2026 Volvo EX60 to offer more than 434 miles of range

The upcoming Volvo EX60 – an all-electric counterpart to the XC60 SUV – will be fully unveiled in January next year, and it's set to offer more than 434 miles of range.

As well as releasing teaser image showcasing the silhouette of the new model, Volvo confirmed that the EX60 will use brand new tech and deliver a "longer electric range than any Volvo before it".

That new tech is called the SPA3 platform, and it follows on from the tech that underpins the EX90 and ES90. The ES90 is currently set to offer the longest electric range of any Volvo model, at 434 miles – but with its advanced system, the EX60 should be able to go even further than that, thanks to a structural battery pack designed to boost efficiency. That means it should go further than an Audi Q6 e-tron, but the upcoming BMW iX3 is expected to offer an official 497 miles of range.

The EX60 should also receive the same 800V tech as the new ES90, which will give it super-fast charging speeds of up to 350kW. This means a 10-80% top-up could take as little as 20 minutes, making it one of the fastest-charging cars on the market. The EX60 should also get the same upgraded software that allows for continuous over-the-air updates.

While it has yet to be fully unveiled, from the teaser images, we can see the EX60 will look broadly similar to its combustion counterpart, the XC60. It will get slim front headlights similar to those on the EX90, but it looks like it won't receive the same C-shaped rear lights as the new ES90 or the smaller EX30, swapping them out of vertical lights connected by a light bar stretched across the width. Our artists' rendering at the top of this page shows what the finished car could look like.

After its reveal next year, the EX60 will likely go on sale in the following months, slotting in just below the EX90. And it's likely to be the first of a number of Volvo models to be underpinned by the new technology, because Volvo is describing it as a “scalable” solution, which means that it could lead to the introduction of cars even smaller than the EX30 and larger than the EX90 using the same technology.

Alongside the Audi Q6 e-tron, the EX60 will count the Tesla Model Y, BMW iX3 and Porsche Macan Electric among its main rivals.

Inside, it’ll likely get similar tech to the ES90, which has a 14.5in infotainment touchscreen and 9.0in driver’s display, as well as a head-up display. That model comes with integrated Google services including Google Maps, Google Assistant and Waze. It’ll also benefit from the updated infotainment system, which Volvo claims is twice as fast as its old one.

The new EX60 will be produced at Volvo's plant in Gothenburg. No prices have been revealed yet, but we'd expect them to start at around £60,000, making it pricier than a Tesla Model Y, but putting it in the same ballpark as the Audi Q6 e-tron. The Porsche Macan Electric is even more expensive.

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