Bitauto original European time on June 7, Volvo's smallest SUV in history - Volvo's new pure electric SUV EX30 officially made its world premiere in Milan. Our colleagues went to Italy to bring the actual performance of this car at the first time. Take pictures. This article will explain the design and functions of this new pure electric SUV, let’s take a look.
Before talking about the design, let me share with you the basic information of EX30. This Volvo's new pure electric SUV is positioned as a luxury pure electric small SUV. The vehicle size is 4223*1549*1837mm and the wheelbase is 2650mm. The overall size of the vehicle is slightly smaller than the Krypton X and Smart Elf #1. Although it is positioned as a small vehicle, it integrates Nordic aesthetic design, comfortable and luxurious experience, advanced intelligent technology and all-round safety protection. It is not positioned as a low-end vehicle.
Cool and pure Nordic aesthetic design
Volvo was born in Northern Europe. Nordic design is world-renowned as "Scandinavian design", and Volvo is also the master of this design style. This design style is characterized by restraint in form and decoration, respect for tradition, consistency in form and function, appreciation of natural materials, etc. Therefore, it appears restrained and novel when placed on a car, regardless of the material. The application is still unique in shaping shapes and lines.
The front face is similar to the Volvo EX90. Except for the headlights, the Volvo EX30 has almost no redundant lines on the front face. Only the LOGO is suspended, and a diagonal groove line runs through it, which is a simple expression. To the fullest.
The front face of the new car uses a contrasting color design, and the front surround is painted in black, and the headlights are extended in an L shape to create a more agile visual experience. As a pure electric model, it is natural to use a closed front face shape, and the light groups on both sides are extremely digital., we can clearly see the square light blocks inside. Somewhat different from the EX90's lamp unit shape, the EX30's lamp unit has also been adapted to the folded shape of the front face, and the overall look is more harmonious.
On the side of the body, the EX30 does not have a sporty feel like many SUVs in this class. The contrasting color roof has a sense of fashion, but overall its side lines are straight and soft, not sharp, only C The window line of the column has been raised.
The real-shot model uses low-wind resistance wheels commonly used in pure electric models. In order to ensure excellent visual effects, this car actually uses 20-inch large-size wheels. You must know that this is a small SUV with a length of 4223mm. . The tire brand is Goodyear and the tire size is 245/40 R20. Whether this set of tires and rims is the final production version will be revealed later.
The overall shape of the tail follows the family design. The C-shaped taillight group is highly recognizable, but the interior does not use an integrated light strip, but discrete light beads. The black rear surround at the bottom has a larger area, and combined with the black rear spoiler at the top, it does look younger than the EX90.
A good interior is both functional and aesthetic
Family-style interiors have been widely used in various car brands at this stage, but how to unify and differentiate models of different sizes and positioning is a difficulty in interior design. For the EX30, the overall interior layout will indeed be similar to that of the EX90. For example, both have a through-type center console and a vertical center control screen. However, as a more personalized car, the EX30’s interior features There will definitely be more and cooler points.
The most direct thing is that it cancels the dashboard. The information displayed on the dashboard in the past is now concentrated above the vertical central control screen. There is no other design in front of the steering wheel except for the driver fatigue monitoring system equipment.
Another special feature of the design is the material. In the past, Volvo models or most luxury brand models used wood grain veneers or metal veneers, which seemed a bit unspecial to today's emerging new energy consumers. The material of the interior is the easiest place to reflect its specialness.
The slush molding process is used on the top of the center console trim panel of the EX30. The trim panel below the center console and the upper edge of the door panels are made of a material similar to granite texture (of course it is not a real stone due to lightweight reasons). Currently, we have My impression is still unique, looking very cold.
As for the seats, EX30 of course continues to maintain its sustainable concept. There are two main choices for its interior materials. One is to use natural materials, such as renewable raw materials such as wool and linen, and the other is renewable materials. Recycled materials, including fabrics and recyclable plastics.
The hidden air-conditioning outlets and ambient lights are located between the two materials of the center console, and the use of ambient lights is also very restrained. The air-conditioning outlets on both sides adopt a vertical design, and there is a blue metal trim in the middle. The design of the door handles is also simple. In short, the interior design does look special enough.
Of course, a good interior requires a balance between beauty and functionality. Due to the small size of the EX30, how to exert large functions in a small space is the difficulty of this interior.
The design of the armrest needs to be mentioned here. Due to the improved battery layout, pure electric models have more design space in the center armrest. Volvo EX30 uses a gear shifting mechanism.
But Volvo EX30 makes this part more practical. There are two openable covers at the bottom of the central channel, which are used to store small items such as sunglasses. At the same time, closing the covers can hide them. For protection purposes, larger items such as backpacks can be placed above the cover.
The storage space of the door panel has also been specially designed. The special floating door panel armrest will not affect the storage height below. The flat space inside is enough for you to put down a laptop.
Some people may wonder that a cell phone cannot be placed on the door panel with such a design. Volvo's designers also designed a storage compartment on the side of the passenger seat. In a sense, Volvo EX30 does make full use of the small space.
The physical buttons for raising and lowering the windows are set at the front end of the center armrest. This is also common in mini cars. I don’t have much comment on the design, but based on my previous experience with mini electric cars such as Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, That said, it takes some getting used to.
The central control screen is placed vertically and measures 12.3 inches in size. The built-in system and screen quality are currently unknown. What is known is that the EX30 is similar to the EX90, with built-in Google applications, 5G networks, and Qualcomm Snapdragon smart cockpit platform. However, it is currently unknown whether the hardware uses 8155 or the 8295 on EX90. However, consumers in the Chinese marketing department can be said to be extremely picky about smart cockpits, so it remains to be announced what kind of smart cockpit hardware and software will be used in the EX30 introduced to China in the future.
EX30 uses a soundbar that is as wide as the entire center console. This is also a technology that has been used in the automotive field for the first time. We have seen it in the field of TV home furnishings before, which also means that the sound system of this car is worth looking forward to. .
The design of the rear row is similar to that of the front row. However, due to the limited width of the vehicle, the center seat in the rear row will be slightly cramped. In addition, there is a drawer-like design under the center armrest in front, which can be pulled out by rear passengers. It's no problem to put some sundries or even water bottles out. Huge panoramic canopyIt is also standard equipment on existing models.
The buttons for the rear window glass are also located behind the center armrest, with TYPE-C charging interfaces on both sides. There are a total of 4 C ports in the front and back rows, which can meet the charging needs of most consumers for digital products.
As a pure electric vehicle, the front trunk is a good helper for expanding loading capacity. The Volvo EX30's front trunk is at a medium level among pure electric vehicles in the Chinese market at this stage.
The power and battery capacity have not yet been announced, but according to previously disclosed information, the EX30 can reach a pure electric cruising range of 440km under WLTC operating conditions. The new car, like the Krypton X, is built on the SEA vast architecture. It is expected to provide two power versions, single motor and dual motor. However, specific information will have to wait for the subsequent version of the EX30 for the Chinese market.
Full text summary: Design has always been an aspect that Volvo models are proud of, but on the EX30 we not only see the design's strength in aesthetics, they have also made a lot of improvements in functionality, with fewer zeros. The components can achieve more functions, which also gives this car aAs practical as larger vehicles. In the future, I believe that this kind of small but exquisite and powerful pure electric vehicle will be very popular.
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