It’s the Scandinavian electrical off-roader. Volvo has taken its EX30 compact electrical crossover and given it the rugged remedy that consumers of each crossover available on the market appear to like.
The EX30 Cross Nation is extra than simply attractiveness, too, including some further floor clearance and tires higher suited to tough circumstances to assist enhance its functionality in tough terrain.
25 Years of Swedish Off-Roading
Volvo has been constructing Cross Nation fashions for greater than 25 years. It launched the primary one at the beginning of the crossover and SUV craze in 1997 by taking Subaru’s Outback lead and making it a bit fancier.
The primary one took Volvo’s then-popular V70 wagon and bumped the journey peak an inch and a half, added some cladding, and made just a few different small modifications. It was a success, and Volvo hasn’t stopped constructing Cross Nation fashions since.
This one begins with an EX30 Twin Motor. That’s the super-quick 422-horsepower, 400 pound-feet of torque model of the EX30 that, in customary type, delivers a 265-mile estimated electrical vary.
Volvo follows the normal Cross Nation components and raises the journey peak. The corporate didn’t say how a lot taller will probably be, however about an inch appears probably. Consumers get skid plates entrance and rear, and so they can decide non-compulsory 18-inch all-terrain tires. Although these tires shall be good on gravel, they may lower into the entire vary.
You’ll discover extra cladding on the surface, with new gray-finished wheel arches and a few new plastic all the best way round. As a substitute of an enormous slab of grey plastic on the nostril, Volvo added a topo map of Kebnekaise, which, at 6,880 toes, is the best mountain in Sweden. This being an electrical automobile, it’s arduous not to consider how the glacier’s peak was virtually 100 toes greater when Volvo began constructing vehicles.
Volvo Provides Utility, Not Simply Cladding
The EX30 Cross Nation isn’t simply look elements. Volvo labored to make it purposeful by including cargo options, together with a brand new storage field beneath the middle tunnel. It’s detachable and will be washed, so it’s wonderful for muddy gear and trash. There are bigger door pockets than the usual EX30, and Volvo has added a enjoyable “Will it match?” graphic on the again to see how your gear sizes up.
Then there are the equipment. Volvo will promote a roof basket, load service, and mudflaps for the EX30 CC, together with these 18-inch A/T tires. The corporate calls it the “Cross Nation Expertise” pack.
Volvo mentioned it could element the EX30 Cross Nation’s specs in a while, nearer to the delayed EX30 fashions arriving at sellers. Pricing wasn’t introduced both, however anticipate it to run round $50,000.
