Production of the Volvo EX90 was planned to begin at the end of 2023, but will now likely start next year.
COPENHAGEN -- Volvo has delayed the start of production of its new Volvo EX90 model for more software development and testing.
The company now expects to start production of the full-electric SUV in the first half of 2024, it said in a statement.
Volvo, majority owned by China's Geely, unveiled the model late last year, expecting it to hit showrooms in early 2024.
Production was previously planned to begin at the end of 2023, a Volvo spokesperson said. He declined to say when the company now expects the model to reach showrooms.
The biggest all-new product debut for Volvo Cars in half a decade will have standard safety equipment that goes "beyond that of any Volvo before it," the automaker's CEO, Jim Rowan, has said.
The EX90 full-electric premium large SUV will replace the XC90 as Volvo's flagship. It will have an "invisible shield of safety" that can help reduce accidents that cause serious injuries or death by up to one-fifth, the CEO said.
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