The Polestar brand is starting to detail its future product plans. These plans now include three new SUVs, but two of the SUVs have been mostly a mystery until now. New details confirm at least one of these new SUVs will be a more affordable midsize SUV option. It has been known for awhile now that Polestar’s next new product will be in SUV. The Polestar 3 is slated to launch in 2022 and be positioned as a premium midsize SUV offering. In fact, Polestar is drawing analogs between the 3 and an electrified Porsche Cayenne; both in terms of size and luxury performance. The Polestar 3 will be base ..read more

Volvo Cars says it is making good progress toward becoming a public company. The automaker is aiming to have an initial public offering (IPO) before the end of 2021. “We are looking at the possibility of doing an IPO before the end of the year,” said CEO Hakan Samuelsson in a recent interview with Reuters. On Wednesday Samuelsson and other Volvo executives discussed the company’s long term roadmap. Their roadmap centers on becoming a fully-electric automaker by 2030, including plans to sell 600,000 electric vehicles by mid-decade. Supporting these lofty EV goals is a plan for a new gigafactory ..read more

The Polestar brand has announced plans to produce an upcoming electric SUV in the United States. The production announcement is accompanied by a teaser photo, our first glimpse at the upcoming Polestar 3. Polestar says the Polestar 3 SUV will be produced at an assembly plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina. The plant is actually a Volvo Cars assembly plant, reminding us all of Polestar’s parent company. This will mark the first Polestar model produced in the U.S., indicating the importance of the U.S. market to the growing brand. “Polestar 3 will be built in America, for our American customers ..read more

Just about every automaker is issuing long-term goals when it comes to carbon neutrality. Volvo-owned Polestar is taking it a step further, announcing the Polestar 0 project. Polestar 0 will be a car that aims to be entirely climate-neutral when it launches by the end of the decade. Understanding the significance of this goal requires some context. Most electric-vehicles built today still produce carbon dioxide through the manufacturing process. Some automakers intend to leverage carbon offsets to mitigates this, meaning they will plant trees to offset the emissions. Polestar calls such offset ..read more

Volvo is making a lot of new today. Following up from an announcement they’re going all-electric by 2030, the brand is debuting its first pure EV model. The new C40 Recharge may be “all new,” but it’s effectively an XC40 Recharge with less headroom. One does not have to be a Volvo enthusiast to tell the C40 is a lot like the XC40. The styling is largely the same from the belt line down. Sure, there’s some subtle differences in the plastic components, but largely all of the sheet metal is the same as the XC40. Where things divert is in the greenhouse. The C40 is basically a coupe SUV, highlight ..read more

Volvo Cars announced overnight Tuesday that it will join other companies by going full electric by 2030 but in a twist, will offer its new electric vehicle (EV) family online only. By the end of the decade, the company will have phased out any vehicle in its portfolio with an internal combustion engine (ICE), including hybrids. “To remain successful, we need profitable growth. So instead of investing in a shrinking business, we choose to invest in the future – electric and online,” said Håkan Samuelsson, chief executive. “We are fully focused on becoming a leader in the fast-growing premium el ..read more

The EPA ratings for the 2021 Polestar 2 are in and the range figure is a bit lower than expected for the battery-electric sedan. EPA testing shows the Polestar 2 can go 233 miles on a full charge, slightly lower than Polestar’s original estimate of 275 miles per charge. This also positions the Polestar 2 under some existing EV competitors, including the entry-level Tesla Model 3, which can go 250 miles on a full charge. It is worth noting that EPA range estimates tend to be on the conservative side, so Polestar 2 owners will likely see more than 233 miles on a charge at times. The problem is c ..read more

Volvo’s first battery-electric SUV now has an official range rating from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 2021 XC40 Recharge will be officially rated at 208 miles of range, which comes in right in line with Volvo’s expectations. The XC40 Recharge has a 78-kWh battery pack under the floor that sends power to two electric motors, generating 402 horsepower and 487 pound-feet of torque. If those stats sound familiar, that’s because the XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2 utilize the same powertrain. Despite the same powertrain, the Polestar 2 just received a range rating of 233 miles, likel ..read more

The EPA ratings for the 2021 Polestar 2 are in and the range figure is a bit lower than expected for the battery-electric sedan. EPA testing shows the Polestar 2 can go 233 miles on a full charge, slightly lower than Polestar’s original estimate of 275 miles per charge. This also positions the Polestar 2 under some existing EV competitors, including the entry-level Tesla Model 3, which can go 250 miles on a full charge. It is worth noting that EPA range estimates tend to be on the conservative side, so Polestar 2 owners will likely see more than 233 miles on a charge at times. The problem is c ..read more

As a spinoff brand of Volvo, Polestar is really just getting started with their quest to be an all-electric vehicle brand. Nonetheless, they’re seeking to give the public a preview of what’s to come from Polestar with the Precept Concept. The Precept is a stunning grand tourer that relies on a whole lot of recycled parts. From the outside, the Precept is not too far off from the Polestar 1 and Polestar 2 production vehicles. Polestar has weaved in the brand’s Thor’s Hammer design trait throughout the exterior, highlighted by very dramatic LED lights upfront. The dramatic lights are accompanied ..read more