Volvo EX90 ute looks neat

With more and more car-makers jumping on the electric pick-up bandwagon, it wouldn’t be a shock to see Volvo introduce an EV ute one day, and this render shows what a hay-hauling version of the new 2023 Volvo EX90 could look like.

Styled by automotive photoshop specialist X-TOMI Design, the metallic green Volvo ute has fairly generous ground clearance and, being a two-door, appears to be focussed on tray-back utility more than carting passengers around.

The front-end design is unchanged from the production-spec 2023 Volvo EX90 and blends in seamlessly with the tray-back design.

It would also mean the SUV’s large frunk is still present, offering secure storage for power tools and what not, while the interior has a premium but relaxing Scandinavian look and feel with form-fitting seats and two large digital infotainment screens dominating the dashboard.

The Volvo EX90 is the all-electric successor to the long-running Volvo XC90, which will itself be facelifted before Volvo becomes an all-EV brand in 2030 (2026 in Australia), and is scheduled to arrive Down Under by late 2024.

It's propelled by a dual-motor powertrain banging out up to 300kW of power and a staggering 900Nm of torque.

That would give the electric ute enough muscle to tow a house – let alone a jetski – and one of the many benefits of electric pick-ups is that massively dense (and therefore heavy) battery packs can be incorporated, as evidenced in the Rivian R1T.

In the case of the Volvo EX90 SUV it carries a very large 111kWh lithium-ion battery pack offering a claimed 600km range, but this ute could potentially carry an even larger capacity battery to extend its range even further.

If the Volvo EX90 ute became a reality it would almost certainly offer V2L functionality, with several power outlets in the tray to run everything from power tool batteries to fridges, TV screens, DJ and audio equipment.

Charging the 111kWh battery in the EX90 SUV takes less than half an hour (from 10 to 80 per cent) using an ultra-fast DC charger.

While Volvo is highly unlikely to enter the pick-up market to take on the Tesla Cybertruck and Ford F-150 Lightning, anything is possible in its all-EV future post-2030.

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