Electric Volvo ES90 Debuts, But Wagon Appears Dead

The 2026 Volvo ES90 sedan has been unveiled as one of the brand’s flagship models, with the electric model to go on sale in Australia in late 2025 – but the company’s boss admits there isn’t going to be a wagon version coming.

With a fastback style body – which combines hatchback practicality in the shape of a sedan – the ES90 is said to be the most aerodynamic vehicle to ever come from Volvo.

Along with an 88kWh battery and single electric motor making 245kW, the carmaker has revealed the ES90 will be available with a 106kWh battery and dual electric motors, offering up to 700 kilometres of driving range (WLTP) and a combined output of 330kW.

A ‘Twin Motor Performance’ variant is also available in some markets, with up to 500kW.

Thanks to 800-volt architecture, the ES90 is said to be able to add 300 kilometres of charge in 10 minutes using a 350kW fast charger.

Along with a 22-litre frunk, the sedan offers up to 424 litres of luggage space with the second row of seats up.

However, in an interview with the UK’s Autocar magazine, Volvo CEO Jim Rowan admitted the company was likely to offer SUVs rather than wagons going forward – citing budgetary constraints and the market’s preference for SUVs.

“It's expensive to bring different models to the market, it's expensive to keep those models in the market and it's expensive to launch them from a marketing point of view,” Mr Rowan told Autocar.

According to the Volvo boss, the brand’s SUV range will step in to fill the role of wagons.

“Rather than bring a V90 [wagon], for example, are we better to position [the XC60] in a slightly different way? We have the Black Edition, we have the Cross Country edition. So we then now have different editions of the same base car,” Mr Rowan said.

"It's much, much cheaper and much more cost-effective for us to drive more volume through that same platform and that same form factor,” he explained.

“We're a reasonably small company with limited resources. We're making very conscious choices about where we want to play the game and where we're differentiated.”

In early 2023, Mr Rowan told a roundtable of Australian media he was considering the viability of sedans and wagons within the Volvo line-up – though it’s believed the ES90 had already been greenlit for development by that stage.

While Jaguar has its sights set firmly on the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce, Volvo appears to be offering the ES90 as an electric alternative to the likes BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Along with a extensive sound deadening, a panoramic glass roof with optional electrochromatic blocking, four-zone climate control with air purification, and a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins sound system – which includes a special mode to replicate the sounds of London’s Abbey Road Studios.

Ahead of the driver is a 9.0-inch digital instrument cluster, a head-up display, while a 14.5-inch screen looks after infotainment duties.

The 2026 Volvo ES90 electric sedan is expected to arrive in Australian showrooms by late 2025.