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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. [27] 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 also the first car with Google's Android Automotive operating system built in. Polestar 2 is the second car under the Polestar brand after the Polestar 1. Polestar 1 is however a plug-in hybrid and limited production vehicle, making the Polestar 2 the first battery electric vehicle and mass production Polestar vehicle.
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 ...
Gores Guggenheim (NASDAQ:GGPI) is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has announced a deal: it intends to buy Polestar, an electric vehicle (EV) firm based out of Sweden. As ...
Michael Lohscheller will take over for Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, who has led the EV brand since its separation from Volvo in 2017. Polestar CEO Resigns, Former VinFast Boss Hired as His ...
The Polestar 5 ‘super sports car’ will arrive in the second half of 2025 (Polestar) The UK team is also set to play a big role in the development of new models and the DNA of Polestar, as ...
In October 2017, Volvo Cars and ZGH announced that Polestar, a performance and tuning brand owned by Volvo Cars, would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [63] Polestar introduced its first product, the Polestar 1 coupé on 17 October 2017. The car was produced at the Polestar Production Centre in Chengdu, China. [64]
Polestar was once a racing team that transformed Volvo's cars into high-performance racing vehicles. Volvo, which was acquired by the Chinese automaker Geely in 2010, bought Polestar's brand in ...