My only gripe is that the infotainment screen is so low resolution and dull. Almost blurry like

Great video Luke! When driving over a mountain pass, what mode should I use? Ie e-step when driving up hill...or should it be off?

Got one and love it!

7000km per year?.. I've made 22.000km in 7 months!..🤣🤦‍♂️

I prefer the outside design of this one, with the dark bumper & details.

Want me to explain to you the Keypad on the Ford cars ? Here you go. Because you miss the point. It’s a perfect solution when you out in the wild, or at lake or go for a hike or a bike and you are alone !! You don’t take your car keys not to loose them while you swim in the lake ! Makes sense, right. You go back and you …type a code to enter the car ! Makes sense, right. I guess you never lived in the Us and never go for a swim

I leased one. Unfortunately I had to send it back. Have 3 EVs now. Don’t really need a 4th.

Thank you for this well made video!

Thanks for a very informative car review! Could you please also talk about the audio system? And compare a few songs in different genres? ❤

Only the standard range has the LFP battery atm

i wish, atto3 had lets say, 10 more kWh on its capacity. That should be AMAZING because this is the only "question" for me. The ~350km average distance, hmmm, need some more!

You are right about two modes of regen. But you are wrong on the one which is not OPD. The other one is, unfortunately, not a free coast. It will regenarat 12-15 kW at speeds 20-100 km/h. That is i significant amount of braking. Speed is lost rapidly, and I do not like it!

The 22kW AC option is very important.

All of these things like how fast it stops and so on should be customizable in the panel as it's just a software thing. There could be a setting where you can edit the curve yourself to get it to behave exactly how you want. But it seems car manufacturers don't prioritize advanced users. It could also be a certification thing of course, I don't know the rules.

Got mine on 8th June 2024 still waiting for Volvo to sort out my IITC problems. Absolutely sick of waiting don’t think there’s a fix for it

It's a lot heavier per kilo? 😅

Seeing your video now and 14:45 made me smile as a year later and again we have powercuts. Great video!

Finally a EV car reviewer that provides the information and language that I want to hear. Thank you! I would like to know a bit more about the cooling system used to maintain the batteries. I reside in a warmer than usually environment.

Very nice car and review but too small battery for me

Thank you 🙏🏼

The harman kardon soundbar sounds bad with bass heavy music. its too heavy

Hired ob recently and would I buy it Answer No. Did not like the Nao. Prefer Google Maps, driving felt like ice skating. no sense of torque. , The main issue is charging, I live in the VBD and there is no overnight charging. The other concern I have is what will the resale value be in 19, 15 years,. I am looking forward to self-drive options. My next hire will be a Tesla to compare

Thank you 🙏

Getting my SMER on 2nd September. Had a test drive in the performance version but I found the acceleration to be rather uncomfortable (My neck muscles couldn't handle it) and the handling isn't really up to it either. The 5.3 secs 0-100kph of the SMER is more than adequate for my needs.

My TMER shames Cupras, BMWs, Mercedes.. but in the hot weather in Israel my average consumption is 22 kwh/km.

Nice review! Thank you!

OPD is flawed as you say. It also doesn't fully stop early enough at low speeds and doesn't work in reverse. If you are used to a polestar 2 or BMW i3 you won't like it.

Great review! Thank-you. I wanted to ask, when one pedal driving is off, does the car still regen when braking?

I am considering an EX30 Twin Motor Plus (with some extra options) right now. Donwngrading on size, but more than twice the horsepower from my current Skoda Enyaq iV 80. I'm after the AWD as I live in rural Sweden and we get a lot of snow in the winter. The performance is a bonus, but I'm not complaining 😅

Excellent review, just some pointers: 2:46 windnoise is definitely present, especially with 80km/hr plus speeds. We recently experienced 150-180km/hr (the limit of such a car) and the wind noise is quite hefty. 4:00 it's OPD is abysmal and virtually non existent especially when compared to other Volvo EVs. We complained in early feb about this to Volvo as they should just get in their EX40 and EC40 & just copy and paste the region system. Also OPD is disabled during reversing and when AWD is enforced (as the car essentially drives in RWD when not needed) 4:41 the jerkiness you mentioned when braking is horrendous and was explained to both our dealer and Volvo. This sudden and aggressive braking (even when travelling at 1km/hr, the brakes are applied in full force), makes certain parking manoeuvres in hills very difficulty plus you look like an ass when trying to get out slowly from a crossroad or roundabout 8:25 the indicator is a known issue where it continue to blink even when you made the turn; also it has no click sign to show it has switched off 8:40 software version 1.4 has lessened this big brother safety approach as pre 1.3.1 was rather silly. Used to complain to us when we look left and right during crossroads. Also polarised sunglasses aren;t supported 16:07 software version 1.4 adds PIN code protection to the glovebox 17:30 would have been interesting to note that even though the car starts at 39,900€, the model tested here was closer to 56,000€, so the recycled interior might irritate some at that price point 24:25 while we agree that it will give around 400km in most situations, in summer with AC at 24C (and temps 31-40C), the range drops considerably to around 300-350km The above is an experience of an EX30 twin for the past 5 months. Most of the above are comparisons to the way better EX40 (xc40 recharge) we drive constantly as well, so new EV owners will fall heels for the EX30. Would I buy one again? Probably but there are so many cheaper & better competitors out there. Is it an excellent car? Definitely but it lacks the finesse and quality of what a Volvo essentially are known for.

I have just got my EX30. What a great car!!

I have one! And i m form Portugal. I love my SMER EX30!!

Preventing injuries: Volvo Preventing collisions: Mercedes

Thank you for another highly informative and entertaining program. Thank you!

Your quote is from Spiderman 1! One of the best superhero movies :)

Does it have apple car play?

I appreciate your review. How does a charging cycle works actually? If I recharge the battery from lets say 40 to 80%, is that one full cycle?

Not a good EV in my experience. My AC charging issue was the Born half charged overnight which nobody could explain from October 22 to May 23 when I purchased another car. VW retailer’s solicitors then said in 29 June 2023 that a VW website had a small print footnote saying “VWG test data for comparison purposes. ….Charging time will be longer in cold weather or if battery safeguarding technology is activated.” It was in a VW website not Cupra and was copyright 2023 when I purchased in 2022! It was also very strange that nobody from Cupra head office or the retailer ever mentioned this during the six months of issues! So obviously they didn’t know what battery safe was or why it was relevant. It still means nothing to me, it is unexplained why it activates on what basis and when! But apparently means in VW parallel universe it’s ok for my car to half speed charge 75/80% of the time in an integral closed garage!!!!! I don’t think the footnote would suggest that an ordinary garaged vehicle will half charge so much! Just hope nobody else suffers with random safety!!!

The future is combustion.

I was watching this video and kept saying, this guy sounds Maltese, weird... 😅

where is review? What a scam in 1 minute

Why did you multiply 7 days to thee 5000 cycles?

Hello and regards to Malta, you will become my favorites canal ..... because i was living 3 time in Malta and this is my favorite island. Good Luck my friend.

How efficient is the heat pump?

Almost made me cry this bs the world is their and always be there ev's will not change a thing. If we really want to save the environment we need to consume less. And yes volvo is doing it because if legislation as there ar penalties for every ice care made. So lets not kid our selfs. But overall a nice care the only volvo i would consider. Sadly the back space is a bit cramped.

Bedankt nuttige informatie.

Steven Persensky Thank you for a very informative video. After listening to your presentation of the 2 different battery chemistry models, do you regret that Volvo´s largest battery option does not use LFP chemistry? I look forward to your next video and a more in depth review of the EX30´s regenerative breaking system!

There’s an optional 22kw charging capability. Only available in the ultra trim on the SMER and TWIN. Edit: Only in Europe it seems

Great review man! New sub!

Hi and thanks for the great video.Very specific and clear for the real world driving and charging. I would like to ask…i m in a dilemma and I was wondering if you could help me.I live in Cyprus where the longest distance is aprx 200 km and only once a month I have to go that far.Usually it s 35km to go and back. I m interested for the basic models (cheapest) of the following: Jeep Avenger 56 kWh(€38500), Nissan Ariya 63kwh(€40500) and Hyundai Kona 64kwh(€42500). Which one would you recommend? Thanks