Volvo’s EX60, with fast-charging capabilities and a brand-new electric architecture, made its official debut today, with the Swedish automaker positioning the crossover EV as a new direction for its battery-powered lineup. With up to 400 miles of estimated range and an 800-volt architecture for ultra-fast charging, the EX60 feels like a concerted effort by Volvo to address some of the most common pain points of EV ownership. But it also represents Volvo’s effort to reshuffle its supply chain and production process for a better chance at earning a profit on its EV lineup.
At first glance, the EX60 looks a little familiar, with an exterior design reminiscent of Volvo’s other EVs and hybrids, like the EX90 and XC70. But the new crossover SUV is built on a totally new platform, Volvo’s SPA3 (Scalable Product Architecture 3), which comes with a raft of new capabilities and features that have been absent from the company’s lineup.
SPA3 is designed for modularity, meaning its hardware and software can be continuously improved. It’s also the first vehicle to benefit from Volvo’s new megacasting production process to reduce weight and improve manufacturing efficiency. And it will utilize a structural battery pack, in which the high-voltage cells are actually part of the structural chassis.
But the processing power is arguably the showcase, with Volvo claiming the EX60 is its “most intelligent” car to date. The EX60 is built around HuginCore, Volvo’s state-of-the-art hardware and software system, which brings together the automaker’s in-house technology with features from Google, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. Volvo says the result is a vehicle that’s faster, smarter, and continuously improving through over-the-air updates.
The EX60 will be Volvo’s first car to feature Google’s Gemini as its new AI assistant. The assistant is “deeply integrated” into the vehicle’s operating system, allowing drivers to have “natural and personalized” conversations. And the infotainment system is designed to be highly responsive with zero lag — but of course we’d need to test it ourselves to say for sure.
The 800-volt architecture, a first for Volvo, also feels like a feature aimed at reducing lag, but this time for charging. Other automakers, like Hyundai and Kia, have stood out amid cooling demand for EVs thanks to their fast-charging, 800-volt-architecture vehicles, and now Volvo wants to do the same. The EX60 can charge from 10–80 percent in 19 minutes, or add 168 miles of range in just 10 minutes, when using a 400kW fast charger. The native NACS charge port will allow EX60 owners to fast-charge at Tesla Supercharger stations.
Volvo is also offering for the first time a global 10-year battery warranty covering up to 240,000km. This extends the company’s previous eight-year coverage and reflects confidence in its in-house battery development and manufacturing capabilities.
The EX60 will have other tricks up its sleeve, too, including vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid functionality as standard across all markets and trims. Volvo has already announced a partnership with Swedish energy provider Vattenfall to explore how the EX60 and other Volvo EVs can help stabilize and balance the grid.
The EX60 will come in three powertrain variants: the P6, with 310 miles of estimate range; the P10, with 320 miles; and the P12, with 400 miles. The P10 and P12 will both come with all-wheel drive for instant torque and improved traction. The P6’s single motor is in the rear wheel, for a lighter, more agile driving experience. With propulsion system will come in either Plus or Ultra trim levels for added comfort. The P6 and P10 will go into production starting April 2026, with the P12 to follow later in the year.
The P10, which Volvo says will start at around $60,000, comes with an impressive array of standard features, including a 21-speaker Bose sound system, 15-inch curved OLED center display with Google built-in, a large panoramic roof, 360-degree camera, 20-inch five-spoke diamond-cut wheels, Pilot Assist driver-assist system, three-zone climate control, metallic paint, active suspension, and a 19.2kW onboard charger.
The EX60 will arrive in a much different world than Volvo would likely prefer. After the flubs associated with the three-row EX90’s launch, the automaker is clearly hoping to recapture some excitement by introducing an new EV in the most popular segment for any vehicle, electric or otherwise: a two-row, five-passenger crossover SUV.
And with an upgraded manufacturing process at Volvo’s historic Torslanda plant in Sweden and the inclusion of megacasting, Volvo is also aiming for a profitable vehicle too. Using this process, the EX60 will have its entire rear underbody cast by an 8,400-ton casting machine, allowing Volvo to replace around 100 separate parts with a single piece of aluminum.
Volvo is calling this its smartest, longest-range, and fastest-charging EV to date — which is noteworthy because those are the superlatives it used to describe the China-made ES90 sedan when it seemed like that EV was next in line for production. Now the ES90 has been delayed thanks to tariffs and concerns about profitability, leaving the EX60 as Volvo’s leading effort to right the ship on EVs.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
