Volvo's EX60 Arrives as a Range Leader, but US Buyers Face a Long Wait

Volvo has officially launched the EX60, a midsize all-electric SUV that the company is billing as its most capable EV yet. Built on the newly developed SPA3 architecture, the EX60 combines the longest driving range and fastest charging speeds ever offered by the Swedish brand. The first examples reached European customers over the summer, and Volvo had planned to expand availability to additional markets, including the United States.

Those US ambitions have now hit a roadblock. According to a memo sent to dealers in late September, Volvo has pushed back customer deliveries in America. The automaker acknowledged that slotting an entirely new platform into an active production facility is inherently difficult, while stressing that the setback has nothing to do with quality, safety, or how the vehicle performs on the road. A person familiar with the matter described the situation internally as a production crisis, suggesting US inventory will stay thin until early 2027.

A company spokesperson confirmed that EX60 supply will remain limited in the near term, but said a meaningful volume of vehicles should reach American dealers early next year. For now, Volvo intends to prioritize Europe, where electric vehicle demand is stronger, effectively placing the US market on the back burner. The bottleneck reportedly involves marrying the battery pack to the body structure and manufacturing the electric motors, both complicated by new processes such as megacasting and cell-to-body construction.

Production began in April at Volvo’s upgraded Torslanda plant in Gothenburg, Sweden. Original targets called for roughly 2,000 units per week, yet current output is said to be only about a tenth of that figure. One dealer told Automotive News that Volvo had expected to sell around 7,000 EX60s in the US by the end of 2026, a goal the company is now tracking well below.

The 2027 EX60 starts at $58,400 before a $1,395 destination charge, with an EPA-estimated range of up to 307 miles and a 320 kW peak charging rate that can add as much as 155 miles in ten minutes. Stepping up to the P10 AWD Plus, priced from $60,750, raises range to 330 miles and charging power to 370 kW, good for 165 miles in the same window. A range-topping P12 AWD variant, promising up to 400 miles, is slated to arrive later this year. At 189.1 inches long with a 116.9-inch wheelbase, the EX60 lines up closely against the Tesla Model Y and BMW’s new iX3.

The delay could hand an opening to luxury competitors whose next-generation electric models are already reaching showrooms. Volvo has weathered similar launch snags before, most notably with its flagship EX90, so getting the EX60 right carries outsized importance. The stakes are heightened by softening sales: Volvo’s global volume fell 10% to 141,609 units in the third quarter, while US deliveries slipped 8.7% to 23,766.