Volvo EX60 confirmed for early 2026 launch

A teaser campaign is beginning for Volvo’s electric equivalent to its popular XC60 SUV. Known as EX60, it will provide a “huge boost” to the Swedish car maker.

Due out early next year, Volvo has confirmed that it will be the first Volvo to employ the new SPA3 (Scalable Product Architecture3) platform. This is the next generation of electric platform that underpins the EX90 and ES90. The new architecture will evidently allow Volvo to add both smaller and larger cars to its line-up.

Volvo says the EX60 will be designed around an advanced software stack, giving it over-the-air updates and extra features in future.

Tech chief Anders Bell called the SPA3 platform a Volvo development, rather than being a shared Geely group platform. The latter is what the EX30 crossover uses, the SEA platform.

“We very much took a first-principles approach to it”, said Bell when talking to Autocar UK. 

“You will see the highest level of supremely well-integrated technology coming together.”

The EX60 will be similar in size to Volvo’s best seller, the XC60. Expect lots of styling cues from the EX30 and EX90.

Bell said the SPA3 platform is “a big step from a mechanical perspective, but from a software electronics perspective, it’s a straight evolution”.

“SPA3 is designed from the beginning to be much more scalable, in size and price point and across regions, but also scalable in volume.

“It’s designed for scale in every dimension: when it comes to size, my job is to make sure that the company has options. We are designing [the SPA3] to be scalable from B to F [segments]. That ensures we have flexibility and that we can launch the products that markets decide they want when they want it.”

Because all future models will use the platform, Bell added that it will allow for more focused and rapid development. 

“Because it’s all one technology stack, there’s no repeat of work,” he said. “It’s the same software stack, same basic electrical architecture. Yes, it’s scalable in size, price and capabilities, but it’s not spreading our products in different ecosystems. 

“Our focal point is safety, sustainability and creating this fantastic customer experience. It is all wrapped in this Scandinavian design, on one tech stack.”

The EX60 will also be the first Volvo to use megacasting. That means entire sections of a car can be created as a single part rather than multiple elements.

That, along with the more modular nature of the SPA3 platform, will also lower production costs.