Volvo EX30 | Detailed Review & Road Test!

This car looks phenomenal and I was convinced this was going to be my new EV. Test drove it and now I’m undecided: no arm rest or cup holders in the back for the kids. We live in South Africa - and there’s no shade for the panoramic sunroof… (before you ask, yes we have loadshedding / power cuts, but I’m using our solar panels at home to charge my current EV).

Bloody brilliant indeed.. great review by the way!

Glad to find you again. Missed you from the other channel. :)

14 kids and 7 dogs! 😂😂. What an amazing review. Thank you! Definitely subscribing to your channel. 👍

Awesome review

Great Review Blake, well done, I really like the look of the car inside and out, its a really clean design. probably a bit pricy for the size especially with the smaller battery.

Great review and I see many, many... One question...Dont you think there will be a good addition, that the custom button, instead of having only just one function it will prompt a window on the screen with few 3 or 4 shortcuts to your choice, and with the steering wheel arrows (up and down)or just pressing one, two or three times you choose the choice selected. I think that only one customizable function is not enough. Just a thought out loud to Mr Google

In Ireland the heat pump is included with the bigger battery models, it’s not on the entry model, as far as I know.

I'm pretty sure if it's like other Volvos, that controlling the distance to the vehicle in front when in adaptive cruise control can be done from the steering wheel. Also if you are travelling below the selected cruise control speed, if you indicate to pass a vehicle, the speed will increase up to the selected level. Nice review but would have been nice to see the screen when you were explaining it?

Nice review, i think you can gat WLTP in summer. I got that on my Polestar 2

Great review Blake, the 22k AC charging is defiantly worth specifying if you rely on public charging, great insight. Looking forward to trying this one myself.

Probably time to test the 2025 version? Small but important updates. Will get my 2025 EX30 service car as a Volvocars employee in september. Can´t wait!

Great review - heads up though your voice is only coming through the left channel.

Are you planning to do a review of the 2024 spec Volkswagen ID.4 Pro RWD?

Heads up display needed.

It has a low price tag only if you choose the absolute base model. If you start adding stuff, you end up with a rather expensive small car.

Great review. I'm down to a choice of 3 , the EX30 , Tesla Model 3 or MG 4. Going to test drive this and MG this week. Already done the Model 3. What do you think?

How tall is the presenter? This should be a mention with every review.

Are the various drive settings specific for individual drivers. Can each user of the car set their own drive settings?

Blake, your reviews are excellent, concise and easy to watch. Unfortunately the sheepish following Tesla's touch screen mania is disappointing and unsafe. Euro NCAP to revise safety ratings from 2026 onwards of cars that depend on touch screen HUI. Like the look of the car, but the lack of binnacle and the slavish big iPad to control things is a deal breaker for somebody like me. It kind of smacks of Electric cars are Tesla's, we are also an electric car so interior is like a Tesla with the blank drivers cockpit. EV transition era has exited the early adopters phase now in the majority adopters phrase (where did I head that before? :) ) who are more conservative buyers expecting electric versions of cars they are already familiar with driving. Consumers do not want to have to 'get used to it'. Once Euro NCAP start downgrading touch HUI dependant cars this temporary fad may soon vanish.