VOLVO'S NEW EV CONCEPT BY TILL SCHMITZ
This Volvo EV concept was created by independent designer Till Schmitz as a personal weekend project, and the result is one of the most striking unofficial electric vehicle designs to circulate in recent years. Titled the "Lazy Saturday" internally, the concept imagines a two-seat Volvo electric coupe built for the urban commuter who refuses to compromise on style, geometry, or presence.
Who Is Till Schmitz?
Till Schmitz is an independent automotive and product designer who shares his concept work on Behance, where his futuristic vehicle renders have attracted significant attention from the design and automotive communities. The Volvo e-coupe is one of several concept projects in his portfolio that demonstrate how digital design tools have made it possible for independent designers to produce production-quality vehicle visions entirely outside of traditional OEM studios.
The project is unofficial and unaffiliated with Volvo Cars, but it engages seriously with Volvo's stated brand direction: the Swedish manufacturer has committed to becoming a fully electric car company by 2030, a timeline that makes fan and independent design concepts like Schmitz's a natural cultural response to the brand's shift.
Design Language: Bold Geometry on a Volvo Silhouette
The concept's visual identity is built on a vocabulary of sharp, angular geometry layered over a long, sweeping coupe profile. The bonnet carries a raised geometric surface pattern that catches light differently at every angle, a detail that reads as simultaneously futuristic and Scandinavian in its restraint. The rear is deliberately squared-off and minimal, balancing the complexity of the hood with a clean, confident tail treatment.
Headlight and taillight clusters follow the same angular grammar, and the roofline is punctuated by a roof carrier that adds utility without disrupting the silhouette. Side cut-outs house single doors on each side, confirming the two-seat configuration and giving the lower body a sculpted, hollowed quality that adds visual lightness to what might otherwise be a heavy greenhouse section.
What Makes This Concept Interesting for Volvo's Electric Future?
Volvo's official EV strategy centres on its EX and EC-series models, built on a shared electric platform. The Schmitz concept is not trying to predict those models. Instead, it imagines a more expressive, coupe-specific direction that Volvo has not yet taken commercially, a low-slung, two-seat urban sports coupe that borrows from the brand's Scandinavian design heritage while adopting the sharp-edged surface language that is increasingly common in EV design as batteries and flat floors free designers from combustion-era constraints.
As Men's Gear noted in their coverage of the concept, the design presents a sporty EV silhouette that feels coherent as a Volvo product even without any official involvement from the manufacturer.
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Photo: Till Schmitz
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