Volvo Cars has begun handing over its new fully electric EX60 SUV, with the first cars going to customers in Sweden this week. The company claims a class-leading range of up to 810 km (503 miles) and 10–80 per cent charging in as little as 16 minutes. It is Volvo’s first EV designed, developed and built in Sweden, and its first entry into the world’s largest electric segment.

Volvo Cars has started customer deliveries of the EX60, the fully electric mid-size SUV it revealed in January. The first cars have reached buyers in Sweden this week, and the company says many more European customers will follow in the coming weeks and months.

The five-seat EX60 sits in the largest electric segment globally, and Volvo positions it as a volume model that should widen its customer base and lift its electric market share. According to the manufacturer, it is priced in line with the XC60 plug-in hybrid — currently Volvo’s best-selling model — which frames the EX60 as a mainstream rather than premium-only proposition.

Range and charging

Volvo puts the headline figure at up to 810 km (503 miles) on a single charge for the all-wheel-drive P12 variant, which the company says beats any EV it has built before and undercuts recently revealed rivals on paper. The maker also states the EX60 can add up to 340 km (211 miles) of range in ten minutes on a 400 kW fast charger, and can charge from 10 to 80 per cent in 16 minutes.

Those numbers come with caveats. Volvo notes the 810 km figure relates to the P12 AWD, while the 16-minute 10–80 per cent charge applies to the P10 AWD and P6 RWD variants. All range figures are described as preliminary and based on WLTP testing, and charging times assume 400 kW facilities.

Three powertrains, seven variants

The EX60 launches with three powertrain options across seven variants. The P12 AWD Electric tops the range at up to 810 km (503 miles), the P10 AWD Electric is quoted at up to 660 km (410 miles), and the rear-wheel-drive P6 Electric at up to 611 km (380 miles).

Underneath sits SPA3, a new scalable architecture that Volvo says introduces manufacturing technologies including mega casting and cell-to-body battery construction. The company describes the EX60 as its first fully electric car to be designed, developed and built in Sweden.

What Volvo says

“This is a huge moment for us and our customers,” said Erik Severinson, chief commercial officer at Volvo Cars. “After many thousands of hours and miles developing one of the most advanced cars on the market, seeing the first customers take delivery of their own EX60 feels especially momentous.”

Severinson added that the company is “grateful to those customers who have already chosen an EX60” and looks forward to more owners “in the coming weeks, months and years.”

What it means

By pricing the EX60 against its own top-selling plug-in hybrid, Volvo is aiming the car squarely at buyers who might otherwise stick with hybrids over full electric — a group the industry has struggled to convert. If the quoted range and charging figures hold up in independent testing, the EX60 would land competitively against mainstream electric SUVs from established rivals in the same segment.

Production and deliveries are set to ramp up through the second half of 2026. Order books are open across Europe and have recently opened in the United States.

Facts: Volvo EX60

  • Body: five-seat electric SUV
  • Range (WLTP, preliminary): up to 810 km / 503 miles (P12 AWD), 660 km / 410 miles (P10 AWD), 611 km / 380 miles (P6 RWD)
  • Charging: 10–80% in 16 min (P10 AWD, P6 RWD); up to 340 km / 211 miles added in 10 min at 400 kW
  • Powertrains: P12 AWD, P10 AWD, P6 RWD; seven variants total
  • Platform: SPA3 (mega casting, cell-to-body battery)
  • Price: in line with Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid
  • Availability: deliveries under way in Europe; order books open in Europe and the US

Source: news.cision.com