Not sure about down there, but Canada has a LOT of stock to blowout before releasing info on 2026.

 

I think there is a moderate amount here, as well. It’s unclear how the distribution of stock, manufacturing schedules, and incentive programs will impact announcements of (let alone availability of) the new models. At this point I’d be happy just to get a date for a date and some confirmation of what changes are in store.

 

What I've heard is that there's so much available 2025 stock that 2026s will not be announced until sometime in late Q1 2026, with no builds or deliveries until April 2026!

 

Given negative owner experience reports, tariffs, recent quarterly reporting, and notice of risk of ongoing concern (potential bankruptcy), seems less and less that we will see a 26’ model unless Geely or other investors push in some heavy cash and a plan.

US economy is slowing down, incentives end this month, future isn’t looking great all around - so willingness to take on an expensive EV on shaky ground with so many cheaper options (inferior options I know) available - it’s a risky proposition.

 

US economy is slowing down, incentives end this month, future isn’t looking great all around - so willingness to take on an expensive EV on shaky ground with so many cheaper options (inferior options I know) available - it’s a risky proposition.

JCD, I am with you on this. I am sorta hoping that Polestar starts throwing incentives at the current owners, offering us deals in the next year to buy out our leases at a heavy discount, to keep a flood of them from appearing on the market - especially if they don't release a significantly improved model in 2026. I'd still continue to own this car if I knew I could get service at one of the Volvo service centers.

 

What I've heard is that there's so much available 2025 stock that 2026s will not be announced until sometime in late Q1 2026, with no builds or deliveries until April 2026!

this is really saying something - because you would typically expect MY26 to be available right about now.

..incentives end this month..

not sure how you arrive at this conclusion. my guess is that incentives just keep growing. I guess until April. lol.

 

this is really saying something - because you would typically expect MY26 to be available right about now.


not sure how you arrive at this conclusion. my guess is that incentives just keep growing. I guess until April. lol.

Sorry - I should’ve stated government incentives. Which puts further downward pressure on Polestar if they increase their participation - and customer pressure if they can’t and prices go up which will slow sales further.

 

This mean we won't be seeing Orin upgrade until (2nd half) 2026?! 😔

 

I guess if they are still pushing MY25's off the factory floor without the upgrade - it's not a good sign for those of us that already have cars.

so yeah. is it possible that they keep making MY25's with the already deprecated Xavier chip right up until the change-over to MY26? One would think the factory would switch over ASAP to avoid future retrofit. but we haven't seen it yet.

this seems like something to keep an eye on. maybe the Xavier chip in the dashboard is more or less the canary in the coal mine. iow. a measure of Polestar corporate health. or maybe they are just waiting for Volvo?

 

Hi, from what I‘ve heard from sources in Polestar Germany MY26 should arrive in the coming weeks. They wouldn‘t give me a clear date. They indirectly „confirmed“ that the MY26 will feature 800V. To my question when the CPU upgrade will happen they told me, that it‘ll be coming very soon.
Somewhere else I‘ve read it‘ll be released on the 23rd of September.

 

Announced in the coming weeks and actually being produced as MY26 are 2 different things. Best indicator is look at inventory of cars scheduled to be delivered to dealerships. (At least for the US) The Polestar site isn't overly reliable when it comes to dates, but if you look at Volvo for EX90, they've got cars coming off that can be ordered still 7 weeks out. So we would be looking at November it seems for any MY26 coming off the assembly line at earliest.

 

Yes, I didn‘t say - or at least did not intend to - that it is already in production. But with the announcement we should get closer to the CPU swap.

 

What are we seeing as far as revisions and upgrades?

New GHCA revision
Polestar logo in the roof
800V
Orin CPU
New Key fob revision

Possibly

NACS
Electrochromic roof

 

the MY25 RWD P3:

• Motor: Single, rear-motor, permanent-magnet synchronous AC.
• Horsepower: 295 hp.
• Torque: 361 lb-ft.the

the MY26 RWD P3:

• Horsepower: 333 hp.
• Torque: 480 lb-ft.

whoa. that's quite a big bump.

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www.automobile-magazine.fr

 

I wonder where this information is derived from... As there is no official information available could be just a placeholder. Or not.

 

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The publication shows 480 N-m torque = 354 lb-ft so basically no change.

 

I think it might be a small change - but my understanding is that the tradeoff between voltage and torque isn't straightforward. so I'd be curious to know what the 800V DC car pushes out as AC voltage to the motor. perhaps it is similar?

 

OMG. @nbvolks looks like you might be getting your Beast edition. lol.

• 680 HP
• Krypton green paint.

https://www.largus.fr/fiche-technique/Polestar/Polestar+3/2025.html

ps: I've been assured that the French do not adhere to the same MY standard as the rest of us. So, even though it says 2025. and yes. I'm a bit confused too. But I was told that somehow the French have got an early 2026 PS document.

 

OMG. @nbvolks looks like you might be getting your Beast edition. lol.

• 680 HP
• Krypton green paint.

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https://www.largus.fr/fiche-technique/Polestar/Polestar+3/2025.html

ps: I've been assured that the French do not adhere to the same MY standard as the rest of us. So, even though it says 2025. and yes. I'm a bit confused too. But I was told that somehow the French have got an early 2026 PS document.

Interesting that they went with calling the color "Krypton", as that's a Geely/Zeekr thing. The "kr" in Zeekr is KRypton.

It's also another tri-coat color, like Snow, so it's base/metallic/pearl. I'm trying to find a color code reference somewhere to see if it's already used another Geely product.

 

My space believes Jupiter is leaving to make way for green.

Also no LIDAR for 2026.

 

Placing bets Krypton is Volvo Forest Lake

 

Is Forest Lake a tricoat though? I thought it was a traditional metallic

 

Sales in Canada said late 2026 availability. 25 DM models are getting blown out at crazy 1 year lease now.

"Polestar 3 with a retail value of $102,250. 0% lease APR for 12 months. Monthly payment is $655 (CAD)and includes $2,800 freight and PDI, $1,600 optional paint colour, $1,500 for 21" Plus wheels, "

 

To put that in perspective, that's cheaper than the minimum lease for a Kia Niro EV LOL. That's how bad its selling up here.

 

Okay. Here's a Dutch document. it looks like there will be a new smaller battery option:

• small battery. 92 kWh - 310 kW peak charging.
• big battery. 106 kWh - 350 kW peak charging.

Three - pretty distinct - levels of power:

• RWD: 333 hp. 375 miles range.
• AWD: 544 hp. 395 miles range.
• AWD Performance Prime (hate that name - let's do BST instead - or just PP): 680 hp. 368 miles range (WLTP cycle)

and at least one new color - for the BST anyway.

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Interesting… looks like the days of the RWD being the range leader is ending if they only put the smaller battery in the RWD and the larger battery in the AWD?

 

that's right. but its efficiency is better. and I guess it will be less expensive too.

• RWD. 17.6 kWh/100km. 92 kWh battery pack. 604 km range.
• AWD. 19.2 kWh/100km. 106 kWh battery pack. 635 km range.

edit: and I think you can option up the RWD for the air suspension too.

also. both cars reportedly charge 10% to 80% in 17 minutes (so that's ripping). The question is what is the 10% to 80% time when plugged into a 400V charger? Note that the 800V ES90 does not currently support split pack charging. And if the MY26 P3 does not either - bummer. In this case, it could be that the 800V car would be inferior to the 400V car - given the charging infrastructure available in North America anyway.

 

It all aligns with the choices made for the ES90 and it makes a lot of sense. The P3 is often praised for it’s ride quality but it just can’t compete on price. Making the battery smaller allows for a substantial price reduction. Which is what the car really needs to make it sell in serious quantities. Then if you offer air suspension on the cheaper model you definitely have something that is very competitive in terms of design, driving characteristics and price.
The RWD ES90 comes in relatively cheap and so should the RWD P3.

Yes it will harm the residual value of our cars but that is not uncommon with EVs. The real harm would be the car failing as a commercial success and that might be avoided by offering a cheaper 800V, RWD version. A smart move if you ask me.

 

Ohm’s law says current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to impedance (I = V/Z). Therefore, if the voltage is doubled (V becomes 2V) and the impedance (Z) remains constant, the current (I) will also be doubled (I becomes 2I).

yeah. but do you think the impedance remains constant within a motor of changing voltage? I began this discussion with "it's not clear to me" and I meant it. lol. but..

pretty much all EV's have an inverter that produces three phase AC power for the motor. My understanding is that it's not a simple ohm's law tradeoff for a motor - because magnetic power is the goal here.

If you double the voltage and keep the impedance the same, you will double the current

pretty sure that if you want to keep the impedance the same, you need to bump up the windings. this is why ohm's law doesn't give a simple answer - for an electric motor anyway.

that said. I have heard that the MY26 car has lighter motors. so something has changed. but would a lighter motor have more windings - or fewer? or are they more or less the same but just made better. my guess: With an 800V battery the inverter may indeed be more efficient - and hence lighter. but I also suspect the motor itself - and it's operating voltage range - may not be substantially different than the 400V car. still. just a wild-ass-guess on my part.

it would be interesting to know for sure.

 

yeah. but do you think the impedance remains constant within a motor of changing voltage? I began this discussion with "it's not clear to me" and I meant it. lol. but..

pretty much all EV's have an inverter that produces three phase AC power for the motor. My understanding is that it's not a simple ohm's law tradeoff for a motor - because magnetic power is the goal here.


pretty sure that if you want to keep the impedance the same, you need to bump up the windings. this is why ohm's law doesn't give a simple answer - for an electric motor anyway.

that said. I have heard that the MY26 car has lighter motors. so something has changed. but would a lighter motor have more windings - or fewer? or are they more or less the same but just made better. my guess: With an 800V battery the inverter may indeed be more efficient - and hence lighter. but I also suspect the motor itself - and it's operating voltage range - may not be substantially different than the 400V car. still. just a wild-ass-guess on my part.

it would be interesting to know for sure.

If you want a higher current, then you will likely need a larger cross section cable, which will decrease the resistance for the same length of coil. Increasing the number of turns would increase the resistance and inductance (impedance then depends upon frequency). The metal used in the motor might also change the induction and impedance.

 

I was at the Columbus OH service center yesterday getting the wiring harness recall work done. I was talking to the Polestar sales consultant and he indicated that there won’t be a MY26 since they have so many MY25s in inventory. Instead they will jump right to MY27 and those will be out around June 2026.

 

I didn't want to be an early adopter anyway.. 😢

 

Polestar Netherlands mention MY26 will become available for ordering in twee weeks time as will be next OTA. Orin processor still expected Nov/Dec and then an OTA will follow with seating memory and entrance support and Park Pilot

 

I hate to be negative Nancy as I LOVE the P3 and was waiting to hear about 2026 updates but recently the only info I keep coming across is IF Polestar will even exist next year!

Polestar’s Going Concern

The Street report on Polestar

 

I hate to be negative Nancy as I LOVE the P3 and was waiting to hear about 2026 updates but recently the only info I keep coming across is IF Polestar will even exist next year!

Polestar’s Going Concern

The Street report on Polestar

A primary indicator of financial distress is the relationship between current assets (cash and other assets expected to be converted to cash within a year) and current liabilities (debts due within a year). The report suggests current liabilities of $2.988 billion. This means Polestar’s short-term obligations due within the next year are nearly $3 billion more than its available short-term assets, creating a significant funding gap.

Does anyone see a path towards alleviating this? Li Fishu ante'd up 200M a while back. But 3B - seems like a pretty steep hill to climb.

 

That’s worrying news indeed

 

Volvo EX90 MY26 is out now.