The All-New, All-Electric Volvo EX90 SUV on the Road – First Customers Will Get Their Cars This Month
The fully electric Volvo EX90 is ready and on the road: the first batch of our flagship SUV is being shipped to our retailers in the United States and Europe right now, and the first customers will get their cars before the end of this month. We will ramp up deliveries to more markets between the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2025.
The EX90 is Volvo Cars’ new flagship and sets new standards for the company regarding safety, sustainability, and human-centric technology that makes people’s lives easier and more enjoyable.
So when Volvo Cars tested its new flagship, the company placed high demands on it and pushed it to its limits. Their chief executive, Jim Rowan, has put the EX90 through its paces for the last few weeks. He’s taken the EX90 with colleagues on a road trip across the United States—from the company’s plant outside of Charleston, South Carolina, to California.
Recently, Volvo Cars let hundreds of journalists from all over the world experience all the qualities of the EX90 as the company held a global media test drive southeast of Los Angeles, USA.
The Start of a New Era
The EX90 also represents a paradigm shift for the company as the first Volvo car powered by a core system.
The in-car AI computer is built on the NVIDIA DRIVE® platform. This core system, plus the Snapdragon® Cockpit Platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and in-house-developed software by Volvo Cars engineers, work seamlessly together to run the key functions inside the car, from safety and infotainment to battery management. The result is a more responsive and convenient car experience.
Born smart and connected with Google built-in, the EX90 has a range of sensors, including radars, cameras and a lidar supplied by Luminar for enhanced safety. The data collection from sensors, coupled with an always-on 5G connection and regular over-the-air software updates, allows the company to continuously improve the car’s features and grow its functionality over time.
The EX90 is based on Volvo Cars‘ next-generation technology base. It is fully electric by design and has a driving range of up to 600km*. It’s designed to be the safest car the company has ever made, full of next-generation passive and active safety technology and software informed by advanced sensors.
The EX90 is a car of many firsts. It’s the first Volvo car equipped with a lidar and the first with a core computing system. It’s also the first Volvo car designed to deliver bi-directional charging, allowing customers to contribute to a more balanced grid and more renewable energy use in society. And it’s the world’s first car to offer the Abbey Road Studios mode, with the optional Bowers & Wilkins top-level audio system.
Production of the EX90 started earlier this year at the company’s manufacturing plant just outside Charleston, in South Carolina, USA. The plant has the capacity to build up to 150,000 cars per year.
In recent years, Volvo Cars has invested extensively in its facilities, renewing and expanding the body and paint shops.
The plant now also has a state-of-the-art battery pack production line. With these investments, Volvo Cars’ US production facility is well-prepared for the start of this new era.
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