It's Official: Polestar Will Build Its Own Performance EVs, Without A Volvo Badge In Sight

Polestar is now a standalone firm, and its electric performance cars will use Volvo architecture but be designed separately

Ben Custard

21 Jun 2017

It's Official: Polestar Will Build Its Own Performance EVs, Without A Volvo Badge In Sight

Up to now, Polestar has produced limited edition hot Volvos. The name is arguably still under the radar in the UK, but Polestar is set to become a fully-fledged manufacturer in its own right.

The cars it’s set to produce will use the same platform and underpinnings as the Volvos we’re used to, but Polestar cars won’t carry Volvo badges. They probably won’t look like Volvos either, with the offshoot having cherry-picked some serious design talent. The man responsible for Volvo’s recent good-looking range of cars, Thomas Ingenlath, has been recruited as the boss of the newly-standalone firm.

Volvo's V60 Polestar has always been a left-field choice

So, the whole idea is a little different to something like Mercedes-AMG, particularly when you look at powertrains. Whereas AMG creates fire-breathing monsters that guzzle petrol almost as fast as you can put it in, Polestar’s cars will be all electric.

As reported last week, parent company Geely will focus its motorsport efforts around Polestar, so you’ll be hearing a lot more of the name in years to come.

Comments

Polestar: Electric tanks in disguise

Now Sweden has silent, electric tanks. Good thing they’re pacifists.

Yes, good thing

H Y P E R T A N K

Me RN

Lol

That’s a good thing and a bad thing in the same type. Good is that the current cars won’t be just converted to EV’s. They will be made from scratch. Also another good thing is that Poleaster will have more money, to boost more cars. Another good thing is that we will get fast EV’s. The bad thing is that Polestar never built a car from scratch, so uh oh

“The bad thing is that Polestar never built a car from scratch, so uh oh”
Ehh, they’ll be totally fine! Not too worried about that!

I hope this car have that Polestar Blue, because man this colour is beautiful in any Volvo car.

Your talking about the Rebel Blue paint. And yes, I sincerely hope Polestar makes that the standard color like it is on the S60 & V60 Polestar. If not, then at least an option really hopefully!