Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview

Published: (May 20, 2026 at 01:30 PM EDT)
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Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

Volvo’s EV Journey

Volvo once had ambitions to fully exit the gas‑car business. Now it’s trying to keep its tenuous foothold in the EV market.

It’s not an understatement to say that Volvo’s EV journey has been a bumpy one. The compact EX40 has been a consistent winner, but the Swedish brand’s other EVs have been plagued with problems:

  • EX90 – intended as a bold statement for the future, but persistent software bugs forced Volvo into an expensive hardware replacement.
  • EX30 – faced tariff challenges that upended the rollout of the brand’s first mass‑market affordable EV, eventually leading to its discontinuation in the US.

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