2027 Volvo EX90 Single Motor Priced for Australia: $106,990 Base Grade Ducks Under the Incoming EV Luxury Car Tax Threshold

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Volvo has given its seven-seat electric flagship a cheaper way in. The 2027 EX90 range now opens with a Plus Single Motor grade at $106,990 before on-road costs, a full $18,000 below the previous entry point. It does it the honest way: it deletes the front motor, drops in a smaller battery, and trims power, range and towing to match the lower price. Nothing is hidden.

The number that matters most on CarSorted is not the $18,000. It is the $106,990 itself, because it drops the EX90 under the incoming $120,000 Luxury Car Tax threshold for electric cars that is due to start on 1 July 2027. For a car that has been squarely in luxury-tax territory since launch, that is a meaningful shift, and it is clearly the reason this grade exists.

Pricing

The Single Motor slots in below the two existing twin-motor grades, which carry over unchanged. All prices are Volvo Australia's recommended list price, before on-road costs.

What the $18,000 Actually Costs You

This is the part worth reading before you save the money. The Single Motor is not a stripped-out car, it is a slower, shorter-range one with the same cabin.

So you give up 42km of range, 85kW, 1.3 seconds to 100km/h, and 700kg of towing capacity. In return, the smaller 92kWh battery actually charges from 10 to 80 per cent two minutes quicker. For a heavy seven-seat family SUV that spends its life doing school runs and the odd road trip, none of those losses land where it hurts, and the tow rating still covers a small camper or box trailer.

Same Cabin, Same Kit

Crucially, the Single Motor is not decontented inside. It mirrors the Plus Twin Motor on equipment: the 14.5-inch portrait touchscreen, four-zone climate control, synthetic leather trim, heated front seats, 20-inch wheels and a 14-speaker stereo all carry over. Step up to the Ultra Twin Motor Performance and you add 22-inch alloys, matrix LED headlights, soft-close doors, a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins system, ventilated and massaging front seats and nappa leather. But at $106,990 you are not buying a poverty-spec EX90, you are buying the same interior with one less motor.

Worth noting for the wider MY27 range: Volvo has also removed the roof-mounted LiDAR sensor from the EX90, so the profile is a touch cleaner than the launch cars.

The Luxury Car Tax Play

Here is the strategy. From 1 July 2027, as part of the Australia-EU free-trade deal, electric cars get their own Luxury Car Tax threshold of $120,000, well up from the $91,661 fuel-efficient figure that applies today. At $106,990, the EX90 Plus Single Motor lands comfortably under that new cap, so from mid-2027 it should be free of LCT entirely, while the $124,990 and $134,990 twin-motors stay above it and keep paying.

There is a potential novated-lease angle too. A price under the electric-car threshold can open the door to the EV Fringe Benefits Tax exemption, which is why Volvo is positioning the grade the way it is. Exactly how it applies depends on the thresholds and your circumstances, so treat that as a question for your accountant, not a promise. For the detail on how the numbers move, our LCT threshold explainer keeps a running tab.

The CarSorted Angle

For most EX90 buyers, the Single Motor is now the one to have. You are getting the full seven-seat cabin, the same tech, and 479km of real usable range for $18,000 less, and unless you genuinely need all-wheel-drive traction or the 2200kg tow rating, the twin-motor premium is hard to justify on a family car. The performance gap only matters if you were cross-shopping the Ultra.

On price, it reshapes the large electric SUV shortlist. It now lands closer to a loaded Kia EV9 and a BMW iX3, and it undercuts a Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV by a wide margin, while offering seven seats that most rivals in the bracket cannot. If you want the same Scandinavian design in something smaller and newer, Volvo's own EX60 arrives later this year from $86,990.

What This Means for Buyers

If you were waiting for the EX90 to make financial sense, this is the grade that does it, especially on a novated lease from mid-2027 once the LCT threshold moves. If you are buying outright before then, you still pay some LCT, but $106,990 is a genuinely sharper entry into a seven-seat electric flagship than $124,990 was. Order now if you want a September-October 2026 delivery. Cross-shop the full spec on the EX90 Single Motor listing, or line it up against the Twin Motor to see exactly what the extra $18,000 buys.