Volvo’s next-generation, all-electric replacement for the XC90 could be given the name Embla, according to new trademark applications made by the Swedish brand. 
“This will be the first of its kind. We must also then mark that by deviating from our normal way of giving our automobiles names,” said outgoing Volvo boss Hakan Samuelsson at the unveiling of the concept Recharge last year – a Volvo concept described by the brand as a ‘manifesto’ of its future models and a preview of its new SUV. 

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The overhaul of Volvo’s rival to the Land Rover discovery will be made possible using the SPA2 platform that will allow the brand’s greatest SUV to be electrified from the start. The Recharge concept uses Volvo’s new SPA2 platform, which is scalable for automobiles ranging from the S60 to the XC90 in size. The layout is Volvo’s first to have an entirely flat floor with the battery underneath.
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As such, there will be no pure petrol or diesel-powered versions of Volvo’s next big SUV. Indeed, by 2025 Volvo wants 50 per cent of its sales to be of fully electric models.
Speaking about the new large SUV, Samuelsson told automobile express in 2020: “This automobile [next XC90] will be fully electric and built in South Carolina.”