Here's a quick but interesting read from Green Car Reports:
Basically, they had an interview with Gregor Hembrough, who's the head of Polestar Americas, and he was pretty candid about the targets for the Polestar 3, 4, and 5 - and they're all Porsches (the Cayenne, Macan, and Panamera/Taycan, respectively).
The really interesting part (to me, anyway) is how closely they're aping the Taycan's tech specs (800V architecture, two-speed transmission), which is great in terms of signalling that these will be advanced EVs and represent meaningful progress from even the Polestar 2, but that they'll also likely be very expensive.
So profitability will come through a major move upmarket, meaning they'll be targeting the demographics of the Polestar 1, not the Polestar 2.
And somewhat confusingly (again, maybe just for me), is that while they'll be using Volvo's new SPA2 architecture, neither Volvo nor Lotus will be using the new electric motors Polestar is developing. So they're choosing not to share costs with other Geely-owned EV brands? I don't really see the logic there. Why not spread the development cost out?
Polestar developing its own electric motors, batteries, electrical architecture
Polestar is headed down a different path than Volvo and will create its own 800V architecture to rival Porsche.
www.greencarreports.com
Basically, they had an interview with Gregor Hembrough, who's the head of Polestar Americas, and he was pretty candid about the targets for the Polestar 3, 4, and 5 - and they're all Porsches (the Cayenne, Macan, and Panamera/Taycan, respectively).
The really interesting part (to me, anyway) is how closely they're aping the Taycan's tech specs (800V architecture, two-speed transmission), which is great in terms of signalling that these will be advanced EVs and represent meaningful progress from even the Polestar 2, but that they'll also likely be very expensive.
So profitability will come through a major move upmarket, meaning they'll be targeting the demographics of the Polestar 1, not the Polestar 2.
And somewhat confusingly (again, maybe just for me), is that while they'll be using Volvo's new SPA2 architecture, neither Volvo nor Lotus will be using the new electric motors Polestar is developing. So they're choosing not to share costs with other Geely-owned EV brands? I don't really see the logic there. Why not spread the development cost out?