- Volvo is near revealing an ES90 electrical midsize sedan
- The ES90 shall be Volvo’s first with twin Nvidia Drive AGX Orin chips
- The ES90 is one among 5 new or up to date Volvos arriving in 2025
The subsequent mannequin in Volvo’s EV offensive will be the ES90, a midsize sedan designed as an electrical various to the present S90.
Volvo plans to unveil the ES90 on March 5, and within the lead-up to the reveal, the automaker has begun drip-feeding particulars concerning the new know-how it can characteristic.
On Thursday, Volvo confirmed that the ES90 will share its SPA2 devoted EV platform with the EX90 midsize SUV, together with the identical software program and {hardware} modules—what Volvo refers to because the Volvo Automobiles Superset tech stack.
Nonetheless, the ES90 will profit from quicker computing energy, because of twin Nvidia Drive AGX Orin chips. The EX90 presently pairs a single Orin chip with a slower Nvidia Drive AGX Xavier chip, however Volvo has introduced a free improve is coming for EX90 house owners to put in twin Orin chips. This underscores Volvo’s versatile tech stack strategy, permitting automobiles to be simply upgraded over time, together with by software program updates—making them true software-defined autos. Over-the-air updates for steady enchancment are already commonplace on newer Volvo fashions.
Volvo ES90 teased forward of debut on March 5, 2025
With twin Orin chips, the ES90 can course of round 508 trillion operations per second (TOPS), enabling speedy information dealing with for AI-based security options, sensor information processing, and optimized battery administration. Volvo additionally acknowledged that the additional computing energy will permit its AI programs to evolve and develop as extra information is collected over time.
Volvo on Thursday additionally introduced the ES90 will include the automaker’s newest suite of senors, dubbed Secure Area Know-how. This can embrace a lidar, 5 radars, eight cameras, and twelve ultrasonic sensors to assist the automobile’s varied digital driver-assist options.
The ES90 is one among 5 new or up to date Volvo fashions launching this yr. In February, Volvo revealed the rugged EX30 Cross Nation and an up to date XC60. Further fashions anticipated embrace an up to date S60 compact sedan and a long-range plug-in hybrid tailor-made for the Chinese language market. The present S60 will exit the U.S. market after 2025 and isn’t anticipated to return. Volvo has but to announce the U.S. launch timing for these new fashions.
