Re: YUCK - the 2024 Volvo EX90 is not for everyone....

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:27:27 +0000,
[email protected] (MummyChunk) wrote:

>Again - when you let those who might have just coasted their way
>through a supposed education - then you might end up with an ugly
>Volvo like this...
>
>From MT
>
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>
>Why Does the 2024 Volvo EX90 Look Like This?
>
>Initial reaction to the 2024 Volvo EX90—a seven-passenger electric
>SUV—centered on two attributes: the Swedish design is immediately
>recognizable as a Volvo; and designers did not stray far from the look
>of its current portfolio.
>
>For those who expected a more drastic design for the brand's first
>dedicated EV, Volvo head of design Robin Page says Volvo wanted to
>take small steps to ease customers into the EV world. The consensus
>was that keeping the iconic design would increase the comfort level.
>"Don't go too crazy now and later on we can be more
>playful," he says in an interview.
>
>The EX90 has similar dimensions and H-point as the 2023 Volvo XC90,
>the current three-row SUV that has an internal combustion engine but
>is also electrified with a mild hybrid as the base model and the XC90
>Recharge which is a plug-in hybrid.
>
>The XC90 and EX90 may share specs, but the proportions look different.
>The EX90, which incorporates the batteries into the body structure,
>has longer overhangs, a lowered and rounded front, and a lower
>headliner courtesy of the glass roof. The available 22-inch wheels
>make the proportions of the electric SUV look different, says Page.
>The EX90 will also be available with 20-inch and 21-inch wheels, all
>with inserts or other design features to improve aerodynamics.
>
>Dig The New Thor's Hammer Headlights
>The EX90 face has a shield instead of a grille, and a cool evolution
>of the Thor's Hammer headlights that have one design as daytime
>running lights and then open up like an eye to reveal the beams for
>nighttime driving. Freaky cool.
>
>A distinctive feature is the lidar atop the roof. While efforts were
>made to keep the equipment sleek and aerodynamic, it is not something
>that could be hidden. Page thinks people will get used to the look of
>lidar atop vehicles and come to see it as a symbol of a safe car.
>"We have to embrace this tech that saves lives."
>
>Interior innovations include wood trim across the dash that is
>illuminated from behind. The interior is leather-free, using a new
>material created with resins and recycled plastic from pop bottles.
>There are still Swedish flags on the seats and etched into the metal
>trim across the dash.
>
>In another nod to conservative tastes, the EX90 still has a physical
>volume button for the infotainment system, even though research shows
>consumers are increasingly going straight to touchscreens for
>controls.
>
>Attaining Flagship Status
>Volvo will be an EV-only automaker by the end of the decade and the
>EX90 will be the new flagship, taking the mantle from the XC90.
>Gustafsson is confident that the EX90 will be the highest volume
>battery-electric BEV from Volvo in North America.
>
>Volvo is building preproduction EX90s at the plant in Ridgeville,
>South Carolina, which makes the XC90 as well. EX90 production will
>ramp up ahead of full production in late 2023 for sale in North
>America as well as export to Europe. The plant will continue to make
>the XC90 on one assembly line for the foreseeable future. The second
>line, which has the capacity to make 150,000 vehicles a year, will
>keep building the Volvo S60 sedan, while adding the EX90 and the
>two-row 2024 Polestar 3 electric SUV.
> 
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My biggest complaint is the wart front dead center above the
windshield. They couldn't manage to make that flush with the body
lines?