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Volvo is gearing up to launch an all-electric minivan in China that will apparently be based on the Zeekr 009.
The impending launch of the new model was uncovered on a slide of a presentation that the president of Volvo Cars Greater China Sales Company recently made to select media members. The slide showed that Volvo will launch six cars in China in 2023, namely the XC40 BEV, C40, EX90, a high-end EX90 Excellent variant, an unnamed SUV, and an MPV.
Car News China reports that the new Volvo will be based on the Zeekr 009. This makes sense as both Volvo and Zeekr are owned by the Geely Group and sharing parts between the two models will help to cut costs significantly.
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Underpinning the 009 is Geely’s SEA electric vehicle platform that rocks a pair of electric motors, all-wheel drive, and delivers an impressive 536 hp. It is claimed that the Volvo will feature exactly the same powertrain and that the chassis hard points will also be identical.
Few other details are known about the Volvo SUV but it will inevitably have a design fitting of the rest of the Volvo family. It’s safe to say that the interior of the Zeekr 009 will also undergo significant changes. We suspect the cabin of Volvo’s MPV could look quite similar to that of the EX90, likely including a portrait-oriented central infotainment screen and a digital instrument cluster.
Chinese media suggests that the MPV will be presented as a concept in the third quarter of this year before launching in production guise in the fourth quarter.
