2023 Volvo EX90 (EV)

2024 Volvo EX90 debuts in the US, LiDAR is standard

Volvo chose to unveil the EX90 at CES, a technology trade show, rather than an auto show because the company believes the vehicle will be "a highly advanced computer on wheels," as stated in a press release.

The company is now taking pre-orders for the electric SUV, which can seat up to seven people and as important difference from the European version LiDAR is part of the standard equipment rather than an option.

The 2024 EX90 is also equipped with five radars, eight cameras, and sixteen ultrasonic sensors, which help the car to take action if the sensors detect that the driver is not paying sufficient attention to the road. Volvo claims that the LiDAR system, which is made by Luminar has the ability to detect small objects "roughly two football fields ahead in day or night, and even at highway speed."

The US Volvo EX90 comes with the same synchronous permanent magnet motors and 111kWh battery pack with a usable capacity of 107kWh as the Polestar 3. According to what we learned at the global reveal in Europe, the EX90 has an estimated range of 372 miles (600 kilometers) on a single charge.

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2024 Volvo EX90 debuts in the US, LiDAR is standard

Volvo is now accepting pre-orders for the vehicle on its US website.
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Google announces new high-definition maps, Android Auto redesign rolling out

Google announced a new HD version of its Maps service for cars with the Android Automotive operating system. The new HD maps will provide more detailed road markings, lane-level localization, road barriers and signs. The feature will debut on the Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 models and will benefit from the lidar, radar and camera sensors on vehicles to ensure a safer driving experience.

Volvo’s HD maps demo shows users will get a detailed model of their vehicle on the screen which mimics all actions undertaken by the driver. HD maps will be available only on vehicles that use Google Automotive Services.

HD maps will also work in tandem with Volvo’s Pilot Assist feature and future autonomous driving platforms from other car makers to ensure the best driving experience on assisted and autonomous vehicles. Volvo and Polestar vehicles also gain remote check-in features via Google smart home devices. Users will be able to ask Google Assistant to warm up their cars, check battery percentage and all kinds of other useful features. The remote check-in feature will debut in the US and is coming to other markets later this year. Google also announced the new Waze app for Android Automotive is now available on Renault Austral Hybrid and Megane E-Tech cars.

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Google announces new high-definition maps, Android Auto redesign rolling out

Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 will be the first vehicles to get the new HD Maps.
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Bringing the best of Android to improve your drive

Android for Cars is rolling out new updates across Android Auto, digital car key, and cars with Google built-in.
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New Volvo EX90 will enter production this year

Electric successor to Volvo XC90 is the firm’s most expensive car and its longest-range EV

The new Volvo EX90 will enter production in the fourth quarter of this year alongside the smaller Volvo EX30, CEO Jim Rowan has confirmed.

Speaking on a call with journalists, Rowan said the EX90 will initially enter production in very small numbers ahead of sales beginning in 2024.

He added that the near-£100,000 seven-seater “blew through those targets for preorders” and that it “top and tails the range” with the EX30 – hinting that there will be no model smaller than the crossover, nor any larger than the EX90.

The EX90 – serving as a “statement for where we are, and where we are going” – is claimed by Rowan to set new standards for safety as the company aims for zero crash fatalities in its cars.

The new machine is effectively an electric-only equivalent to the current Volvo XC90. The EX90 is the third electric Volvo following the Volvo XC40 Recharge and Volvo C40 Recharge, but the first to sit on a dedicated electric platform: the Geely Group’s advanced SPA2 architecture. It is closely related technically to the recently revealed Polestar 3, but unlike that model features a third row of seats.

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New Volvo EX90 will enter production this year | Autocar

Electric successor to Volvo XC90 is the firm’s most expensive car and its longest-range EV
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Volvo Isn’t Considering Locking the EX90’s Best Features Behind Subscriptions... Yet

Volvo’s new EX90 flagship electric SUV packs in safety tech like lidar and other sensors that the company says will be available to everyone at launch.

It’s a big year for Swedish automaker Volvo as it’s preparing to roll out its new flagship SUV, which for the first time will be all-electric. The EX90 was first unveiled at the end of 2022 and Volvo has been sharing more and more details about the new car ahead of its launch for the 2024 model year.

When it finally hits the road next year, the EX90 will pack in an all-new design, sustainably sourced interior and more cameras and sensors than you can shake a stick at. Chief among those will be an array of sensors inside the car that can detect when you forget a passenger in the back seat and an all-new lidar system mounted to the car’s roof

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Volvo Isn’t Considering Locking the EX90’s Best Features Behind Subscriptions... Yet

Volvo’s new EX90 flagship electric SUV packs in safety tech like lidar and other sensors that the company says will be available to everyone at launch.
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New Volvo EX90 orders exceed "ambitious" expectations

Electric successor to the Volvo XC90 is met with a "tremendous reception" ahead of 2024 launch

Demand for the near-£100,000 Volvo EX90 has exceeded the Swedish firm's "boldest" expectations, it said today.

The first production run for the electric SUV, which received its global launch last year, has sold out and the firm said orders surpassed its "most ambitious internal projections". Earlier, Volvo said the car had been taken off sale, but it remains available to order in the UK.

Earlier this year, Volvo CEO Jim Rowan told Autocar the EX90 would initially enter production in very small numbers ahead of sales beginning in 2024.

He added that the firm's flagship SUV “blew through those targets for pre-orders” and that it “top and tails the range” with the smaller Volvo EX30, which will join it on the production line later this year. This suggests that there will be no model smaller than the crossover, nor any larger than the EX90.

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New Volvo EX90 orders exceed "ambitious" expectations | Autocar

Electric successor to the Volvo XC90 is met with a "tremendous reception" ahead of 2024 launch
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People *really* want a £100k electric Volvo

Demand for the EX90 seven-seater is so high Volvo's had to close its order books... for now

Perhaps aware that finances make for rather dry reading material, Volvo has craftily smuggled some intriguing news about its new, all-electric EX90 SUV into its quarterly results.

The news being that the seven-seater has 'surpassed the company's boldest and most ambitious internal projections' to such a degree that it's had to temporarily close order books for it. Crikey.

Granted, this is bad news if you were planning to buy an EX90, but presumably the Swedes won't need long to scale up production and free up some more build slots. We’re only surprised because of all the things the EX90 is, it is not cheap.

The entry-level Twin Motor variant costs a mouth-drying £96,000, while the Twin Motor Ultra is north of £100,000.

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People *really* want a £100k electric Volvo

Demand for the EX90 seven-seater is so high Volvo's had to close its order books... for now
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Electric Volvo EX90 is already sold out

Volvo released its first quarter financial reports and buried among the numbers was an interesting detail - the EX90 has sold out its entire production for this year. That’s despite the vehicle still being a few months away from first deliveries. The company confirmed the order books for EX90 are closed.

Volvo admitted the interest from customers was far greater than the company anticipated. We don’t know how many vehicles will be manufactured this year, it can’t be too many but still - selling the full initial batch of the EX90 is a good reason to celebrate.

X90 was officially unveiled in November last year, this large electric SUV shares its EV platform with Polestar 3 although the two vehicles are very different. Initially, the car debuted with a 111 kWh battery pack and two powertrains - Performance with 510 hp AWD system and Long Range with 408 hp AWD system. Later the COO of Volvo, Javier Varela, confirmed the company is looking into introducing an RWD-only version with 5 instead of 7 seats.

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Electric Volvo EX90 is already sold out

Deliveries haven’t even started yet but the 2023 Volvo EX90 has already sold out its entire production for another year.
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Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 production delayed until 2024 due to software issues

Volvo and Polestar have some bad news today. Both the Volvo EX90 and the Polestar 3 are delayed. While production for both was supposed to start in 2023, it's now been pushed to the first quarter of 2024 (which means January to March).

Polestar says it was "recently informed that additional time for final software development of the new all-electric platform shared by Volvo Cars is needed".

Volkswagen has had its fair share of software-related issues, and now it seems like Volvo and Polestar are unfortunately experiencing their own.

According to Volvo's press release on the matter, the "EX90 is a very exciting and important car for Volvo Cars, representing the start of a new era for the company and introduces a new generation of technology - hardware and software".

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Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 production delayed until 2024 due to software issues

They were both supposed to arrive this year, but not anymore.
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Volvo EX90 on pause with software integration delaying launch to 2024

The automotive industry is a dance of precision and innovation. Volvo's rhythm has been slightly disrupted as their much-anticipated debutant, the EX90, takes a brief pause before stepping onto the dance floor. The EX90, a flagship electric SUV, has had its debut deferred to mid-2024 due to a tad complicated software integration.

On July 20, during the earnings call, CEO Jim Rowan heralded this not-so-enthusiastic news. This delay marks the most significant shift in product launch since the XC40. The chief cause? The complex labyrinth of the software code and the quest to integrate key safety technology into the EX90's SPA2 platform, a proud partner of Polestar 3.

"We're going all-in with software. It's no child's play when you're integrating lidar into your safety stack. We just want to ensure it functions just right," commented Jim Rowan. This hiccup offers Volvo engineers some "extra time in the sandbox" to achieve their set goal. Still, it nudges the EX90's grand entrance to possibly the third quarter of 2024.

LiDAR, the laser-wielding brainchild of self-driving sensor start-up Luminar Technologies, is the talk of the town in Volvo's quarters. Its introduction in the EX90 makes it the first model to come standard with LiDAR. It's like walking into a party with the most coveted plus-one, while others like Polestar 3 merely offer it as an option.

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Volvo EX90 on pause with software integration delaying launch to 2024

Amid advanced technological integration, Volvo takes a raincheck on its EX90 SUV launch, assuring quality over haste.
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