Volvo’s upcoming ES90 electric saloon has been previewed ahead of its debut on 5 March.

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The spiritual successor to the S90, which was axed in 2023 amid the Swedish brand’s focus on SUVs, it’s closely related to the flagship EX90 SUV launched last year and is also the firm’s most technologically advanced model yet.

The most powerful car Volvo has ever created – not in terms of hp but instead of core computing capacity – the S90 is equipped with a dual Nvidia Drive AGX Orin configuration.

The technology, which is also being implemented on the EX90, delivers around 508 trillion operations per second of computational power – and manages functionalities such as AI-based, active safety features, car sensors and efficient battery management.

The ES90 is also the second Volvo to be built on the Geely Group Scalable Product Architecture (SPA2), also used for the EX90 along with their Polestar 3 cousin, and the images show a sleek profile and aerodynamic shape.

A “truly software-defined car designed to improve with time”, it’s based on the brand’s Superset tech stack, a single set of hardware and software modules underpinning all future electric Volvo cars. This approach represents a “radical transformation” in how the brand can develop and use software to improve levels of safety, technology and overall performance throughout the car’s lifecycle.

It enables more efficient improvements, for example new connectivity features, safety improvements and a better battery range, and can roll them out faster via over-the-air updates and across all models based on the Superset simultaneously, enabling ES90 customers to benefit from EX90 software upgrades and vice versa.

Volvo added: “That means software now replaces hardware as the primary driver of innovation and value creation for our customers.”

Anders Bell, chief engineering and technology officer, went on: “The Volvo ES90 is one of the most technically advanced cars on the market today and is designed to be improved further with time. Built on our state-of-the-art Superset tech stack, the ES90 puts safety at the forefront.”

The ES90 also gets the Safe Space Technology seen in the EX90, featuring an array of sensors, as well as an advanced driver-understanding system inside the car, to help avoid accidents and hazards on the road.

“We innovate in all areas of technology to become a leader in software-defined cars, and we’re channelling all our engineering efforts into one direction: making great cars that get even better over time,” added Anders Bell. “By combining the power of core computing and our Superset tech stack, we can now make safer cars more efficiently than ever before.”

Powertrain details are still under wraps but the ES90 is expected to get the dual-motor,all-wheel drive powertrain used in the EX90 in a 408hp standard version and 517hp Performance model, both fed by a 111kWh battery, delivering up to 373 miles of driving range and able to charge at up to 250kW.

As with the EX90, the ES90 is likely to get an entry level single-motor, rear-wheel drive version too.

The Volvo ES90 will be revealed on 5 March 2025.