Volvo's Most Important New SUV Finally Has A Debut Date
The latest shows the EX60 in silhouette obscured by a cloud of sand. Not obscured is the reveal date. January 21, 2026 is when we'll finally get to learn everything about the model that should probably have been the brand's first EV.
EX60 One Of Volvo's Last To Get An Electric Variant
That we won't even see the EX60 until 2026 shows just how far the Swedish automaker has fallen behind on its original electric plans. In 2021, Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said that the brand was investing in the future. That it would see 50% of its global sales be electric vehicles by this year and the other half hybrids. It would be a fully electric brand by the end of the decade.
Yet here we are at the end of 2025 and Volvo's most popular model is still not offered as an EV. Its EV sales are just 21% of total sales and, even including PHEVs, the total is well under half.
On the other hand, there are definitely some benefits to waiting. The EX60 will be the first model on the company's latest SPA3 platform, which evolves and builds on what it learned with the EX90. New casting technology will slash total parts, including reducing the rear floor from 100 parts to just one. It will also use the battery as part of the structure of the vehicle for more energy density and higher range.
New Volvo Will Have At Least 435-Mile Range
This midsized electric crossover, Volvo says, will have a longer electric range than any vehicle the company has built before. That promises impressive distance, as the company's current range champ is the upcoming ES90 sedan that Volvo says can do 435 miles on a charge. Even though that's on the generous WLTP test cycle, we'd expect it to convert to somewhere between 350-400 miles on the EPA cycle. It's a figure that would put it among the best in the US for range.
The ES90 can charge at up to 350 kW, adding a 10-80% charge in as little as 20 minutes. The EX60 should be able to charge up at least as quickly. We're also hoping it will offer the ES90's most powerful motors, which give that car 671 horsepower and 535 pound-feet of torque to make that car the most powerful Volvo ever.
Volvo also says it will deliver "a groundbreaking user experience." The ES90, Volvo's last reveal, shows a cabin that's largely unchanged from the EX90 and EX30. We're not sure what to expect here, but Volvo has had some high-tech cabins in recent years, so the EX60's infotainment system will certainly be advanced.
The reveal happens in January and Volvo says that it will enter production in the first half of the year. Volvo will build the EX60 at its plant in Gothenburg, Sweden.
