If you have a 2025 Volvo EX90, here is good news: you will receive a computer upgrade of the car. Even better news? It's free.
The Swedish Automaker says that owners of model Year 2025 EX90s – such as the one we tested earlier this summer – are eligible for an upgrade to the core computer of the electric vehicle. In particular, the cars get a new double Nvidia -Drive AGX Orin setup, which Volvo says it will improve performance and reduce the battery drain, as well as some functions that have been TBD so far.
That will probably be welcome news – the EX90 is a radiant example of how the idea of ”minimal viable product” has infiltrated the car industry from the technical atmosphere. That is because Volvo has had a lot of time with the EX90 development, so that the EV should not delay once but twice to get a grip on the software of the car.
When we received our first ride in the electric SUV last year, London Taxi-like bump on the roof contained a functional Lidar that was not actually not integrated into the advanced driver systems of the car. In fact, there was still a lot of functions ready, not just ADAS functions.
The EX90 was specified with a single Orin chip, along with a less powerful Xavier chip, also from Nvidia. But that combination is not on the job, and for the ES90 Electric Sedan the automaker went with a few orins. And that is what it is afterwards to existing My25 EX90s, free.
