Volvo is near revealing a successor to its XC90, a automobile anticipated to go by the brand new identify Embla.
The Swedish automaker will then look to introduce a successor to its top-selling XC60, which Autocar reported on Wednesday will arrive round 2024.
Just like the XC90 successor, the XC60 successor is anticipated to undertake a brand new identify and supply the selection of internal-combustion or electrical powertrains. Autocar reported that the electrical possibility will probably be accessible from 2025.
Curiously, the British publication additionally reported that the XC60 successor, just like the XC90 successor, will tackle a extra wagon-like type, as first previewed by 2021’s Idea Recharge.
Volvo Idea Recharge – June 2021
Underpinning the XC60 successor will possible be Volvo’s next-generation SPA2 platform that debuts within the XC90 successor and also will underpin a associated Polestar 3. In response to Volvo, the platform has been designed from the onset for devoted EVs however will probably be able to supporting internal-combustion powertrains.
Solely about 6.5% of Volvo’s gross sales in 2021 had been EVs, so the automaker is not prepared to surrender internal-combustion energy simply but. It goals to get EVs to account for 50% of its gross sales by 2025 and 100% by 2030.
Volvo can also proceed promoting the present XC60 alongside its successor for a number of years, particularly in markets had been EV gross sales stay low. The automaker plans to do the identical with the present XC90, which can stay on sale for a interval after its successor arrives.
The present XC60 arrived for the 2018 mannequin yr and was given a gentle replace for 2022. Volvo managed 41,582 gross sales within the U.S. in 2021, which is the perfect end result on file for the nameplate.
