{"id":180333,"date":"2025-12-08T02:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/180333\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T02:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:50:18","slug":"the-volvo-ex90-electric-seven-seater-is-a-masterclass-in-clean-lines-and-awash-with-safety-features-and-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/180333\/","title":{"rendered":"The Volvo EX90 electric seven-seater is a masterclass in clean lines and awash with safety features and tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nThis electric seven-seater is a masterclass in clean lines and awash with safety features and tech, but how does its efficiency and range on the road compare to other models?\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Geraldine Herbert test drives the Volvo EX90 Twin Motor Performance Electric Ultra. Photo: Paul Herbert-Kane\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/slgercar.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Geraldine Herbert test drives the Volvo EX90 Twin Motor Performance Electric Ultra. Photo: Paul Herbert-Kane<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">When Kia launched its EV9 this time last year, there weren\u2019t exactly queues of seven-seat electric rivals jostling for attention. Tesla\u2019s Model X lingered as a left-hand-drive novelty, while Mercedes\u2019 seven-seat EQB only really worked if those relegated to the back row were small children or exceptionally tolerant adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Fast-forward 12 months and the landscape has shifted. This week\u2019s test car, the Volvo EX90, is now the second fully electric seven-seater we\u2019ve reviewed in just a few months. Clearly, the large family EV arms race is officially on. From the outside, the EX90 is unmistakably Volvo. The minimalist surfacing helps disguise the sheer scale of the thing, while the Pixel headlights on higher trims deliver a little theatre even before you have pulled out of your driveway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This electric seven-seater is a masterclass in clean lines and awash with safety features and tech, but how&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,7781,61,60,6361,27164],"class_list":{"0":"post-180333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-geraldine-herbert","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-life-magazine","13":"tag-volvo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}