Deliveries of the long-awaited Volvo EX30 have been pushed again due to an issue with its software program. Thankfully for many who have ordered the model’s most reasonably priced EV, the delay will solely be brief.

Restricted particulars have been offered concerning the software program subject however an unnamed supply has asserted that the repair have to be carried out at dealerships and can’t be made over-the-air. As soon as automobiles at dealership tons obtain the software program replace, they are going to be prepared for supply.

“We affirm that Volvo is working tirelessly to resolve the issue,” Volvo stated in a press release issued to Auto Information Europe. “Necessary progress has been made however the software program model 1.2 doesn’t but meet all the necessities essential to be launched.”

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A separate spokesperson from the corporate asserted that the difficulty has already been resolved and deliveries will quickly reduce up.

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“A restricted variety of clients have needed to wait a number of additional days for his or her vehicles to be delivered whereas we handle some minor particulars, however with these now solved, we look ahead to quickly scaling up EX30 deliveries,” the spokesperson stated.

Volvo has already knowledgeable EX30 consumers awaiting supply of the difficulty and claims that the 1.2 software program “accommodates, amongst different issues, some Google certifications and key updates,” which implies “the vehicles can’t and should not be delivered.”

This isn’t the primary time certainly one of Volvo’s EVs has had its launch delayed as a result of software program points. Final 12 months, the Swedish marque confirmed deliveries of the EX90 could be pushed again till mid-2024 as a result of “complexity of the software program code” associated to the superior Lidar system.

Volvo expects the EX30 to be a robust vendor, saying in October final 12 months that they might begin constructing the small SUV at a plant in Ghent, Belgium, alongside their manufacturing facility in China to cowl the anticipated demand.