Volvo’s forthcoming infant electric SUV is likely to be developed in China, the company’s manager has exposed – however it now seems unlikely to be called XC20.
The Swedish brand’s CEO Hakan Samuelsson has already verified that the new design will function an SUV body style as well as be based on a pure-electric platform established by Volvo’s owner, Chinese conglomerate Geely. Volvo itself has already teased the new car, including it in a design line-up shown at a presentation earlier this year, as well as it’s expected to play a major function in the company’s aspiration to boost it sales from around 800,000 units per year to 1.2 million by 2025.

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Speaking at Volvo’s half-year monetary results presentation, Samuelsson stated that the infant SUV EV would comply with the next generation of XC90, which itself will be all electric. “Regarding timing, we’ve stated the next new electric vehicle is truly the successor of our SUV flagship,” he said. “That’s the very first one; after that there will be a smaller SUV, as well as that’s what we’re speaking about here. It’s extremely likely it will be made in China, yes.
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“There will be more vehicles to follow, as well as I believe we should begin believing about new body shapes,” he added. “It’s not just sedans, wagons as well as SUVs. Electrification will likewise modification the shape of the cars; they requirement to be more aerodynamic, so perhaps we will surprise people a bit there in the future. It’s not just the traditional vehicles as we have had so far.”