Volvo EX30 - Safety & reliability

The EX30 is too new to have been included in the latest 2024 Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, but Volvo, as a brand, has slipped down the rankings since last year, coming 16th out of 32 manufacturers in 2024 compared with 13th out of 32 in 2023. Safety, interior quality and front seat comfort were still highlights for owners, but they took issue with powertrains, running costs, and value for money.

Safety experts Euro NCAP have awarded the EX30 the same five-star high score as its sibling, the Smart #1. The EX30 scored higher than its other electric rival, the MINI Countryman Electric in the adult occupancy and safety assistance catergories, but the MINI was ahead in protection of children and vulnerable road users.

The Volvo EX30 does come with many standard safety features. For motorways and dual-carriageways, you have adaptive cruise control to keep you a safe distance from the car in front, a lane-keep assistance system to help keep you within your lane, and a blind-spot monitoring system to warn you of any vehicles alongside you as you go to change lanes. Around town, you have an autonomous emergency braking system to either mitigate or prevent low-speed collisions with other vehicles or vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians or cyclists. There’s also a road sign warning system that will, amongst other things, warn you of the current speed limit.