Volvo has revealed extra particulars about its upcoming ES90 electrical sedan only a week out from its unveiling, with the battery-powered mannequin boasting vary anxiety-beating figures.
The Volvo ES90, on account of debut on March 5, may have a claimed driving vary of 700km on the WLTP lab take a look at cycle, excess of the 570km determine of the EX90 electrical SUV flagship.
It’s tipped to be a competitor to the BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE – which supply as much as 627km and 626km of vary, respectively – as a result of petrol-powered S90’s closeness in dimension to the 5 Collection and E-Class.
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In line with Volvo, the ES90 will its first EV underpinned by an 800-volt structure.
That is regardless of the ES90 being primarily based on the identical SPA2 platform because the EX90, which encompasses a 400-volt structure.
Increased charging charges are a transparent advantage of the elevated voltage, with Volvo claiming the ES90 might be DC fast-charged at as much as 350kW, permitting its battery to realize 300km of vary in simply 10 minutes.
Volvo moreover claims ES90s outfitted with a 106kWh battery (web capability) might be charged from 10 to 80 per cent cost in 20 minutes, primarily based on the 350kW cost fee.
For context, the EX90’s 111kWh (gross capability) lithium-ion with nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) chemistry battery might be charged at as much as 250kW.
Volvo claims the 800-volt structure has resulted in undisclosed weight financial savings for the ES90 in comparison with its current EVs, as it could use lighter electrical motors and different elements.
The ES90 can also be a key mannequin in the direction of Volvo’s sustainability targets, with Volvo reporting 29 per cent of all aluminium and 18 per cent of all metal used within the electrical sedan is recycled, whereas it additionally incorporates 16 per cent recycled polymers and bio-based supplies.
Along with this, the ES90 might be offered with a “battery passport”, a requirement in Europe from early 2027. The passport tracks uncooked supplies akin to lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite, and particulars the CO2 footprint of an EV’s battery.
Beforehand leaked documentation in China revealed the ES90 will measure 4990mm lengthy, 1945mm extensive and 1547mm tall on a 3102mm wheelbase.
The ES90 will reportedly be provided in both single-motor rear-wheel drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive configurations.
It’ll be part of a rising lineup of Volvo EVs, which is able to embrace the upcoming EX60 (an electrical counterpart to the XC60), in addition to two fashions on the newer SPA3 platform.
Volvo’s present international EV vary contains the EX30, the EX40 (previously often called the XC40 Recharge), the EX90, and the China-only EM90 individuals mover.
Regardless of asserting in March 2021 that it will solely promote EVs globally by 2030, Volvo walked again this goal to 90-100 per cent electrified car gross sales by 2030 – with the brand new determine together with plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).
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