A good little EV you won’t be able to buy soon: The Volvo EX30 Cross Country

一款你很快就买不到的优秀小型电动车：沃尔沃 EX30 Cross Country

Did you know the average new vehicle in the US grew an inch (25 mm) wider and 22 inches (558 mm) longer between 2013 and 2023? That’s probably obvious to anyone who steps foot outside these days, and it’s a trend that we ought to reverse. Bigger cars might make their occupants feel more secure, but they invariably need more energy to get where they’re going. And with f=ma being what it is, bigger vehicles tend to leave a lasting and deleterious effect on anything unlucky enough to be the other party in a collision. 你知道吗？在 2013 年到 2023 年间，美国新车的平均宽度增加了 1 英寸（25 毫米），长度增加了 22 英寸（558 毫米）。对于如今出门在外的人来说，这显而易见，而且这是一种我们应该扭转的趋势。更大的汽车或许能让乘客感到更安全，但它们在行驶时必然需要消耗更多的能量。根据牛顿第二定律（f=ma），更大的车辆往往会对碰撞中不幸的另一方造成更持久且严重的伤害。

That makes today’s tale a rather bittersweet one, because the Volvo EX30 could be the perfect antidote. It’s a compact and efficient electric crossover with a tiny carbon footprint but no compromises on safety, and it would be perfect for the current moment, except that Volvo recently decided to stop importing the car to the US. With the order books now closed, once the ~1,200-odd cars left in inventory are gone, they’re gone. 这使得今天的故事带有一丝苦涩，因为沃尔沃 EX30 本可以成为完美的解药。它是一款紧凑且高效的电动跨界车，碳足迹极小，同时在安全性上毫不妥协。它本应非常适合当下，但遗憾的是，沃尔沃最近决定停止向美国进口该车型。目前订单簿已经关闭，一旦现有的约 1,200 辆库存售罄，这款车就将彻底告别美国市场。

After teasing us for a while, Volvo finally showed off the EX30 for real in 2023. At the time, the headline news was its price: $34,950 for the rear-wheel drive version before any tax credit. That would have made it one of the cheaper EVs available for sale in the US, but with Volvo’s premium badge attached. That was before geopolitics got involved. 在经过一段时间的预热后，沃尔沃终于在 2023 年正式展示了 EX30。当时，最引人注目的新闻是它的价格：后驱版本在享受任何税收抵免前的起售价为 34,950 美元。这本使其成为美国市场上最便宜的电动车之一，且还带有沃尔沃的高端品牌光环。但那是在地缘政治因素介入之前。

Its diminutive purchase price was predicated on being cheap to manufacture in Zhangjiakou, China. However, heavy tariffs on Chinese-made cars were levied by the Biden administration in 2024, then by the Trump administration the following year, causing Volvo to delay imports while it instead shifted production of US-destined cars to its factory in Ghent, Belgium. However, European-made cars are still subject to a 25 percent tariff, which jacked up the starting price of the EX30 to $40,345 (including destination charge) for the rear-wheel drive version, or $46,345 for the twin-motor all-wheel drive version. 其低廉的售价原本建立在中国张家口工厂低成本制造的基础上。然而，拜登政府在 2024 年对中国制造的汽车征收了高额关税，随后特朗普政府在次年也采取了类似措施，导致沃尔沃推迟了进口，并将美国市场的生产任务转移到了比利时根特的工厂。然而，欧洲制造的汽车仍需缴纳 25% 的关税，这使得 EX30 后驱版的起售价涨至 40,345 美元（含运费），双电机全驱版则涨至 46,345 美元。

Our test car is the EX30 Cross Country, which takes the all-wheel-drive EX30 and adds more ground clearance and some cladding and underbody protection that’s just as useful in a crumbling urban environment or tight Trader Joe’s parking garage as it is on an unpaved forest road. However, this pushes the starting price to nearly $50,000. That might be about the current average new transaction price, but it’s a lot to ask Americans to pay for a compact SUV, particularly an electric one with just 227 miles (365 km) of range. 我们的测试车是 EX30 Cross Country，它在全驱版 EX30 的基础上增加了离地间隙，并配备了一些覆盖件和底盘保护装置。无论是在破损的城市道路、狭窄的超市停车场，还是在未铺装的林间小路上，这些配置都非常实用。然而，这也将起售价推高到了近 50,000 美元。这或许接近目前新车的平均成交价，但对于一款续航里程仅为 227 英里（365 公里）的紧凑型电动 SUV 来说，这对于美国消费者而言确实是一笔不小的开支。

The twin-motor powertrain certainly provides the EX30 Cross Country with plenty of pep: 422 hp (315 kW) and 400 lb-ft (542 Nm) from a pair of identical motors at the front and rear axles. That’s sufficient for a 0–62 mph (0–100 km/h) in just 3.7 seconds, although the 18-inch all-terrain wheel kit (a $3,495 option) fitted to our test car may have made that a little slower. 双电机动力系统确实为 EX30 Cross Country 提供了充沛的动力：前后轴各搭载一台相同的电机，总功率达 422 马力（315 千瓦），扭矩为 400 磅-英尺（542 牛·米）。这足以使其在 3.7 秒内完成 0-62 英里/小时（0-100 公里/小时）的加速，尽管我们测试车上安装的 18 英寸全地形轮毂套件（价值 3,495 美元的选装件）可能会让加速稍慢一些。

The motors are powered by a 65 kWh (net; 69 kWh gross) lithium-ion battery pack, which can DC fast-charge at up to 153 kW and should take a little less than 27 minutes to go from 10 to 80 percent state of charge. Although Volvo announced in 2023 that it would adopt the NACS plug by 2025 for US-market EVs, this didn’t happen for the EX30, which still features a CCS1 socket. 电机由一块 65 kWh（净容量；69 kWh 总容量）的锂离子电池组供电，支持最高 153 kW 的直流快充，从 10% 充至 80% 电量大约需要不到 27 分钟。尽管沃尔沃在 2023 年宣布其美国市场的电动车将在 2025 年采用 NACS 充电接口，但 EX30 并未实现这一点，它依然配备的是 CCS1 接口。

As part of Volvo’s low-cost design, the EX30 makes do with a buttonless interior. There’s no separate main instrument display either; the top section of the central infotainment screen shows a persistent speed and drive mode display instead. The user experience is much like in other Volvos with heavy Android Automotive OS integration, although Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are present, so you can just cast your phone instead. 作为沃尔沃低成本设计的一部分，EX30 采用了无物理按键的内饰。它也没有独立的仪表盘；中央信息娱乐屏幕的顶部区域会常驻显示车速和驾驶模式。其用户体验与其他深度集成 Android Automotive OS 的沃尔沃车型非常相似，不过它也支持 Android Auto 和 Apple CarPlay，因此你也可以直接投屏使用手机。

Despite the minimalism and lack of physical controls, the EX30 interior isn’t a bad place to be—Volvo’s interior designers tend to understand the assignment well, and the textures and materials are pleasant to the touch. I was rather impressed with the storage built into the center console. The upper storage tray retracts into its housing, with the cup holder elements moving separately so you can use it for beverages or just storage, and the lower level has a hinged floor so you can stow loose items or cables for the USB-C ports that you’ll find here. 尽管设计极简且缺乏物理控制，但 EX30 的内饰并不令人反感——沃尔沃的内饰设计师很清楚如何完成任务，其纹理和材料触感舒适。中控台内置的储物空间给我留下了深刻印象。上层储物托盘可以缩回外壳内，杯架组件可以独立移动，既可以放饮料也可以作为储物空间；下层则有一个带铰链的地板，可以用来存放零散物品或此处 USB-C 接口所需的线缆。

This is a small car: 166.7 inches (4,233 mm) long, 72.3 inches (1,838 mm) wide, and 62 inches (1,573 mm) tall, but the 104.3-inch (2,650 mm) wheelbase maximizes the interior space. 这是一款小巧的汽车：车长 166.7 英寸（4,233 毫米），宽 72.3 英寸（1,838 毫米），高 62 英寸（1,573 毫米），但 104.3 英寸（2,650 毫米）的轴距最大限度地利用了内部空间。