Volvo’s first electrical autos (EVs) have been SUVs and folks movers, however now it has revealed an electrical sedan.
Or has it? Volvo says its new ES90 – due right here late in 2025 – isn’t merely a sedan, and as an alternative blurs boundaries.
“Some would possibly say it’s a sedan. Others will see a fastback, and even hints of an SUV. We’ll allow you to be the choose,” the corporate says in its press launch.
Volvo says it combines the “refined magnificence of a sedan, the adaptability of a fastback, and the spacious inside and better floor clearance related to SUVs”, with not one of the compromises of these physique kinds.
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Conceptually, then, it’s paying homage to the Polestar 2, one other product from underneath the Geely Holding Group umbrella.
Technically it’s not a sedan however slightly a liftback, very like the Polestar, and there’s 424L of boot house. This expands to 733L with the rear seats dropped, and these may be folded individually.
There’s additionally 22L of house underneath the bonnet.
Whereas it sits larger than the petrol/plug-in hybrid S90 sedan, Volvo says it nonetheless has a drag coefficient of 0.25 – not the perfect out there, however the perfect determine of any automobile the model has ever constructed.
Volvo’s ‘Thor’s Hammer’ headlights characteristic, whereas down again there C-shaped tail lights plus LED lights within the rear window, very like the EX30.
A alternative of 4 wheel choices can be found, starting from 20 to 22 inches in dimension, whereas the ES90 may be had in seven totally different exterior finishes.
It rides on the SPA2 structure underpinning the EX90 electrical SUV, and sits on a 3.1m-long wheelbase.
The ES90 additionally makes use of the Volvo Automobiles Superset tech stack, a single set of {hardware} and software program modules that’ll be utilized in all of the model’s upcoming electrical automobiles.
It’s Volvo’s first car with an 800-volt electrical structure, which Volvo says permits for sooner charging and higher total efficiency and effectivity.
Volvo will provide the next variants:
- Single Motor Prolonged Vary: As much as 245kW, 0-100km/h in 6.9 seconds
- Twin Motor: As much as 330kW, 0-100km/h in 5.5 seconds
- Twin Motor Efficiency: As much as 500kW, 0-100km/h in 4 seconds
Vary is as much as 700km underneath the WLTP cycle in dual-motor all-wheel drive fashions with the 106kWh battery, and as much as 650km within the Single Motor Prolonged Vary with its 92kWh battery.
These figures see the ES90 beat the rival BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE, which high out at 627km and 626km of WLTP vary, respectively.
Vitality consumption is 16.1kWh/100km within the Single Motor Prolonged Vary mannequin, and 17.1kWh/100km in each Twin Motor variations.
The corporate says 300km of vary may be added in 10 minutes when utilizing a 35kW DC quick charger.
Inside, there’s a 14.5-inch infotainment touchscreen with Google built-in, that includes embedded Google Maps, Google Assistant, and extra apps that may be downloaded through the Google Play Retailer.
There’s a 9.0-inch digital instrument cluster and a head-up show.
There’s a spread of sound methods out there, with the cream of the crop being a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins setup that features headrest and ceiling audio system plus Dolby Atmos.
There’s a panoramic roof that Volvo says offers UV safety of as much as 99.9 per cent. It’s additionally out there in an electrochromic model, had been you possibly can alter the transparency of the glass.
Quad-zone local weather management with a complicated air air purifier that may cease as much as 95 per cent of PM 2.5 particulates additionally options, plus ambient lighting with six themes for “sensory well-being”, and varied upholstery choices.
The ES90 has a set of lively security know-how, together with driver consideration monitoring and secure exit warning. That is powered by one LiDAR, 5 radars, seven cameras, and twelve ultrasonic sensors.
A rear occupant detection system can sense sub-millimetre scale motion, together with the mushy respiration of a child, whereas the surround-view digicam includes a 3D view.
The ES90 is Volvo’s sixth electrical car, becoming a member of the EC40 and EX40 (née C40 and XC40 Recharge) SUVs in addition to the newer EX30 and EX90 SUVs and China-only EM90 folks mover.
Volvo is busily increasing its vary of EVs, which is able to develop subsequent yr to incorporate the EX60. That is an electrical counterpart to the XC60, which is able to debut the brand new SPA3 platform.
In its 2024 monetary outcomes presentation, Volvo additionally teased an extra two fashions on the SPA3 platform, plus a long-range plug-in hybrid (PHEV) on an unspecified platform which is being developed for China.
Along with new EVs, Volvo can also be persevering with to refresh its present vary of petrol/plug-in hybrid autos.
Volvo’s international CEO Jim Rowan says that this yr the model plans to launch 5 model new or refreshed merchandise, with one other 5 new or refreshed fashions due in 2026.
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