Start with what the Volvo ES90 is: a 5-door liftback, built from 2025, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer.
How it came about
The Volvo ES90 (internal code V551) is a battery electric executive car produced by Swedish manufacturer Volvo from 2025. It was revealed on 5 March 2025.
The hardware
the output is 245 kW. On the scales it comes to 2500 -. That is roughly 98 horsepower per tonne: brisk everyday performance. The wheelbase is 3100 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Volvo line-up the Volvo ES90 has a clear place: it replaced the Volvo S90; the factory was Chengdu, Sichuan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Nissan Z, the Nissan N7, the Changan Automobile Avatr 06. Its Volvo stablemates include the Volvo 144 and the Volvo 264 TE.
Owning one today
EPA combined economy is 26 mpg, about $3,050 a year in fuel at the EPA's assumptions. Condition, mileage and specification move any single car a long way from a headline figure.