Techno Blender
Digitally Yours.
Browsing Tag

Polestars

Polestar’s smartphone appears on TENAA

Polestar is a Chinese EV maker owned by Geely, the same company that owns Meizu as well. Notably, Volvo had 48% of Polestar's shares up until recently but pulled out ahead of the Polestar 4 launch. The Polestar phone on TENAA And just in time for the Polestar 4 release, the company also plans to introduce a smartphone that would go hand in hand with the upcoming EV. A recent TENAA listing reveals almost everything there is to know about the Polestar smartphone. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the…

Polestar’s latest ode to EV performance is the 2 BST Edition 230

EV automaker Polestar is picking up where it left off with last year’s limited production Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 with a next-generation version of the sedan with a keener focus on performance design. The Polestar 2 BST 230 debuts new features to the brand both inside in out that you learn more about below. Polestar’s BST journey into performance EVs begins with the 2 sedan, which originally debuted in three years ago as a 2021 model that has continued to grow in popularity since,…

Polestar’s new car is an electric SUV — but its carbon-zero goal feels far away

The conventional SUV is an environmental offender. ​​Research in 2019 found that the vehicles were the second largest cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade — eclipsing even behemoths like aviation and trucks. But Polestar aims to redeem the category, launching their third vehicle: Polestar 3. This is the company’s very first SUV — and it’s all-electric, as well as underpinned by some serious sustainability cred. I attended the launch last week and got an…

Polestar’s 1st SUV is a sleek, bi-charge e-machine with 379-mile range

The all-new Polestar 3 demonstrates once again that Polestar knows its consecutive numbers and knows how to make a good-looking EV. It took the company a little while to fully sharpen its design chops (by deleting the off-putting toothiness of the 1 and 2), but it seems to have found its rhythm. Its first SUV borrows the clean styling essence of the Precept concept and folds it into a 510-hp electric utility hot hatch platform that promises to make moving five people up to 379 miles (610 km) a zap more fun than it ever…

Polestar’s O₂ roadster concept to enter production as the Polestar 6

EV automaker Polestar continues to make headway toward becoming a major contender in the market. With a fiscally favorable first half of 2022 and an arsenal of novel EV models in its pipeline, the Polestar has announced its sporty O₂ roadster concept will become its latest production model, donned… wait for it… the Polestar 6. Polestar ($PSNY) is a Swedish premium EV brand launched in 2017 that currently offers two electrified models – the Polestar 1 PHEV and Polestar 2 BEV. Next will be the automaker’s first…

Polestar’s O2 concept will become the Polestar 6 electric roadster, due out 2026

Polestar announced that its O2 electric roadster concept has graduated to a production model as the Polestar 6, with assembly expected to kick off in 2026. The O2, which was first unveiled earlier this year, was originally designed to showcase the automaker’s bonded aluminum platform, which Polestar produces in-house, as well as some quirkier features like an integrated drone for aerial filming. The roadster is the company’s second concept to get upgraded to an official production model after Polestar said it was…

Polestar’s electric SUV will start at €75,000

Polestar won’t officially debut its next EV , but the company has shared initial pricing information. Earlier this week, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath said the Polestar 3 would start at €75,000 and top out at around €110,000, reports (via ). With the current parity between the euro and dollar, the automaker’s first electric SUV could cost between $75,700 and $111,000 when it arrives in the US. Of course, with Polestar 3 production not slated to start until early 2023, the exchange rate could tip back in favor of the…

Polestar’s first electric SUV will officially debut in October 2022

The Polestar 3, the aptly named third vehicle from the electric performance marque, will have its official reveal in October 2022, the company announced. It will be Polestar’s first sport utility vehicle and its first made in the US. The Polestar 3 marks Polestar’s attempt to break into the highly competitive and highly lucrative SUV market in the US. When it comes out, it will slot into the premium category, putting it in competition with EVs like the Tesla Model X, Audi E-tron, Mercedes-Benz EQE, Rivian R1S, and…

Polestar’s experimental EV, nicknamed ‘Beast,’ is getting a limited production run

Polestar’s experimental, high-performance one-off for the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed — nicknamed “Beast” — is going into limited production. The Swedish EV maker announced plans to make and sell 270 units of the 476-horsepower fastback sedans, with 47 of those vehicles intended for the US market. The Polestar 2 “BST edition 270,” named for the number of vehicles that will be built, will be available exclusively in Europe, China, and North America. The modified Polestar 2 features a dual-motor configuration…