As with those models, the EX60 will be designed around an advanced software stack, giving it the capability to accept over-the-air updates and extra features.
Anders Bell, Volvo’s engineering and technology chief, called the SPA3 platform “100% electric and 100% Volvo Cars”, rather than a platform shared with other brands owned by Chinese giant and Volvo parent Geely, such as the SEA platform used for the smaller EX30 crossover.
“Because it’s 100% electric, we’ve been able to remove all the old constraints of the combustion engine,” said Bell. “We very much took a first-principles approach to it. You will see the highest level of supremely well-integrated technology coming together in these products.”
The EX60 is likely to broadly match the dimensions of the XC60 (pictured below), the brand’s best-selling car.
Bell said the SPA3 is “a big step from a mechanical perspective, but from a software electronics perspective it’s a straight evolution”.
He added: “All the work we’re putting into the EX90 will go directly into the SPA3 cars as well. It’s basically the same software stack.
“SPA3 is designed from the beginning to be much more scalable, in size and price point and across regions, but also scalable in volume.
