the variants Malaysia will get. For now, try our video evaluate and inform us what you consider the Volvo EX30. From RM200k OK?
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