The Volvo EX30 is supposed to be arriving at North American dealerships now. But today, the company announced to its dealers and preorder customers that they’ll have to wait for “a 2025 target delivery date to be announced.”
Volvo’s reasoning for this is “due to changes in the global automotive landscape.” That could mean a lot of things, from parts supplier issues to shipping issues to government tariff issues to a refocus on markets that are already seeing huge sales numbers with the vehicle.
I drove this compact, battery-electric crossover in Sweden, and auto-journalist Paul Eisenstein drove it in Portugal. Both of us came away from our time in the vehicle with mostly positive impressions.
With a starting price of just $34,950, the Volvo EX30 would be one of the least expensive all-electric vehicles on the U.S. market. There’s a lot to like about it, when we can actually buy one.
Volvo EX30 Production Delays
The EX30 is a world market car for Volvo, and is already selling in other markets around the globe. It is currently in production in China, with shared Geely parts. Production was expected to remain in China for North American market vehicles, with a Ghent, Belgium, plant coming online in 2025 to service the European market.
The latest is that North American EX30 will now be coming out of the Belgium plant once production is ramped up. North American deliveries aren’t expected until sometime in 2025.
The word from Volvo is that it will “offer customers with existing preorders several options to drive a new Volvo until their EX30 arrives.” While I’m not exactly sure what that means, and Volvo has yet to clarify, I’d imagine Volvo will work hard to get EX30 reservation holders into other Volvo vehicles while they wait for the EX30. That could be tough, though, as no other Volvo vehicles are in the same price bracket.
