Volvo is sticking to its EV roadmap, which calls for the manufacturer to be all-electric by 2030. Much of the Swedish brand’s lineup is still combustion-powered. But we are seeing the electric conversion kick into gear. Volvo’s three-row EX90 and pint-sized EX30 electric crossovers are in dealers. Volvo just unveiled the new ES90, a large sedan to challenge the likes of the Tesla Model S and Mercedes EQS with up to 670 HP. During that reveal, Volvo gave us a sneak peek at perhaps the brand’s biggest EV still to come.
At the 24:57 mark of the brand’s live reveal, the host opens a door and “accidentally” stumbles upon a staffer partially exposing an electric crossover under a sheet. Volvo saved us the trouble of speculating what car it would be. The vehicle has a plate that says EX60 on it.
The Volvo EX60 Arrives In 2026
Volvo has not revealed the EX60 fully yet, but we do know a few details. Volvo has confirmed the EX60 will arrive in 2026. It will be an electric counterpart to the XC60 crossover. As the alphanumeric nomenclature suggests, the EX60 will slot between the larger EX90 and the smaller EX40. The EX60 will be the first Volvo vehicle based on the new Scalable Product Architecture 3 (SPA3) platform, which will eventually be used for every Volvo vehicle.
The sneak peek does not give away too much about the EX60, beyond that it will follow the same design language we’ve already seen in the EX90 and EX30.
The Volvo EX60 Should Be a Big Seller
Compact crossovers are the most popular type of crossover. The combustion XC60 is — by a wide margin — Volvo’s most popular vehicle. Globally, Volvo sold more than 36,000 XC60s through February 2025. That’s more than the brand’s next two best-selling vehicles — the XC90 and XC40 crossovers — combined. It stands to reason that the similarly positioned EX60 will perform a similar role in Volvo’s electric lineup. The EX60 should be one of the most hotly anticipated debuts — from any manufacturer — next year.
TopSpeed’s Take
As car enthusiasts, we’d love for Volvo to be lifting the veil on a crazy electric successor to the V60 Polestar Engineered. But the cars normal people actually buy are important too. And the upcoming EX60 has a good chance to be the most important vehicle Volvo launches this decade.
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