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Volvo Cars experiences 10 per cent gross sales progress in January

Volvo Cars begins the 12 months on a strong word as the corporate experiences its seventeenth month of consecutive progress. Global gross sales in January reached 53,402 automobiles, a rise of 10 per cent in contrast with the identical month final 12 months.

Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge fashions, with a totally electrical or plug-in hybrid powertrain, reached 19,171 automobiles for the month of January. Recharge automobiles accounted for 36 per cent of all automobiles bought globally, whereas the share of absolutely electrical automobiles was 17 per cent.

Sales in Europe grew 8 per cent in contrast with January 2023, reaching 23,141 bought automobiles. Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up accounted for 60 per cent of all automobiles bought within the area in the course of the month. The share of absolutely electrical automobiles reached 32 per cent.

In China, gross sales reached 16,042 automobiles, a rise of 36 per cent in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months. Sales of Recharge automobiles resulted in 989 automobiles, a lower of 21 per cent in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months.

Sales within the US reached 7,716 automobiles, with Recharge automobiles accounting for twenty-four per cent of all automobiles bought in the course of the interval.

For January, the Volvo XC60 was the top-selling mannequin with gross sales reaching 18,011 automobiles (2023: 16,016 automobiles), adopted by the XC40 with whole gross sales of 12,628 automobiles (2023: 14,038 automobiles), and XC90 at 8,167 automobiles (2023: 7,438 automobiles).

 

       

 
 

January

January

 
 

2024

2023

Change

 
       

 

Europe

23,141

21,436

8%

 

Recharge

13,830

12,820

8%

 

 – Fully electrical

7,471

5,337

40%

 

 – Plug-in hybrid

6,359

7,483

-15%

 
       

 

China

16,042

11,783

36%

 

Recharge

989

1,258

-21%

 

 – Fully electrical

161

319

-50%

 

 – Plug-in hybrid

828

939

-12%

 
       

 

US

7,716

7,693

0%

 

Recharge

1,875

2,370

-21%

 

 – Fully electrical

260

771

-66%

 

 – Plug-in hybrid

1,615

1,599

1%

 
       

 

Other

6,503

7,608

-15%

 

Recharge

2,477

3,294

-25%

 

 – Fully electrical

1,334

1,447

-8%

 

 – Plug-in hybrid

1,143

1,847

-38%

 
       

 

Total

53,402

48,520

10%

 

Recharge

19,171

19,742

-3%

 

 – Fully electrical

9,226

7,874

17%

 

 – Plug-in hybrid

9,945

11,868

-16%

 
               

 

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It Took 350,000 Lego Bricks To Make This Life-Size Volvo V70

We adore the irony of an older “brick” Volvo V70 immortalized as a life-size Lego wagon made completely of, nicely, bricks. According to Volvo, this 1:1 creation has been a piece in progress for over a yr, with the corporate sharing some photographs of the construct to Facebook.

The builder is David Gustafsson, a Lego megafan from Sweden who gained upwards of 400,000 Lego items by way of the Lego Masters competitors just a few years again. He’s an achieved Lego artist on smaller scales, and that win prompted him to construct a full-size Lego model of the particular Volvo V70 he drives. Brickscale.com reveals his progress which admittedly is not completely Lego. There’s a metallic body beneath, together with regular wheels and tires on which the V70 rolls.

 

Virtually the whole lot else, nevertheless, comes straight from the world of Lego. That consists of the seats, sprint, steering wheel, and purposeful instrument cluster. The entrance and rear clips are supported by Lego bulkheads beneath. The doorways open, and the lights activate. It’s virtually an actual automotive.

In truth, this Lego wagon has all types of purposeful objects. Perusing David’s Instagram web page we see energy mirrors, rotating knobs for the local weather management, a movable shifter, and headlights that pivot when turning the steering wheel. Yes, it has purposeful steering, which is necessary as a result of there’s additionally an electrical motor powering the wheels. In different phrases, that is technically an EV you may truly drive. 

 

According to Brickscale, the V70 was not too long ago on show on the Ecar Expo in Gothenburg the place of us might watch the meeting course of in motion. That was again in December; two weeks in the past David shared Instagram photographs displaying the near-complete inside. A video from final week reveals the rear portion of the roof is completed now, too.

 

Being a work-in-progress, there are upwards of 350,000 bricks invested into the construct proper now. It’s unclear whether or not all 400,000 from the Lego Masters win will finally be used, however we’ll be watching David’s socials for updates as he nears the end line. If you occur to be in Sweden, the automotive will make public appearances at various locations by way of April.

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Invitation to Volvo Cars’ presentation of the fourth quarter and year-end report 2023

Volvo Cars will publish its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 monetary outcomes on Thursday, 1 February 2024 at 06:00 UK time (07:00 CET). 

At 07:00 UK time (08:00 CET), President and CEO Jim Rowan, CFO Johan Ekdahl and Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer Björn Annwall will host a livestream for media, buyers and analysts. The displays will likely be held in English and adopted by a Q&A session.

We look ahead to your participation. See under detailed info: 

07:00 UK time (08:00 CET)          Presentation for media, buyers and analysts 
 
Link: https://live.volvocars.com 
If you tune in from China, please use this hyperlink: https://live.volvocars.com.cn

It will likely be potential to ask questions throughout the Q&A session following the primary presentation. To take part, you’ll be able to both use the chat perform on-line to sort your query or you’ll be able to name in. To name in, members have to register and can then obtain the dial-in particulars and particular person PIN.

Link to register

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Volvo Cars in 2022 
For the complete 12 months 2022, Volvo Car Group recorded an working revenue of SEK 22.3 billion. Revenue in 2022 amounted to SEK 330.1 billion, whereas world gross sales reached 615,121 automobiles.  

About Volvo Car Group 
Volvo Cars was based in 1927. Today, it is without doubt one of the most well-known and revered automotive manufacturers on the earth with gross sales to clients in additional than 100 international locations. Volvo Cars is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm alternate, the place it’s traded underneath the ticker “VOLCAR B”. 

“For life. To give people the freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way.” This goal is mirrored in Volvo Cars’ ambition to grow to be a totally electrical automotive maker by 2030 and in its dedication to an ongoing discount of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to be a climate-neutral firm by 2040. 

As of December 2022, Volvo Cars employed roughly 43,200 full-time workers. Volvo Cars’ head workplace, product improvement, advertising and administration capabilities are primarily positioned in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Cars’ manufacturing crops are positioned in Gothenburg, Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (US), Chengdu, Daqing and Taizhou (China). The firm additionally has R&D and design centres in Gothenburg, Camarillo (US) and Shanghai (China). 

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Volvo XC60

Volvo has given each motive for potential XC90 consumers to speak themselves into its extra inexpensive relation as a lot of the bigger automobile’s aesthetic enchantment, usability and materials high quality has been ushered into the newest providing.

The pair are carefully associated sufficient that even seasoned commentators had been pressured to seek out the variations in side-by-side comparability.

The variations, then, are delicate: vents have been remodelled and switchgear swapped out, however primarily all of the essential fixtures are transferred, together with the portrait-orientated infotainment display screen that dominates the dashboard.

This is to the smaller automobile’s profit; we rightly lauded the Volvo XC90’s tackle an SUV cabin, and its downsizing has achieved nothing to dilute the impression of sitting in a well-thought-out house.

The bigger XC90’s cabin atmosphere, which manages to appear vaguely Scandinavian with out lapsing into the looks of an IKEA kitchen, is effectively translated, as is the high-quality fit-and-finish of predominantly premium supplies.

It does not really feel as contemporary or revolutionary as extra fashionable rivals with its materials use now nevertheless it’s nonetheless a pleasant place to be.

As commonplace, there’s an eight-inch digital instrument cluster which, when mixed with the nine-inch touchscreen, remains to be there or thereabouts with the category on expertise nevertheless it does now really feel a bit dated, maybe by means of familiarity as a lot as anything.

The earlier ‘Sensus’ working system was changed with a Google-based system, and whereas an improve it’s nonetheless a great distance from good. Using it requires your eyes to be off the highway too usually, with too many button presses for even the only of duties.

Even switching between driving modes has turn out to be a three-stage course of, first choosing ‘Settings’, then ‘Dynamics’ and solely then with the ability to transfer between the Hybrid, Power, Pure, Off-Road and AED modes. The scroll controller beforehand used to maneuver between these has been eliminated, making it not possible to vary them with out taking eyes from the highway; in usability phrases a particular retrograde step.

Some different settings had been buried even additional, to the extent it appears unlikely that many homeowners will ever uncover them. For an organization as safety-conscious as Volvo, that is an oversight. 

You sit obligingly excessive within the automobile, on leather-upholstered seats that supply an honest sufficient compromise between consolation and help, and with none doubt that the encompassing house is of a capacious kind.

The rear quarters observe go well with: they’re usefully extra roomy than these of the mannequin being changed, although nothing exceptionally spacious for the category, however adults of all sizes ought to discover themselves being made snug.

The give attention to passenger contentment has penalised boot house a wee bit, although. The XC60’s 505-litre capability is respectable however not fairly on par with the quantity provided by most of its big-name rivals, just like the Audi Q5 and Mercedes GLC, each of which supply 550 litres.

That’s a light deficiency every purchaser should fee for themselves; for us, the impressively sq., flat loadspace appeared prepared for many large household duties. 

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Volvo Nearly Built This Boxy Off-Roader In The Nineteen Seventies

Volvo has unearthed sketches of a boxy SUV from the Nineteen Seventies, and Lamborghini had a record-breaking 2023.

This is AM Drive, Motor1’s each day take a look at the information you want earlier than you get in your automotive.

Volvo Uncovers Abandoned SUV Project From The Nineteen Seventies

In the early Nineteen Seventies, Volvo was given extra independence as Volvo Cars was reorganized right into a subsidiary, the Volvo Car Corporation. Despite the oil disaster, the Swedish model had an awesome decade with document gross sales and manufacturing. Several new fashions have been launched all through the last decade. By 1979, the automaker was promoting over 310,000 items yearly.

One mannequin that didn’t materialize right into a manufacturing car was this boxy SUV. Half a century after being left on the proverbial reducing room ground, Volvo’s Heritage division has unearthed sketches of what would’ve been an all-terrain car primarily for Africa. It wasn’t till 2002 the corporate had a sport utility car of its personal but it surely appears the concept of an all-rounder separate from the standard line of sedans and wagons was born within the Nineteen Seventies.

1970s Volvo SUV design sketch
1970s Volvo SUV design sketch

The XC90 was not at all a non secular successor because the thought behind this unnamed car was to provide you with a extra rudimentary car at a cheaper price. Uncovered within the Nineteen Seventies, the three-door car with its rear-mounted spare was peak Volvo boxiness. It had sq. wheel arches and quick overhangs as penned by design supervisor Gunnar Falck after CEO Pehr Gyllenhammar requested him to attract up a car for creating international locations.

Lamborghini Sold 10,112 Cars In 2023, An All-Time High

New Lamborghini Urus S In Italy

Lamborghini established a gross sales document in 2023 when it shipped greater than 10,000 items for the primary time ever. Deliveries rose by 10 p.c to 10,112 automobiles, with the Urus predictably being the driving power behind the robust demand. No fewer than 6,087 SUVs have been bought up to now 12 months when 3,962 folks purchased a Huracan and 63 took supply of a V12 supercar.

The largest single market was the United States with over 3,000 items delivered, adopted by Germany with 961 and China with 845. These have been adopted by United Kingdom (801), Japan (660), the Middle East (496), South Korea (434), Italy (409), Canada (357), Australia (263), France & Monaco (255), Switzerland (211), Taiwan (131), and India (103).

2024 is shaping as much as be an vital yr for Lamborghini contemplating it would replace the Huracan with a new model. The “baby Lambo” is anticipated to lose the naturally aspirated V10 in favor of a downsized turbocharged engine a part of a plug-in hybrid powertrain. The Urus can also be getting a PHEV variant this yr to exchange the pure ICE mannequin altogether.

With the rollout of the Aventador-replacing Revuelto, Lamborghini is more likely to lure in additional prosperous patrons into one in all its 184 dealerships unfold throughout 54 international locations. However, new prospects are in for an extended wait. The Italian unique model says it has sufficient orders for the electrified V12 flagship to maintain busy till late 2026.

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Volvo Cars reconfirms its dedication to sustainability with new ambitions and a deal with biodiversity

Volvo Cars is increasing its sustainability technique, setting new formidable targets for 2030 and 2040. The firm can also be boosting its deal with biodiversity, and by 2025 the corporate goals to have 100 per cent of its debt linked to its Green Financing Framework or in a sustainability-linked format.

“Taking actions to combat climate change is non-negotiable and going fully electric is an important step on our pioneering journey,” says Jim Rowan, CEO of Volvo Cars. “As we move to further reduce emissions throughout our value chain, we have a responsibility to do more and address our biodiversity footprint as well as help improve people’s lives. Our updated strategy has been designed to help us do just that.”

Volvo Cars’ new sustainability ambitions for 2030 briefly:

  1. Reduce its CO2 emissions per automotive by 75 per cent (in comparison with 2018 ranges)
  2. Reduce power utilization in its operations per common automotive by 40 per cent (in comparison with 2018 ranges)
  3. Reach 30 per cent common recycled content material throughout its fleet, with new automotive fashions having at the very least 35 per cent recycled content material
  4. Reduce water use in its operations by 50 per cent common per automotive (in comparison with 2018 ranges)
  5. At least 99 per cent of all waste from its operations to be both reused or recycled

Since the discharge of the sustainability technique in 2019, Volvo Cars has made progress in the direction of its local weather motion targets. For instance, 69 per cent of firm operations are actually powered by climate-neutral power in contrast with 55 per cent in 2019, and 100 per cent climate-neutral electrical energy is now used throughout its manufacturing crops globally in contrast with 80 per cent in 2019. Additionally, Volvo Cars has lowered its CO2 emissions per automotive by 19 per cent since 2018.

Net zero greenhouse fuel emissions by 2040
Volvo Cars’ purpose now could be to achieve zero greenhouse fuel emissions by 2040. This expands upon our earlier ambitions of being local weather impartial by 2040, and clarifies the corporate’s intention to make use of carbon removals solely to mitigate any unavoidable emissions. The firm’s first precedence stays to cut back actual emissions earlier than turning to carbon removals, and it encourages its suppliers to do the identical.

This shall be underpinned by an ambition to realize 100 per cent inexperienced debt or sustainability-linked financing of property by 2025 – in recognition of the truth that finance performs a vital function in advancing sustainable growth.

2030 is a milestone 12 months for the corporate. By then it plans to be a totally electrical automotive firm whereas additionally aiming to cut back CO2 emissions per automotive by 75 per cent in contrast with its 2018 baseline. The firm believes that by a mixture of promoting solely absolutely electrical vehicles and lowering emissions by 30 per cent from each its provide chain and operations, it will likely be on observe to fulfill the CO2 discount targets.

Working in the direction of changing into a round enterprise by 2040
At Volvo Cars, embracing the round financial system has been in focus since 2019. Recycled materials already includes a bigger proportion of supplies in newer Volvo vehicles than ever earlier than. For instance, almost 25 per cent of all aluminium within the Volvo EX30 is recycled, whereas roughly 17 per cent of all metal and plastic within the automotive comes from recycled sources as nicely.

Volvo Cars goals to make use of 30 per cent common recycled content material throughout its fleet by 2030, and for brand spanking new automotive fashions launched from 2030 to comprise at the very least 35 per cent recycled content material. The firm can also be striving to make sure that by 2030, 99 per cent of all its waste is both reused or recycled in contrast with recycling 94 per cent of world manufacturing waste in 2022. 

Striving to be web optimistic and to contribute to a nature optimistic future
Volvo Cars believes in taking an entire worth chain method to its impression on biodiversity. In addition to taking motion to cut back impression, it can additionally pursue restorative actions.

To uncover how Volvo Cars’ actions have an effect on biodiversity, the corporate performed an impression evaluation utilizing manufacturing and gross sales knowledge from 2021 to estimate its annual biodiversity footprint utilizing the ReCiPe mannequin. Using the findings as a baseline, Volvo Cars is now setting a long-term ambition to attempt to be web optimistic throughout its worth chain and to contribute to a nature optimistic future.

This would require a mix of short-term and long-term measures that Volvo Cars is at present creating, akin to avoiding and lowering the impacts of its worth chain, designing a programme for restoration and conservation actions inside ecosystems the place it operates/sources from, and dealing along with provide chain companions to ascertain consciousness on biodiversity points.

Help shield folks’s lives inside and past the worth chain
Volvo Cars needs to have a optimistic impression on society. The firm has, for instance, taken steps to assist shield folks by specializing in its damage price (LTCR). The present damage price (LTCR) is 0.07, an industry-leading effort, however the purpose is to additional scale back the office damage price to 0.02 by 2030. Throughout its worth chain, Volvo Cars can also be working arduous to assist safeguard human rights by risk-based due diligence processes to hint, determine, assess and tackle human rights dangers.

Together with like-minded companions, Volvo Cars appears ahead to unveiling new social and environmental initiatives within the 12 months forward, aimed in the direction of serving to shield folks and the planet.

The small print

  • On throughout its fleet by 2030: this refers to all fashions at present being produced at the moment.
  • On web optimistic throughout its worth chain: aiming in the direction of web optimistic implies that Volvo Cars will take actions to keep away from and scale back its impacts, in addition to interact in restoration and regeneration of nature to the extent that it positively balances its destructive impacts.
  • On nature optimistic: Volvo Cars’ purpose to contribute in the direction of nature optimistic means that it’ll not solely purpose to be web optimistic, but additionally purpose at repeatedly lowering its destructive impression relative to a 2021 baseline. 
  • On damage price (LTCR): damage price (LTCR) is outlined because the variety of work and occupational accidents reported with at the very least sooner or later sick depart, divided by hours labored and multiplied by 200,000.
  • On risk-based due diligence processes to hint, determine, assess and tackle human rights dangers: risk-based due diligence processes carried out globally to evaluate the potential or precise antagonistic impression and prioritise actions to stop, stop, mitigate and treatment recognized human rights violations. The processes ought to fulfil upcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and its human rights compliance programme. This features a accountable sourcing administration system aiming to introduce a formalised and constant course of to proactively handle human rights and environment-related dangers in Volvo Cars’ provide chains for all its recognized Raw supplies of concern (RMOC).
  • On along with like-minded companions: current examples on this area are Volvo Cars’ monetary and in-kind help to Save the Children and UNICEF’s Ukraine response and collaboration with Girls Who Code.
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Volvo Had A Record 2023 And The XC60 Was Its Best Seller

We hardly ever to speak concerning the present XC60, contemplating most Volvo bulletins are about new electrical autos. But regardless of the shortage of protection and the very fact this SUV has gone for various years untouched, the XC60 continues to be going sturdy.

Volvo had a record-breaking 2023 when it bought 708,716 vehicles, up by 15 % in comparison with 2022. The XC60 was its hottest product, racking up gross sales of 228,646 models (up from 195,338 models in 2022). It managed to beat the smaller and cheaper XC40 (200,670 models) in addition to the range-topping XC90 (107,549 models), each of which noticed a bump in gross sales over the earlier 12 months.


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Volvo Cars stories new international gross sales document in 2023

Volvo Cars units a brand new international gross sales document as the corporate stories full-year gross sales of 708,716 vehicles throughout 2023, a rise of 15 per cent in contrast with the total 12 months of 2022. 

The all-time-high gross sales document is an illustration of Volvo Cars’ robust electrified product portfolio together with a extra stabilised provide chain.

Volvo Cars additionally noticed a big improve in gross sales for its electrified vehicles. Last 12 months, Volvo Cars bought 113,419 absolutely electrical vehicles, a rise of 70 per cent in contrast with 2022, and 152,561 plug-in hybrid vehicles, which was a ten per cent improve in contrast with 2022. Sales of absolutely electrical vehicles accounted for 16 per cent of all Volvo vehicles bought globally throughout 2023. 

For the month of December, Volvo Cars bought 76,015 vehicles globally, a rise of 5 per cent in contrast with the identical interval in 2022. 

European gross sales reached 294,794 vehicles throughout 2023, a rise of 19 per cent in contrast with 2022. Volvo Cars’ line-up of Recharge vehicles, with a completely electrical or plug-in hybrid powertrain, accounted for 59 per cent of all of the vehicles bought within the area final 12 months.

Volvo Cars’ US gross sales for 2023 amounted to 128,701 vehicles, up 26 per cent in contrast with the total 12 months of 2022. The variety of Recharge vehicles bought elevated by 28 per cent and accounted for 28 per cent of all vehicles bought within the US in the course of the 12 months.

Sales in China grew 5 per cent in contrast with 2022, leading to 170,091 vehicles bought throughout 2023. Overall, gross sales of Recharge vehicles grew 26 per cent in the course of the January-to-December interval. 

For 2023, the Volvo XC60 was the top-selling mannequin with gross sales reaching 228,646 vehicles (2022: 195,338 vehicles), adopted by the XC40 with whole gross sales of 200,670 vehicles (2022: 169,206 vehicles), and the XC90 at 107,549 vehicles (2022: 97,130 vehicles).

             
 

December

December

Jan-Dec

Jan-Dec

  
 

2023

2022

Change

2023

2022

Change
             

Europe

34,726

33,407

4%

294,794

247,413

19%

Recharge

18,933

22,661

-17%

172,575

135,714

27%

 – Fully electrical

8,920

10,579

-16%

75,476

45,690

65%

 – Plug-in hybrid

10,013

12,082

-17%

97,099

90,024

8%
             

China

15,944

16,950

-6%

170,091

162,322

5%

Recharge

1,715

1,933

-11%

15,356

12,215

26%

 – Fully electrical

249

777

-68%

3,281

2,999

9%

 – Plug-in hybrid

1,466

1,156

27%

12,075

9,216

31%
             

US

13,609

11,111

23%

128,701

102,038

26%

Recharge

3,232

3,202

1%

35,657

27,909

28%

 – Fully electrical

686

1,132

-39%

13,609

7,308

86%

 – Plug-in hybrid

2,546

2,070

23%

22,048

20,601

7%
             

Other

11,736

11,195

5%

115,130

103,348

11%

Recharge

4,581

4,030

14%

42,392

29,514

44%

 – Fully electrical

2,415

2,100

15%

21,053

10,752

96%

 – Plug-in hybrid

2,166

1,930

12%

21,339

18,762

14%
             

Total

76,015

72,663

5%

708,716

615,121

15%

Recharge

28,461

31,826

-11%

265,980

205,352

30%

 – Fully electrical

12,270

14,588

-16%

113,419

66,749

70%

 – Plug-in hybrid

16,191

17,238

-6%

152,561

138,603

10%

 

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Volvo ES90 electrical saloon due for 2024 reveal

The Volvo S90 saloon is anticipated to get replaced with a brand new electrical flagship launching in 2025, prone to be referred to as the ES90.

Known internally on the Swedish automotive maker underneath the codename V551, manufacturing is about to happen at a manufacturing unit owned and operated by Volvo’s mother or father firm Geely in China, as revealed in {a photograph} and specs leaked by the corporate’s board.

{A photograph} printed to Volvo‘s worker intranet reveals members of Volvo’s manufacturing crew in Zhejiang huddled round indicators that learn “Volvo Cars V551 First VP Car Celebration” and “Confidential Top Secret”. The reference to VP stands for ‘Verification Prototype’.

The electrical Audi A6, BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE rival is totally obscured from view, forward of an anticipated unveiling within the coming months. 

The luxurious four-door is anticipated to be primarily based on Volvo’s SPA2 platform – the identical construction that underpins the brand new EX90 SUV and its Polestar 4 sibling. It accommodates electrical drivetrains working at both 400 or 800 volts.

Specifications leaked by Volvo recommend the ES90 will probably be bought with the selection of each single-motor rear-wheel drive and dual-motor four-wheel drive.

It can be mentioned to make use of a 111 kWh battery (107 kWh usable) delivering 600km (373 miles) of vary together with the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive drivetrain.

According to Volvo, the ES90 measures 4999mm in size, 1547mm in peak and 1945mm in width, making it 61mm shorter, 32mm increased and 45mm wider than the BMW i5. It additionally receives a wheelbase that’s 105mm longer than its German rival at 3100mm.

Development of the ES90 is known to have been partly carried out together with Geely’s new Galaxy E8 saloon and Zeekr 7 saloon – the latter of which boasts as much as 637bhp and a variety of 478 miles on the Chinese CLTC check cycle in range-topping dual-motor four-wheel drive specification.

While early hypothesis advised the ES90 may share its platform with the lately unveiled Polestar 5, it’s understood the brand new bonded aluminum construction is taken into account too costly for the value level and anticipated manufacturing volumes of the brand new Volvo saloon, which is deliberate to be provided in all of its present international markets. 

Details of Volvo’s new electrical S90 come after it phased out all estate and saloon models in the UK market, citing a lot increased demand for SUVs. As a outcome, it stays unclear if the model will deliver its Audi A6 rival right here.

The ES90 will probably be Volvo’s fourth bespoke electrical automotive, becoming a member of the EX30 crossover, EX90 SUV and EM90 MPV. An electric successor to the XC60 is due in 2025, however no plans have but been revealed for an electrical alternative for the S60 and V60. 

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You Can Buy This Volvo 1800S With A Royal History For A Reasonable Price

The Volvo P1800 has lengthy been synonymous with model and durability. Born out of Swedish ingenuity, this 1800S particularly (the place S stands for Sweden) embodies a wealthy legacy that intertwines with royal appeal. Originally registered on April 21, 1966, this classic marvel discovered its first proprietor in His Royal Highness the Duke of Jämtland Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte on his twentieth birthday – and you might really personal it now.

Two years later, the Crown Prince exchanged his authentic 1800S for a Mediterranean blue variant, outfitted with the extra highly effective B20 engine. The preliminary 1800S modified arms through the years, retaining a path of provenance. Though the late seventies or early eighties witnessed a recent coat of paint, the automotive underwent minimal alterations after 1989, as affirmed by its current custodian.