Volvo’s New EV Flagship EX90 ushers in a new era of lidar-driven safety tech for Volvo. It's also basically a family-friendly Polestar 3. Can the brand find a way to stand out?
, after all. So it’s not surprising the EX90 is festooned with cameras, sensors, and lidar. These active safety systems should, Volvo hopes, stop the car from showing what kind of shape 2.8 tons can make in a wall.
This is, in fact, Volvo’s new flagship. It’ll launch in 2024—yes, not next year but the year after—and it will supposedly herald a new era of Volvo: one that is full EV and racing to create as little impact on the world around it as it can. “This is our most recycled vehicle so far. We have [recycled] around 15 percent plastic, 15 percent steel, and 25 percent aluminum,” says Henrick Green, Volvo’s aptly named head of advanced technology and sustainability.
For Volvo head of global design Robin Page, the lidar positioning wasn’t the easiest thing to work with aesthetically, so alternate solutions were sought: “We wanted to try and get itthe windscreen, but as the [lidar] rays go out, they hit that glass surface and shoot off into the air.” Obviously not a good thing. Thankfully, the aerodynamic challenges it brought along weren’t too hard to negate, due to a tiny “edge” in the unit that encourages cleaner airflow.
The type of customer who might buy this Volvo flagship is probably one that car companies want to listen to, especially as the first available iteration of the EX90 will set you back a little over £96,000 in the UK in 2024. A cheaper, single-motor car with less power and more range will follow later, which will be priced around $80,000 in the US and £75,000 in the UK.
The launch-model Twin Motor Ultra comes with 402 brake horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque, a 5.9-second 0-62 mile per hour time, and 364 miles of range. The next step up, the Twin Motor Performance Ultra gets 510 bhp, 671 lb-ft, a 4.9 0-62 mph time, and 360 miles on a charge. The more potent car will set you back over £100,000. Both cars have a limited top speed of 112 mph.
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