23/08/2024 09:00
Updated 26/08/2024 07:41
Although Volvo has declared and demonstrated that its future is 100% electric, the Swedes neither want nor can get rid of their old guard. The Volvo XC90, despite its age, is one of the company’s best-selling cars. Everyone assumed their lives were coming to an end with the arrival of the latest and greatest Volvo EX90, but no. In a classic ‘divide and rule’ maneuver, Volvo ensures the continuity of the XC90 with an important announcement. We won’t have to wait long to see it in nature. His presentation is scheduled for September 4 next.
In Sweden they tend to extend the useful life of their cars to the maximum. The XC90 is a perfect example of this. The company’s largest SUV was first introduced in 2001. It was the first SUV from the house to appear. Later, other units became more popular such as the XC60 and the XC40. Despite being on the market for more than 20 years, there were only two generations of the XC90. The latter was presented in 2015, although it was partially updated in 2020 with new design elements and important technological innovations.
The current version of the XC90 was introduced in 2019 and went on sale in 2020.
Hybrid and electric systems that live in parallel
As we said before, everyone assumed that with the arrival of the 100% electric alternative, the EX90, Volvo would end the service of the XC90, but no. To everyone’s surprise, the Swedes will keep the thermal model alive, although, In literal words, they advertise a “substantially renewed” model. and an image that shows us two cars. The one below is the future XC90. It can be easily identified by its headlights which, once again, will have the now classic design of Thor’s hammer. No further information is available at this time.
We know that the new XC90 will be hybrid, although we don’t know what kind of hybrid the Swedes are referring to. The most logical thing is to think about a plug-in hybrid system like the one that the big SUV already looks like. The XC90 T8 PHEV has 70 kilometers of autonomy thanks to a battery capacity of 18.8 kWh. Its performance reaches 455 horses. It is more than possible that engineers will release the update with a larger battery that extends the electric range, as well as charging power and overall performance.
Also Volvo may choose regular hybrid systems that do not use plug-insdrawn from its flagship brand, Geely. The Chinese have extensive experience in the field of electrification, so they have many resources available to electrify one of their most popular models. Next September 4 we will clear doubts in this regard and also solve the many unknowns generated by the launch of the Volvo EX90. The problems happened in the last year and it will be the Jim RowanCEO of Volvo, who is in charge of giving all the details.