Recently, Volvo officially announced that the engineering prototype with the internal code name V551 officially rolled off the assembly line.
It is understood that the V551 is Volvo's first pure electric car, positioned as a medium and large sedan, and is actually a pure electric version of the S90. The car is expected to be launched together with the EV90, an all-electric version of the V90, under the name "ES90", and will be mass-produced in May next year and released in the second half of next year at the earliest.
The official car is highly confidential, and ** is covered by a curtain. The obscured curtain is stamped with the words Top Secret, and the vehicle is highly secret, the exact details of which are not yet known.
ES90 and EX90 are both Volvo brand dual flagship models, both will be jointly based on the SPA2 platform development, ES90 body length, width and height are 4999 1946 1547mm, wheelbase 3102mm, in size and fuel version of S90 basically the same, the future will be a major representative of the new energy executive car.
In addition to the well-known Mercedes-Benz S-class, Audi A8L, and BMW 7 series, many new executive players have also emerged from China's new car-making forces, such as the recent high-profile debut of 800,000 yuan NIO ET9, carrying a variety of self-developed technologies and defining the luxury ceiling with technology.
Because the EX90 has not undergone major updates to the appearance compared to the fuel version of the model, the renderings of the ES90 from foreign media are extremely credible.
In terms of appearance, the front face adopts the same closed grille as the EX90 model, which is a characteristic of the pure electric model, retains the family-style Thor's hammer LED headlights, and the rear part of the car is replaced with a new "C-shaped" through-type LED taillight, and adopts a low-drag hub cap.
Such Volvo models look more like new energy, and the aesthetics also continue the elegant and high-end Nordic mythological design elements, with a solemn aura.
In terms of power, you can refer to the EX90, ES90 is expected to be equipped with a 111kWh battery pack, using a four-wheel drive system composed of front and rear dual motors, the comprehensive maximum output of the system will reach 300kW, and the peak torque will reach 769N·m. At the same time, it is expected to launch a high-performance version at the same time, with a maximum output of 370 kW and a maximum torque of 909 Nm.
Xiaotong believes that medium and large-level luxury cars are still dominated by fuel vehicles, which is also the basic plate of the German three musketeers Mercedes-Benz E, BMW 5 and Audi A6 cars, and it is difficult for fuel models of the same level to get a piece of the pie, and consumers have high brand loyalty.
For Volvo, never compromising on making a long-wheelbase model is also a unique arrogance and brand characteristic, and the S60 is inferior to its BBA counterpart from a mainstream point of view. The S90 stands at the top of the Volvo executive sedan, with a longer wheelbase and more space in the rear, but to fight hard with mainstream products, Volvo still needs more sincerity.
The pure electric era is both an opportunity and an unknown, because there are almost no best-selling pure electric models at this level, including BBA, which has no models that can shake the market, among which NIO ET7 and Mercedes-Benz EQE are both high-voiced, but the rain is small, and hundreds of units are sold per month.
The development of the network also allows the audience to have a wider understanding of the car, not only to see the appearance, but also to look at the platform, not to accept the oil to electricity.
The ES90 retains the appearance of a gasoline vehicle, which is both a heritage and a conservative one, and with the help of electrification, it may be able to successfully reverse its current market position. In addition, the SPA platform is a platform built specifically for high-end models, and there is also a Polestar 5 on the same platform, which is different from the SEA vast platform, which will cost much more, which means that the price is high.