2024 Volvo EX90 revealed as electrical different to XC90

Volvo on Wednesday revealed the 2024 EX90, a totally electrical mid-size SUV with seven seats cut up over three rows.

It is resulting from begin deliveries in early 2024 and can sit alongside the XC90 on the prime of the Volvo lineup. Volvo stated pricing will begin under $80,000, and consumers can already pre-order one by way of the automaker’s web site.

Not like Volvo’s present C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge compact electrical automobiles, which use a platform initially developed for internal-combustion engines, the EX90 has been developed from the onset for electrical energy. It rides on a newly developed EV platform that additionally underpins the 2024 Polestar 3 due at dealerships about the identical time because the EX90. Each SUVs are additionally scheduled to be constructed at Volvo’s plant in Charleston, South Carolina, the place the Volvo S60 is presently constructed.

Just like the Polestar 3, the EX90 will include a 111-kwh battery that ought to ship roughly 300 miles of vary. Excessive-speed charging will permit the battery to be topped up from 10-80% in about half-hour, Volvo stated. At launch, the EX90 will solely be obtainable with a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain consisting of an electrical motor at every axle. Collectively they may ship 496 hp, matching the output of Audi’s new tri-motor SQ8 E-Tron, and Volvo has indicated that extra highly effective choices are deliberate for the EX90.

The outside design is not as dramatic because the Idea Recharge that Volvo rolled out in 2021 to preview the EX90. It has some new design options, although. These are aimed toward bettering aerodynamic effectivity. Volvo stated parts, notably on the entrance, have been made a bit rounder to assist scale back efficiency-sapping drag. Flush door handles and wheels with an virtually fully sealed design additionally assist scale back drag. A lidar sensor can be mounted to the roof as a typical function.

Volvo stated the lidar can exactly measure ranges and is able to detecting pedestrians as much as 820 ft away, and shall be used for digital driver-assist options, together with some deliberate totally autonomous options. Although totally autonomous options will not be obtainable at launch, Volvo has already introduced one referred to as Experience Pilot, which can allow true hands-off, eyes-off journey on sure highways. Timing for Experience Pilot is not clear, although the primary market has been confirmed as California.

Contained in the EX90, there is a clear, uncluttered sprint that appears prefer it was borrowed from a Tesla. Volvo purposefully paired again parts so the driving force can concentrate on the street. This extends to the consumer interface, which options clever operation to make sure solely essentially the most important info is proven or requested at any time. For added security, Volvo plans to supply an occupant-detection system to make sure a toddler or pet cannot get trapped within the car.

For the supplies used within the cabin, Volvo will provide new sustainably sourced wooden and wool choices, in addition to a leather-like materials referred to as Nordico comprised of recycled plastic bottles and sustainable natural fibers. As well as, recycled nylon, together with deserted fishing nets reclaimed from the seabed, is used for the carpets.

Bi-directional charging, additionally known as vehicle-to-grid or vehicle-to-load charging, can even be on provide in some markets. It means the car can discharge electrical energy, both again into the grid, or to energy a house, or to energy an electrical machine the place an influence outlet is not obtainable, like at a camp or development web site. It might doubtlessly be used to cost different EVs, too. Volvo hasn’t stated if this function shall be supplied within the U.S.

Different options of the EX90, both normal or obtainable, embrace a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins audio system with Dolby Atmos suround-sound expertise, distant entry to the car by way of a smartphone, and Android Auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone integration.

Regardless of the approaching arrival of the EX90, the XC90 remains to be promoting close to report ranges for the nameplate. Final yr Volvo managed to promote 38,657 examples within the U.S., which is the very best stage for the current-generation XC90 and the second highest within the nameplate’s historical past. Consequently, the XC90 will keep on sale for a interval after the EX90 arrives.