Volvo has released details of the ES90, the all-electric spiritual successor to the Volvo S90 saloon, although it’s not a saloon itself. It’s the sixth fully electric car in Volvo’s product lineup, behind the EX90, EM90, EX40, EC40 and EX30.
Here’s the lowdown on the Swedish firm’s latest executive family car.
2025 Volvo ES90: Price, Specs and Release Date:
- Volvo ES90: styling and dimensions
- Volvo ES90: interior design and practicality
- Volvo ES90: motors batteries and dynamics
- Volvo ES90: price and release date
Volvo ES90: styling and dimensions
In terms of dimensions, the Volvo ES90 is 5m long, 2,120mm wide, and 1,546mm tall, with a wheelbase of 3,102mm. That makes it a sizeable car. And despite it being the spiritual successor to the S90 saloon, it’s actually a hatchback, having a roof-hinged tailgate with the rear window built-in. Regardless of the specifics of how the boot opening works, though, the ES90 goes up against large premium saloon and hatchback rivals such as the BMW i5, Audi A6 e-tron, and Mercedes EQE. You might also consider more mainstream, alternatives such as the Hyundai Ioniq 6, Mazda 6e and Volkswagen ID.7.
In order to maximise range and efficiency, Volvo has tried to give the ES90 as aerodynamic a shape as possible. And it looks to have succeeded. The car’s drag coefficient of 0.25Cd is the lowest of any Volvo Cars model ever, and makes the car’s body pretty darned slippery.
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And you’ll notice some very familiar Volvo design cues on the ES90. The firm’s trademark 'Thor’s Hammer' headlight design is present and correct, those lights sitting either side of the Volvo emblem, which itself sits on a blank panel, rather than a front grille.
At the rear of the car, the low roofline drops to what is quite a squat-looking back end, either side of which sit Volvo’s usual C-shaped rear light clusters. One design touch you might not be used to is the unusual LED lighting strips running down the sides of the rear window.
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Generally, we reckon it’s quite a handsome-looking thing, but there is one thing that we feel lets it down in the looks department, something that also afflicts the EX90 SUV. That’s the small hump in the roof, just above the windscreen, that houses the Lidar and radar sensors needed to facilitate the car’s self-driving functionality. It gives the car the air of a very large and very expensive taxi.
Depending on the trim and specification of ES90 you go for, you can choose between four designs of alloy wheel, measuring between 20- and 22 inches, and seven exterior paint colours.
Volvo ES90: interior design and practicality
Swish interior design is something for which Volvo has rightly been lauded in recent years, but the firm's latest offerings have taken visual minimalism to a whole new level. And this is a theme that’s - predictably - been continued in the ES90. The cabin has been purged of almost all switchgear, preferring instead to rely on touchscreen technology to operate the car’s myriad functions.
As such, you’ll find a massive 14.5-inch portrait-orientated touchscreen in the middle of the dashboard, along with a 9.0-inch digital driver display behind the steering wheel, augmented by a 13.2-inch head-up display projected onto the windscreen.
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In terms of functionality, it’s similar to the infotainment systems found in Volvo’s other latest cars, such as the EX90. It has the same ‘Google built-in’ technology, with navigation provided by Google Maps, voice-activation provided by Google Assistant, and a variety of apps can be downloaded directly from the Google Play store. Aside from that, you also have Bluetooth, DAB, wireless Apple CarPlay, wireless phone charging, and 5G capability. It also looks very similar to the Volvo EX90’s system in terms of its user interface.
The system isn’t quite the same as the one found in the EX90, though, because it is, according to Volvo, the first of the company’s cars to use “next-generation core computers that represent an eightfold improvement over the previous generation” (if you’re interested, the difference-maker is something called a dual NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin configuration). Now we haven’t encountered the system yet, so we can’t say whether this extra computing power has made the system any simpler to use than the EX90’s, or whether it's made things even more complicated. However, we sincerely hope it’s the former rather than the latter, because the EX90’s is far too complicated for its own good, with far too many menus and submenus, making it difficult to use on the move.
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If you’re into your tunes, you’ll want to know about the sound system in the ES90. Entry-level Plus trim gets a BOSE system with 14 speakers delivering 940 watts, while the top-spec Ultra trim gets an upgraded Bowers & Wilkins system with 25 speakers - including in the headrests and the ceiling - delivering a colossal 1,610 watts.
In terms of materials, the ES90 looks like standard Volvo fare, with high-quality plastics finished with your choice of attractive birch or ash wood inlays, plus the choice of three different shades of Nordico vegan leather upholstery, or a light grey wool blend fabric. The ambient lighting has six themes, and a panoramic roof is standard to fill the cabin with natural light. On the top-spec model, this roof is electrochromic, which means you can adjust the level of transparency of the glass at the touch of a button (or more likely, an on-screen icon).
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We haven’t yet clapped eyes on the new car in the metal yet, so we can’t really comment on how practical it is, but it’ll be key to the car’s success, so expect plenty of space. The boot space doesn’t sound huge at 424 litres, but if you don’t need the rear seats, you can fold them down individually to open up 733 litres of cargo space. There’s also a 22-litre ‘frunk’ under the bonnet for storing your charging cables.
Volvo ES90: motors batteries and dynamics
The ES90 is, unsurprisingly, based on the same SPA2 platform as the EX90 and the Polestar 3. Like those cars, it’s available with three different powertrain options.
The range starts with the Single Motor Extended Range, which has a rear-mounted electric motor sending 328bhp to the rear wheels, giving an official 0-62mph time of 6.6 seconds. Its 92 kWh battery pack gives an official WLTP electric range of 402 miles.
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Then comes the Twin Motor, which as the name hints at, has a second motor on the front axle to give all-wheel drive for extra traction. This in turn adds more power, taking the total up to 450bhp, trimming the 0-62mph sprint down to 5.4 seconds. All that, and it also comes with a bigger 106 kWh battery pack that gives an even more impressive 435 miles of range.
At the top of the range sits the Twin Motor Performance. This has the same battery and official range figure as the regular Twin Motor, despite the fact that maximum power is hiked to 671bhp, and the 0-62mph dash is trimmed down to 4.0 seconds.
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No ES90 is slow then, and that’s all the more impressive given the car’s colossal weight. The Single Motor Extended Range weighs just shy of 2.5 tonnes, while the Twin Motor versions weigh in above that threshold. The entry-level Plus trim gets a standard passive suspension, while the Ultra version comes with active air suspension.
In terms of charging times, the ES90 is the first Volvo with 800-volt technology for faster rapid charging, still a relative rarity in the automotive sector. The smaller battery has a maximum DC charging speed of 300kW, while the larger one takes that figure up to 350kW. In both cases, Volvo says that a 10-80% top-up can be delivered in just 22 minutes (in the unlikely event that you can plug in to a sufficiently powerful public charging station that’s running at its full capacity).
Volvo ES90: price and release date
The new Volvo ES90 is available to order now in the UK. The Single Motor Extended Range version costs from £67,560, the Twin Motor starts at £81,460, while prices for the Twin Motor Performance begin at £86,060.
As we’ve alluded to already, there are two trim levels offered, both of which are very well equipped. The entry-level Plus version comes as standard with LED headlights, the panoramic roof, four-zone climate control with air purification, a power-adjustable steering column, power-adjusting front seats with memory, seat heating front and rear, a heated steering wheel, a power tailgate, a heat pump, rain sensing wipers, and 360-degree cameras. And as a Volvo, you can also expect more safety features and semi-autonomous driver aids than you can shake a Scandinavian-shaped stick at.
On top of that little lot, the Ultra version adds HD pixel headlights, the electrochromic panoramic roof, laminated side windows, tinted rear windows, massaging front seats, power reclining back seats, the Bowers & Wilkins stereo and the active air suspension.