Polestar on Tuesday revealed the sporty Polestar 4 electrical “SUV coupe” on the Shanghai auto present, together with point out that it sees over 300 miles of vary by EPA requirements. 

With a 0-60 mph time of simply 3.8 seconds and a most energy of 544 hp and 506 lb-ft of torque in it top-performance dual-motor model, Polestar notes that it’s the quickest manufacturing automotive the model has developed to this point. It guarantees sharp steering and “an exciting and nimble driving expertise for all occupants,” as a part of the model’s ongoing give attention to efficiency.

At a beginning worth anticipated round $60,000, the Polestar 4 will doubtless be a direct rival to the Tesla Mannequin Y Efficiency, Ford Mustang Mach-E GT, and Kia EV6 GT, in addition to the upcoming Porsche Macan Electrical, amongst others. 

In base type, the 4 will provide a single-motor model with rear-wheel drive, making 272 hp and 253 lb-ft. A semi-active suspension will permit adjustment between consolation and efficiency, with wheels and tires as much as 22 inches. 

2023 Polestar 2

The Polestar 4 is constructed on Geely’s Sustainable Expertise Structure (SEA). A warmth pump is customary on the Polestar 4, and long-range variations of the 4 will get a 102-kwh battery pack, with a disconnect clutch permitting coasting on the entrance wheels at freeway speeds when extra energy isn’t wanted, to assist enhance effectivity and vary. 

All variations embody a warmth pump, Polestar says, and 22-kw AC onboard charging will permit a full cost basically as shortly as any dwelling or industrial Degree 2 charger will present—simply in a single day for those who can afford considered one of right now’s high 19.2-kw items and a devoted 100-amp circuit. Polestar doesn’t make clear how shortly the brand new mannequin can cost on highway journeys—most likely the most important ongoing shortfall in general expertise for the model versus Tesla—although it highlights DC fast-charging at as much as 200 kw.

Polestar notes that the Polestar 4 isn’t a modified model of the U.S.-bound, to-be-U.S.-made Polestar 3 fitted with a swoopier roofline. It’s a smaller mannequin—between Polestar 2 hatchback and the Polestar 3 SUV in dimension, form, and mission. 

2025 Polestar 4

2025 Polestar 4

2025 Polestar 4

From first photographs, that’s how the Polestar 4’s design impresses, with a low nostril for a utility automobile frameless home windows, retractable door handles, and rear styling that appears particularly aero-focused. It’s 190.5 inches lengthy and 84.2 inches large, using on a protracted 118.1-inch wheelbase, but it surely’s noteworthy that that is nearer in top to a passenger automotive, at 60.8 inches excessive. 

The total glass roof within the Polestar 4 has non-obligatory electrochromic performance, whereas there’s a “gentle tech” theme inside drawing from sportswear—with a tailor-made knit textile made from recycled PET, plus “animal welfare-secured Nappa leather-based” accessible. In depth use of recycled and pure fibers spherical out the mannequin’s eco-credentials. 

2025 Polestar 4

2025 Polestar 4

2025 Polestar 4

Like the three, the 4’s front-seat space follows a cockpit design, relatively than opening up the realm across the entrance seats like some electrical rivals. The 4 will get an infotainment system powered by Android Automotive OS and beneath shut collaboration with Google, however right here it’s 15.4 inches and landscape-oriented, straddling the middle console space—with a pass-through storage space beneath. 

Forward of the motive force is a ten.2-inch driver show, whereas a 14.7-inch head-up show covers most key information, together with communication and navigation. When driving in snow the system switches from a white font to yellow. 

Polestar notes that, as with its different fashions, the Polestar 4 will get common over-the-air updates, in addition to options and enhancements. 

The Nappa Pack contains these leather-based seats with cooling and therapeutic massage, plus further headrest audio system for the accessible 1,400-watt Harman Kardon audio system, whereas a Efficiency Pack features upgraded Brembo brakes and firmer Polestar Engineering chassis tuning. 

2025 Polestar 4

The Polestar 4 comes with 9 customary airbags, with superior driver help from Mobileye. Security techniques are knowledgeable by 12 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and one radar unit, all customary. A driver-monitoring digicam is used for security however doesn’t file video, in response to the corporate.

Polestar 3 manufacturing is because of begin quickly in China then shift to South Carolina, for the U.S., in 2024. Manufacturing of the Polestar 4 is because of ramp up in China late in 2023.