{"id":40715,"date":"2023-01-18T18:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40715"},"modified":"2023-01-18T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:39:35","slug":"volvo-reveals-its-first-electric-minivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40715","title":{"rendered":"Volvo reveals its first electric minivan, but will it ever hit US roads?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan.jpeg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan.jpeg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan.jpeg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan.jpeg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Volvo-electric-minivan\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/guides\/volvo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volvo<\/a> revealed it\u2019s working on its first electric minivan during a recent media briefing. Although the vehicle is expected to launch in China this year, it\u2019s unclear whether it will make its way to the United States. <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-277657\"\/><ins class=\"adsbygoogle author_ad ad-container adsbygoogle author_ad hide-lg author-in-content\" data-ad-host=\"ca-host-pub-5506057612223327\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9669137141129422\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-volvo-is-launching-its-first-electric-minivan\">Volvo is launching its first electric minivan<\/h2>\n<p>The new electric Volvo was unveiled by Qin Peiji, president of Volvo Cars Greater China, during a slide presentation highlighting the company\u2019s electric journey so far.<\/p>\n<p>The slide showed six Volvo EVs, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/01\/16\/volvo-c40-xc40-evs-get-improved-range-faster-charging-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">XC40 and C40<\/a>, which are already on the market. The presentation also included the <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/11\/09\/volvo-unveils-ex90-safest-vehicle-it-has-ever-produced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EX90<\/a> and three other electric vehicles set to be released later this year, including the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EX90 Excellence<\/li>\n<li>A small SUV<\/li>\n<li>The MPV, or minivan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/carnewschina.com\/2023\/01\/15\/volvo-to-sell-an-electric-mpv-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <em>Car News China<\/em><\/a>, the electric Volvo minivan (MPV) will be based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/01\/09\/first-zeekr-009-mpvs-roll-off-assembly-line-in-china-with-500-mile-range\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zeekr 009<\/a> (pictured below), an all-electric MPV with over 500 miles of range on a single charge, all-wheel drive and 536 hp that starts at around $87,000.<\/p>\n<p>Volvo and Zeekr are both owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/guides\/geely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geely<\/a>, so using the EV as a base will help streamline production. The Volvo MPV will ride on Zeekr\u2019s SEA EV platform, but the company will give it a unique appearance. The vehicle is expected to debut in \u201csemi-concept\u201d form in the third quarter, while the production model will launch in China in Q4.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the small Volvo SUV will be based on the upcoming Zeekr 003, and the Volvo EX90 Excellence will be an \u201cultra-luxurious\u201d version of its EX90 SUV. The Excellence will feature large captain seats with two rows and four seats rather than a three-row, seven-seater configuration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009\" class=\"wp-image-277683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=150,75 150w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=350,175 350w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=140,70 140w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Volvo-electric-minivan-Zeekr-009.jpeg?resize=290,145 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zeekr 009 (Source: Zeekr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n<p>Volvo has not said whether the electric minivan will be sold outside of the China, so for those of you minivan fans, don\u2019t get your hopes up yet. <\/p>\n<p>At the same time, they are not denying it. And perhaps, more importantly, all the other EV models on the list are offered in the United States, so why not? We\u2019ll likely know more as the vehicle gets closer to production. <\/p>\n<p>What do you guys think? Should Volvo bring its electric minivan to the United States?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\" readability=\"6.3518518518519\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo revealed it\u2019s working on its first electric minivan during a recent media briefing. Although the vehicle is expected to launch in China this year, it\u2019s unclear whether it will make its way to the United States. Volvo is launching its first electric minivan The new electric Volvo was unveiled by Qin Peiji, president of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}