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.