Forward of a launch later this month, Volvo has teased some spectacular particulars about its upcoming electrical crossover. The EX60, which slots between the EX40 and EX90, will provide an EPA vary of 400 miles, beating all different Volvos and most EVs typically. It’ll even be the primary Volvo automotive to make use of a megacasting course of designed to scale back weight and enhance manufacturing effectivity.
"With our new electrical car structure, we immediately deal with the principle worries that clients have when contemplating a swap to a completely electrical automotive," stated Volvo CTO Anders Bell. "The result’s class-leading vary and quick charging speeds, marking the tip of vary nervousness."
Volvo thought-about that primary fear to be vary nervousness, so it centered on maximizing endurance to the biggest extent potential. Key to that’s Volvo's superior SPA3 EV structure, which integrates the battery immediately into the construction of the automotive with cell-to-body expertise. Volvo additionally developed its e-motors in-house to enhance effectivity and scale back weight.
The corporate additionally made the EX60 quick to cost with an 800-volt electrical system and help for as much as 400kW quick charging, letting you add as much as 168 miles of vary in simply 10 minutes. New lighter supplies and decrease warmth technology support in that, "which means the EX60 can add over 100 miles or vary in only a few minutes," Volvo wrote on its weblog.
The megacasting, in the meantime, helped Volvo exchange lots of of smaller elements with a single, high-precision casting to scale back weight. The Volvo EX60 can be revealed on January 21, 2026 at a livestream on Volvo's web site.
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