Volvo EX90 EV coming to Malaysia this year – flagship 7-seater electric SUV is VCM’s next new model launch

The Volvo EX90 will be coming to Malaysia, very likely to be within this year. Not surprising; in fact, the brand’s flagship seven-seater electric SUV was confirmed for our market some time back, and was expected to go on sale in the final quarter of last year.

“We now have a focused portfolio of fully electric vehicles for Malaysia with our flagship seven-seater Volvo EX90 coming next,” said Chris Tan, sales director of Volvo Car Malaysia. “The upcoming EX90 is the company’s largest all-electric SUV and incorporates Volvo Cars’ most advanced safety technology to date such as lidar, core computing, and occupant monitoring for drivers and passengers,” VCM said in a press release announcing its 2024 sales results.

The EX90, which can be considered as the ‘electric XC90’, was revealed to the world in November 2022, but production only started in mid-2024.

The SUV was launched in Thailand late last year, and three variants are available there. The base Twin Motor Plus retails has seven seats and a dual-motor, all-wheel drive powertrain with 408 PS (300 kW) and 770 Nm, good for a 0-100 km/h time of 5.9 seconds.

Next up is the Twin Motor Performance Ultra, which can be had with six or seven seats. This one gets 517 PS (380 kW) and 910 Nm, bringing down the century sprint time to 4.9 seconds. Both variants share the same limited top speed of 180 km/h and a nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery with gross energy capacity of 111 kWh (107 kWh usable). WLTP range is 600 km for the Twin Motor and 590 km for the Twin Motor Performance.

For charging, the EX90’s max AC rate is 11 kW, and that will get the battery fully charged in approximately 10 hours. DC fast charging’s peak rate is 250 kW, which gets the battery from 10-80% SoC in about 30 minutes.

At 5,037 mm long, 1,964 mm wide and 1,744 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,985 mm, the EX90 is slightly longer and wider than the MHEV/PHEV XC90, which received a facelift late last year.

As for kit, the Thai-spec EX90 is offered with 20-inch wheels, LED headlamps, panoramic glass roof, 9.0-inch instrument cluster display, 14.5-inch touchscreen infotainment system, a 14-speaker Bose sound system and four-zone climate control. Ultra variants get air suspension system with adaptive damping, high-def pixel LED headlamps with active high beam, massage function for the front seats and a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins 3D sound system.

What do you think of this ‘electric XC90’ that looks like a jumbo EX30?

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