{"id":1137136,"date":"2023-05-09T05:05:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1137136"},"modified":"2023-05-09T05:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:05:34","slug":"volvos-compact-electric-suv-will-be-called-the-ex30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1137136","title":{"rendered":"Volvo\u2019s compact electric SUV will be called the EX30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo has revealed the name for its upcoming fully electric small SUV in a teaser showing its official launch date. The vehicle is called EX30, and a previous report from the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/volvo\/106855\/new-all-electric-volvo-ex30-target-mini\"><em>Auto Express<\/em><\/a> suggests that it&#8217;s targeting MINI&#8217;s electric vehicles. Volvo first teased the compact SUV when it <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/volvo-officially-reveals-the-ex90-ev-suv-its-safest-car-ever-144414196.html\">announced the EX90<\/a>, which the company calls its &#8220;safest car ever,&#8221; last year. Apparently, it shares several design components with the EX90, including its sharply angled hatchback form factor and its tail light.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The EX30 will reportedly use the electric vehicle platform developed by Volvo parent company Geely. Smart, an automative brand established as a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and Geely, already used the platform for its <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/smart-number-1-ev-production-model-184859916.html\">compact electric SUV called the #1<\/a>. That&#8217;s why <em>Auto Express<\/em> expects the EX30 to be available as a 268-horsepower single-motor vehicle like the #1 or as a 400-horsepower four-wheel drive vehicle similar to Volvo&#8217;s older EVs.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like other automakers, Volvo Cars aims to go fully electric by 2030 and unveiled its first electric vehicle, the XC40 Recharge SUV, back in 2019. It also launched a curvier version of it, the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/copy-of-volvos-c-40-recharge-is-a-solid-second-stab-at-an-ev-163057572.html\">C40 Recharge<\/a>, in 2021. The automaker will officially unveil the EX30 on June 7th, when the vehicle will also be available for pre-order in select markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"54849c18532248eabcfe13bd4ee67b6d\">\n<div style=\"left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/volvos-compact-electric-suv-will-be-called-the-ex30-090534679.html?src=rss&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Engadget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/volvos-compact-electric-suv-will-be-called-the-ex30-090534679.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volvo\u2019s compact electric SUV will be called the EX30<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo has revealed the name for its upcoming fully electric small SUV in a teaser showing its official launch date. The vehicle is called EX30, and a previous report from the Auto Express suggests that it&#8217;s targeting MINI&#8217;s electric vehicles. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1137136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1137136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1137136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1137136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1137136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1137136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}