On September 21, Volvo announced the name of the new generation of Volvo pure electric flagship SUV – EX90, the new vehicle will take the next generation of Volvo technology, equipped with a full stack of self-developed software + Luminar Lidar + DUS driver sensing system.
Volvo said that its new generation of pure electric flagship SUV named EX90 will make its global debut on November 9.
This model has previously passed the declaration in Europe, based on the SPA2 platform, which is the same platform as the Polaris 3.
It is worth mentioning that this is Volvo’s first pure electric flagship model, before the new energy vehicles are mostly plug-in hybrid models, the only pure electric model is the Volvo XC40 new energy version, but sales are poor, so the arrival of the EX90 also represents Volvo announced to enter the pure electric era.
According to the introduction, Volvo EX90 will be equipped with the LIDAR developed by Luminar in the United States, which is one of the industry’s longest detection distance LIDAR, under the condition of 10% reflectivity, the LIDAR detection distance can reach 250 meters, the comprehensive performance of the current market leading similar products.
Volvo says it expects to see a 20 percent reduction in mass casualty accidents with the use of the technology.
In addition, the LIDAR system will work in tandem with five body radars, eight cameras and 16 ultrasonic sensors, each of which can sense the external environment on its own merits, while also introducing a safety redundancy system.
Elsewhere, the new car will also feature the DUS dual-camera driver sensing system, which consists of a capacitive steering wheel and two cameras that capture information about the driver’s state and integrate it with the autonomous driving algorithm. When the driver’s attention is no longer focused on driving and support is needed, the machine will step in and make safe driving decisions (such as reducing speed, lane keeping or even braking the vehicle) via external sensors.
On the power side, Volvo did not reveal anything at all, no range, no battery capacity, no motor power and other information.
But with reference to the current technology of Volvo XC40, the probability of the new car using Ningde Time batteries is high, and it is expected that the 4WD performance version can also achieve 4.9 seconds to break 100.
