“The profile and a bit of the plan view is a bit rounder than maybe we’ve done in the past,” Volvo exterior design boss T. But Volvo’s designers retained a more traditional SUV shape, in line with the gasoline Volvo XC90, without resorting to the Jell-O mold shape of the Mercedes. The EX90 isn’t the slipperiest electric SUV around the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV has a 0.26 Cd.
The result is a coefficient of drag (Cd) of 0.29, compared to 0.33 for the current Volvo XC90 three-row SUV (lower numbers are better). It’s all to help minimize aerodynamic drag - an important consideration for an EV, as it helps increase range. There isn’t even a hint of a grille, the door handles sit flush with the bodywork, and the wheels have smooth inserts between the spokes. The EX90 is a conventional SUV design with the sharp edges shaved away. “All the technology that’s there is there for a reason.” And boy, is there a lot of it. “There are no gimmicks in the EX90.” Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan said in a keynote at the EV’s reveal in Stockholm. Volvo isn’t trying to prove that it can make an EV it’s already done that with the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge. The EX90 has the same form factor as Volvo’s popular XC90 SUV, which it one-ups in tech. The business case isn’t EV-specific either. Its styling and tech will set the tone for future Volvos. This three-row, seven-seat SUV packs all of Volvo’s latest infotainment and safety tech, so its electric powertrain is an important statement of Volvo’s commitment to going all-electric in the future. The 2024 Volvo EX90 is the Swedish automaker’s new flagship - and it’s electric. Ridgeville also gets the nod for this one, production said to begin in early 2023. AN's Future Product Pipeline says the top model will come in six- and seven-seat layouts akin to what BMW and Range Rover do, with the six-seater bolting up captain's chairs in the second row. Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson has said Ridgeville will "be the only plant in the which only makes full-electric cars."Īnd although it's fallen off the radar, we're still anticipating the new flagship XC100 to debut in 2023 as well. Before the V546 arrives in three years, the Ridgeville facility will add the battery-electric version of the next-generation XC90, thought to be called the Embla, and the battery-electric Polestar 3, both hitting the market in 2023.
The four-year-old plant builds just the S60 sedan at the moment - turning out roughly 23,000 units last year - but is transitioning to an all-EV assembly operation. That leaves an available capacity of 110,000 units out of the plant's 150,000-unit annual cap. Out of a global production of about 100,000 units, 40% will be allotted to Volvo's plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, to serve the North American market, starting in early 2025. The AN piece says we'll see that some design and tech transfer into the V546. The Swedish automaker debuted the Concept Recharge in June last year as a template of future styling cues, sustainable materials, and advanced infotainment and autonomous technology. The sources claim it will ride on a new electric platform, which could be SPA2 bones that will support the coming electric XC90 and that the Concept Recharge electric crossover study (pictured) sits on. If size is a factor in its tweener placement, the XC60 is 185 inches long, the XC90 195 inches long, so the V546 could be about the length of the 189-inch Ford Edge. Automotive News reports that Volvo has a new electric crossover coming, the intel relayed by "two sources familiar with the plans." Said to be codenamed V546 at the moment, the new product is said to slot in between the XC60 and XC90.
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