The Volvo EX30 has spawned a jacked-up, off-road-focused mannequin that has develop into the primary EV and first SUV to make use of Volvo’s Cross Nation badge.
In contrast with the usual model, the EX30 Cross Nation has been raised by 19mm, is fitted with chunky entrance and rear skidplates, will be optioned with mudflaps and is shod with 720mm all-terrain tyres.
The electrical SUV’s five-link rear suspension has additionally been softened to deal with bumpier, off-road terrain, in addition to deal with muddy tracks, “ankle-deep” snow and highways, claims Volvo.
Regardless of this ‘all-roads’ positioning, the EX30 Cross Nation will not be a “hardcore” off-roader however is as a substitute aimed toward “weekend explorers”, stated Volvo. “Cross Nation is about serving to you entry nature on nature’s phrases – not conquering it,” added the Swedish agency.
The EX30 Cross Nation sports activities a extra rugged look than the usual automotive, with a blacked-out entrance grille and bootlid, barely extra sculpted entrance and rear bumpers and blackened arches.
It will also be optioned with 19in alloys, though these can solely be shod with street tyres. Different choices embody a roof-mounted kayak holder, roof-mounted tent and stowable towbar.
The inside of the EX30 Cross Nation is identical as the usual automotive’s.
It’s accessible solely in all-wheel-drive guise “from launch”, stated Volvo, indicating a single-motor variant may undertake the Cross Nation tag sooner or later. As with the usual EX30, the 4×4 set-up attracts energy from a 69kWh battery, which feeds two motors for a mixed 422bhp and provides 264 miles of vary.
“We launched our first Cross Nation automotive over 25 years in the past and this idea of sturdy and all-weather vehicles is core to the Volvo model,” stated CEO Jim Rowan. He added that the EX30 Cross Nation has been created as a result of “we all know that increasingly persons are in search of methods to get nearer to nature”.
