► New ES90 electric saloon confirmed by Volvo
► Will be next EV after EX90 SUV
► Likely launches in 2025
It’s official – the Volvo saloon will survive another generation with the new ES90. Volvo confirmed its arrival at its 2024 Capital Markets Day, stating that it would be the next electric car it launches after the new EX90 SUV.
A few teaser images of the ES90 show off the car’s silhouette, revealing a very traditional saloon shape.
Naturally, the new ES90 will have a lot in common with the new SUV. That means we can expect a similarly-sized 107kWh battery pack, potentially with single and dual-motor variants. The huge battery pack and potent powertrain can enable a long range and plenty of punch.
Volvo, though, has been focusing more on the software side of car development as it confirms the ES90. It is introducing something called the ‘Volvo Cars Superset tech stack,’ which is designed to unify all of Volvo’s future cars under one package of code.
That allows Volvo’s software developers and engineers to continuously upgrade one system that’ll benefit all cars even if different cars have different tech attached, rather than developing entirely individual technology systems for different cars. By doing so, Volvo says that feedback and improvements from the EX90 will be applied to ES90, ‘and that the work done for the ES90 will carry on into the development of the EX60 coming after it.’
Yes, that means an EX60 SUV in on the way, too…