Volvo Cars has unveiled a refreshed version of its best-selling XC90 large SUV, the company’s flagship model, adding a newly-developed fuel-saving engine option that marks the next step in the company’s ambitious electrification strategy, writes Trish Whelan.
The refreshed XC90 for the first time offers customers Volvo’s advanced kinetic energy recovery braking system which is coupled with its existing internal combustion engines to create a new integrated electrified powertrain, under its new ‘B’ badge. This new electrified powertrain offers drivers up to 15 per cent fuel savings and emission reductions in real world driving.
Volvo Cars say it represents a major step for the brand towards its electrification ambitions.
The new ‘B’-badged cars complement Volvo’s existing T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid electrified option on the new XC90.
From the four-seat Excellence variant, and the seven-seat family SUV to the new six-seat configuration, the XC90 is available with any number of seats to suit people’s preferences and lifestyles.
The model year 2020 version of the XC90 will go into production in May at the Torslandra plant in Sweden. It is now available to order in all Volvo markets around the world.
