The finalists for the 2021 North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year Awards were recently announced but, across the Atlantic, the candidates for European Car of the Year have been revealed. 29 models will be competing for the honor this time around and all of them are new vehicles, which are either now […]
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Seen as how it’s a Volvo product, the Polestar 2 EV fastback is well adapted to handle darkness, whether it’s by night or by day (you get both in Scandinavia). Its main tool in such scenarios is its advanced lighting technology, such as the Pixel LED headlights or the adaptive rear lights, both of which […]
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Polestar launched a design competition this summer, which asked fans to create vehicles for 2040. The winners have now been announced and the resulting designs are pretty interesting. First up is Konrad Cholewka’s MMXL, which won the professional design category. He created an autonomous pod with a cylindrical cockpit and a rectangular body to maximize […]
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The three-year legal dispute between Citroen and Polestar has resulted in a French court temporarily banning the latter’s logo. As we have reported earlier, Citroen claims that the logo of Polestar is too similar to its own double chevron badge and that of its premium DS brand. The French carmaker first asked parent company Volvo […]
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The Polestar 2 has been in the news a lot recently for being recalled twice in a month, but the automaker now has some good news for owners and prospective customers. Polestar and parking technology company EasyPark have teamed up to develop an integrated parking app for Polestar 2. The EasyPark app is integrated into […]
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Polestar is reportedly looking to raise at least $500 million through a new investment round. It is understood that the electric car manufacturer is seeking a valuation of approximately $6 billion, at least according to an anonymous source with knowledge on the matter. Polestar, Geely and Volvo have declined to comment. Bloomberg reports that Volvo […]
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The all-electric Polestar 2 has been recalled once again, this time due to an issue with the inverter. At the start of October, Polestar announced a recall for all 2,189 vehicles delivered up until that point. That recall related to an issue with the Battery Energy Control Module and came after reports from several drivers […]
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Ford is going to pool its CO2 emissions with Volvo in order to avoid a hefty EU fine for missing this year’s emission reduction target. Volvo Cars and Polestar, which fall under the umbrella of the Volvo Car Group, agreed to sell CO2 credits to Ford, according to the pooling system implemented by the European […]
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The launch of the Polestar 2 has gotten off to a rough start, but matters are even worse in France where sales of the electric vehicle have reportedly been blocked. According to The Connexion, Citroen feels Polestar’s logo infringes on their trademarked double chevron badge. In particular, the company pointed to two trademarks which they […]
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Geely is reportedly planning to build a new EV factory for its premium brand Polestar, according to two people with direct knowledge on the matter. The sources told Reuters that Geely wants this plant to have an annual manufacturing capacity of 30,000 EVs, and that its location will be the western city of Chongqing, in […]
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