Volvo says first MPV shall be Scandinavian lounge on wheels

Media experiences say the EM90 will percentage Geely’s Sustainable Enjoy Structure (SEA) with fashions such because the Zeekr 009, a three-row minivan that debuted in China in January. Zeekr mentioned it offered 20,000 009s in its first 5 months in the marketplace.

Zeekr, on the other hand, has mentioned it does no longer plan to deal the 009 in Europe.

With the quantity 90 in its identify, Volvo is signaling that the car shall be a massive top rate type, becoming a member of the EX90 flagship electrical crossover in its rising battery-powered lineup. An EM90 teaser photograph depicts a boxy-looking design, which used to be habitual for the emblem till it followed curvier exteriors within the early 2000s. 

Volvo desires full-electric fashions to account for part of its deliberate 1.2 million gross sales via 2025. Through 2030, Volvo effort to be an electric-only logo.

Previous this while Volvo debuted the EX30 miniature electrical crossover, which can succeed in shoppers in early 2024, becoming a member of the C40 electrical compact crossover and the battery-powered spinoff of its sibling, the XC40. With the EM90, Volvo’s EV lineup will get up to 5 fashions, up from 0 in 2019.

Volvo has mentioned it’s going to forming a unutilized full-electric automotive every while till 2025. Prominent off used to be the EX90, unmistakable ultimate November and because of be at the highway this while. On the other hand, tool problems have behind schedule it.

This while’s primary debut used to be the EX30, making the EM90 the second one unutilized EV from Volvo in 2024. Volvo plans to go back to its one unutilized EV a while cadence in 2024.

Volvo mentioned Thursday that the EM90 is designed in order that shoppers can “make the most of the time spent in the car.” Including that the minivan “creates room for your life.”