The Volvo EX30 was awarded by the Italpress news agency the Automotive Design Award 2024

MILAN (ITALPRESS) – Volvo among the protagonists of the Milan Design Week thanks to the compact EX30, awarded the prestigious Car Design Award 2024 as the best production car. The announcement and presentation of the award took place during an event held on Wednesday 17 April at the ADI Museum in Milan, while the Design Week, one of the most important events in the area of ​​world design, is underway. Representing Volvo’s design team, Linnea Karlsson, CMF Architect, and Jurgen Josè, Senior Design Manager, received the award from Silvia Baruffaldi, President of the jury, Director of Auto&Design magazine (founder and organizer of the Award) and member of Car . jury of the Year (COTY) for Italy. “For Volvo, small is very good. The exterior of the EX30 is perfectly achieved and the interior is very spacious. A small SUV with a strong sense of luxury, characterized by the typical Volvo design language: simple, ecological, practical, but also capable of bringing a sense of renewal with its characteristic Scandinavian design, although new” is the motivation given by the organizers. award given to the Volvo EX30.
Established in 1984 and renewed in 2016, the Automotive Design Award is one of the most important international awards related to automotive design. The Car Design Award rewards us in three categories: Concept Cars, Production Cars and Corporate Design Language, the final award given to the design team that has done the best work in terms of consistency and transcendence of the official brand language across the entire product range . The winners are selected by a jury of eleven members, experts, journalists from the main international automotive publications, able to provide an objective and comprehensive assessment of the international automotive design scene.
“The Car Design Award proves itself as a prize for excellence in automotive design, a highly competitive sector that is constantly changing and that brings fundamental issues such as sustainability and future mobility to the center of the debate”, said Silvia Baruffaldi, Director of Auto&Design and the President of the Prize Jury. Previously, Volvo Cars had already won the Car Design Award for Design Language twice (2016 and 2018).
The EX30 firmly strengthens Volvo’s product portfolio, which also has several very attractive hybrid and sub-hybrid models in many segments. These cars represent an important stepping stone towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to sell only electric cars by 2030. Buyers of the EX30 can choose between three engine options, all electric: a single engine version with 200 kW (272 hp) and a kWh battery 51. single motor version with extended autonomy according to the battery capacity increased to 69kWh; the Twin Motor Performance version with 315 kW (428 hp) and a 69 kWh battery. The EX30 offers a range of up to 476km and the battery can be charged from 10 to 80% capacity in just over 25 minutes.

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