Reversing course, Volvo EX30 coming to US in 2024

• The Volvo EX30’s U.S. arrival was delayed due to tariffs
• Volvo’s now said the EX30 will arrive before the end of the year
• The first EX30s to arrive in the U.S. will be $46,195 dual-motor models

After being delayed in the wake of increased tariffs, the Volvo EX30 small electric crossover will reach the U.S. by the end of this year.

First shown in 2023, the EX30 was originally scheduled to arrive at U.S. dealerships this past summer. But in June Volvo said it would push back deliveries until 2025. On Tuesday, the automaker reversed course, announcing that it would “start fulfilling U.S. customer preorders” in order to “satisfy demand as quickly as possible.”

Deliveries will start with the dual-motor all-wheel-drive version because it’s the most requested model, according to Volvo. Prices for dual-motor models still start at $46,195 with the $1,295 destination charge. The single-motor version, which Volvo previously said would start at $36,245 in U.S. form, will arrive later in 2025.

All U.S. models will have a 69-kwh nickel cobalt manganese (NMC) battery pack, which Volvo now expects to return 253 miles of range in dual-motor models on the EPA testing cycle. A 51-kwh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery pack will be offered in other markets as an entry-level option, with lower lifecycle emissions than the NMC pack, but the EX30 will still be among the lowest-priced EVs in the U.S. even with the NMC pack.

Volvo in 2023 committed to moving EX30 production from China to Ghent, Belgium, starting in 2025. But sourcing cars from China became unfeasible after May 2024, when the Biden Administration hiked tariffs on Chinese-made EVs from 25% to 100%. Volvo then delayed the U.S. launch of the EX30 to 2025 to give time for the Belgian plant to ramp up.

Meanwhile, the Volvo EX90 three-row electric SUV that sits at the opposite end of the price spectrum is now being assembled at the automaker’s Charleston, South Carolina, factory alongside the Polestar 3 from that brand. Volvo has not discussed plans to build the EX30 in South Carolina, however.