Volvo Cars‘ latest generation EX90 appeared on China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) catalogue, released this Friday, as the company prepares to launch its fully electric SUV in the country.
The fully electric seven-seat luxury SUV was globally launched last September and is set to arrive in the Chinese market over the next few months — as the company seeks to revive demand for its EV vehicles.
The 2026 EX90 measures 5,037 mm in length, 1,964 mm in width, and 1,742 mm in height, with a wheelbase of 2,985 mm.
With dual-motor All-Wheel Drive (AWD), the model is available in two different trims: Plus and Ultra.
In Sweden, Volvo offers the model with an additional Ultra Pro Edition variant.
It is equipped with a 800V electrical architecture, built on the SPA2 platform, which allows the maximum fast charging power to increase from 250 kW to 350 kW.
The system enables a 250 km (155 miles) range to be added in 10 minutes.
Equipped with a 106 kWh battery pack, the new EX90 can deliver a WTLP range of up to 622 km (386 miles).
Currently, the fully electric luxury SUV starts at 981,000 Swedish kronor — equivalent to $108,800 — in Sweden, where Volvo is based.
Apart from the new EX90, the Geely-backed company expanded its BEV portfolio with last month’s global debut of the EX60.
Additionally, the carmaker also launched the 2026 iteration of its EX30 model — including the EX30 Cross Country version.
Sales in China
With the new-generation EX90 set to launch in China soon, Volvo is expanding its EV lineup to revive demand in the market.
Last December, the company sold 16,103 vehicles across all powertrains — a 1.2% increase from a year before.
However, BEV sales crashed 79.6% to 149 units from the 729 recorded in December 2024.
On the other hand, plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) accounted for 5,541 units, jumping 212.7% year-over-year.
According to data released last month by China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), sales of new energy vehicle (NEV) — which includes BEVs, PHEVs and fuel cell vehicles — increased 4% year-on-year.
While demand for extended-range electric vehicles (EREV) vehicles rose, BEV deliveries dropped nearly 10% sequentially last December.
Last year, Volvo delivered a total of 149,549 vehicles, down 4.4% from the 156,370 recorded in 2024.
While PHEV sales grew 115.7% to 24,624 units, BEV figures suffered a steep year-on-year decline.
Accounting for 2,342 vehicles in the full 2025 year, fully electric models nearly halved (46.1%) compared to 2024, when the automaker registered 4,349 units.
Global January Deliveries
Last month, Volvo sold 42,537 units across the globe – a 16% fall from a year earlier.
However, the company’s report published on Wednesday buried the result inside a three-month sales total, including November and December 2025, for which individual figures were previously shared.
The strategy aimed to obscure the company’s weakest result in nearly four years.
Of the total sales, 10,027 were BEVs, rising 3.3% compared to January 2025 units — the only category to post growth.
Fully electric vehicles represented 23.6% of all sales, up 19.1% year-over-year.
However, PHEV sales fell 21.9% to only 9,913 units.
2025 Sales
Last year, Volvo achieved a global sales total of 710,042 units — a 7.0% decline from 2024’s 763,389 units.
Although December marked the Geely-backed company’s strongest month for BEV results since June 2024 — with 18,149 vehicles —, annual figures decreased 13.3% to 151,830 units.
Plug-in hybrid vehicles also experienced a year-over-year fall: 3.5% to 171,464 deliveries from 177,593.
Additionally, Volvo‘s shares posted their worst day ever after the company reported its fourth quarter of 2025 earnings on Thursday.
