• Volvo’s totally electrical small SUV provides an extra title to its spectacular honours checklist
• Topgear.com declares all-new mannequin “blows every other EV in the £35k bracket into the weeds”
The Volvo EX30 continues to assemble award-winning momentum, being topped the Best EV Crossover within the 2024 Topgear.com Electric Awards. It is the newest accolade in a rising checklist of honours – now into double figures – bestowed on the small SUV inside its first few months on sale.
Announcing the mannequin’s newest success, Ollie Marriage, Head of Car Testing at Top Gear, mentioned: “The EX30 manages to play to Volvo’s traditional strengths, yet also pushes into new areas. It’s compact, easy to place, has just enough space inside for four and enough range to be daily usable. Outwardly it looks neat yet tough; inwardly the quality and tactility blow every other EV in the £35k bracket into the weeds.”
Nicole Melillo Shaw, Volvo Car UK Managing Director, mentioned: “The value of this award goes beyond being another title for our landmark EV. It strengthens the positive consensus of opinion of the EX30, building awareness not just of its individual qualities, but also our wider strategy to deliver desirable, practical and sustainable electrified mobility.”
The notable awards gathered up to now by the EX30 embody automotive of the 12 months titles from The Sun, Carwow and Electrifying.com. It was named World Urban Car within the World Car Awards and Eco Warrior of the Year within the Topgear.com Awards, and has gained a number of class awards for small SUVs and household vehicles, together with Best EV Small SUV on the latest Fleet World Great British Fleet Awards. Its design excellence was additionally rewarded with a ‘Best of the Best’ award within the Red Dot Design Awards.
The EX30 has been developed with a deal with environment friendly efficiency and whole-life sustainability, leading to it having the smallest carbon footprint of any Volvo automotive thus far. Its battery electrical powertrain supplies a driving vary of as much as 296 miles, whereas utilizing a DC energy provide means it takes from simply 26 minutes to cost the battery from 10 to 80% capability.
For extra info on the Volvo EX30, and to make use of the net configurator, go to www.volvocars.co.uk.