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Polestar's showroom in Oslo, Norway. In October 2017, Volvo Cars and Geely Holding announced that Polestar would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [26] The brand introduced the Polestar 1 on 17 October 2017, a 2+2 coupé inspired by Volvo's Concept Coupé introduced in 2013, which includes influences from the Volvo P1800.
The Polestar 2 is produced in a factory located in Chengdu, China. [28] All cars for the European market get shipped to Shanghai, China, by train. In Shanghai, the car gets placed on a boat to Zeebrugge, Belgium. In Zeebrugge, the European cars get approved after European new-car rules before getting shipped to the destination country. [29]
While Tesla's sales in markets such as Belgium, ... The CEO of EV brand Polestar said on Wednesday he had told the company's sales staff to target Tesla owners put off by Musk's push into politics ...
Volvo Cars owns 18% of Polestar [13] [14] and 50% of NOVO Energy (electric vehicle batteries), 100% of Zenseact (AD and ADAS software), and 100% of HaleyTek (Android-based infotainment systems). [15] As of 2022, Volvo Cars has production plants in Torslanda in Sweden, Ridgeville, South Carolina in the United States, Ghent in Belgium, and Daqing ...
The V60 is built in both Sweden and Belgium. [57] In the U.S., since 2021, the V60 is only available as a Cross Country model with one gasoline powertrain, dubbed T5, though a Polestar Engineered enhancement is available as an option. [58] Mild hybrid variants were added in 2022, [59] and in 2023, replaced conventional gas engines in the US. [60]
The Polestar 5 is an upcoming high-performance full-size sedan battery electric vehicle (BEV) produced by Swedish automobile manufacturer Polestar, an affiliate of Geely Holding and Volvo Cars. The Polestar 5 is expected to become commercially available in 2025.
The Polestar 3 is a battery electric mid-size luxury crossover SUV [7] [8] produced by Swedish manufacturer Polestar, an affiliate of Geely Holding and Volvo Cars, since 2024. The Polestar 3 is the first vehicle to use the SPA2 platform, a vehicle platform which is dedicated to battery-electric vehicles.
The Polestar 1 has a total capacity of 34 kWh [15] arranged in three battery stacks (two packs), fitted behind the rear seats and along the central tunnel. [20] This gives the Polestar 1 an all-electric range of 150 km (93 mi) on the NEDC. Polestar claimed that this was the largest electric range for any plug-in hybrid available at the time. [21]