Volvo has put walking boots and a storm jacket onto its EX30 electric SUV to continue a long, fine tradition of off-road Swedish motors that like to get muddy. This is the new Volvo EX30 Cross Country, which is a...city car able to have a splash in some puddles.

T he Volvo EX30 Cross Country news has been trickling out in the past few days, and the gist of what Volvo’s debuting is a version of the all-new EX30 Volvo compact EV lifted th

Swedish style and electric luxury on a budget is the Volvo EX30 ’s sales pitch — and while it’s not yet on sale here in the U.S., Volvo is already adding a Cross Country model to the lineup to give it a bit more off-road panache.

True to the classic recipe, Volvo has added flared wheel arch extensions and skid plates front and back, while also raising the ride height by 0.7 inches. The CC variants will also wear unique 18-inch wheels, with optional all-terrain tires.

Inside, the EX30 Cross Country looks identical to its asphalt-only counterpart. A vertically oriented 12.3-inch infotainment display also contains the driver information gauges and runs Volvo’s Google-based interface. You can also use Apple CarPlay, and instead of speakers in the doors, there is a single soundbar spanning across the dashboard.

Volvo has revealed a new, tougher version of its EX30 compact electric SUV, as it fits the Cross Country badge to an electric car for the very first time.

The Volvo EX30 Cross Country might look familiar, because this production car is indistinguishable from the prototype model that was revealed alongside the EX30 in 2023. Volvo says that we can expect the Cross Country to join the EX30 line-up by the summer,

Volvo has revealed the EX30 Cross Country, an off-road-centric version of the Swedish carmaker's entry-level EX30 electric SUV. It's also the first EV and first SUV to sport Volvo's Cross Country moniker,