Volvo EX90 Postponed To Mid-2024 Due To Software Integration Issues

This means deliveries are unlikely to start earlier than the third quarter of 2024.

Update: Volvo has reached out to InsideEV to clarify the situation. This delay is not related to LiDAR, but to the additional time required for software development. Updated some text to clarify this. The automaker says: The Volvo EX90 is highly advanced, with a transition to core computing and a next-generation sensor set, including his LIDAR. His adjusted time plan for the start of production of the EX90, announced on May 11, is related to the additional time required for software development, but is not related to LIDAR integration. Volvo Cars has postponed the introduction of its flagship electric vehicle, the EX90 SUV, by five to six months and announced it to mid-2024. This announcement was made by CEO Jim Rowan during an earnings conference on July 20th, and he said that Volvo Cars’ biggest new product launch delay since the XC40 in 2017 was due to software code issues. This is due to the complexity of the situation, the executive explained. More specifically, Volvo engineers…