The Polestar 5 is a concept for now, but the ultimate objective is very real. Watch out Tesla...
Polestar is an ambitious brand. It has to be. It’s competing directly with Tesla - which, love it or loathe it, is the big disrupter and constantly re-evaluating how car companies should operate. But Polestar is also up against the traditional manufacturers, too, which are all trying to break the near-monopoly that Tesla has carved out for itself in the EV market.
The more imminent proposition is the Polestar 5, which is on show for the first time ever. Its maker has released some numbers for the 5 at last, and they’re big ones: up to 884hp and a targeted 664lb ft of torque from its dual-motor set-up. It's also have 800-volt charging architecture. See, Tesla is locked firmly in its sights.
One of the design challenges was keeping the car low, like a sports car. It’s easier to do this with an ICE car, because you don’t need to accommodate a large block of batteries along the floor. In an EV obviously you do. Also, the role of aerodynamics – cutting drag to improve range – becomes so much more important, so a lot of time has been spent perfecting the car’s sleek form in the wind tunnel.
One of those UK talents is Steve Swift, vehicle engineering director. I asked him why this isn’t a jointly developed platform with Volvo – wouldn’t that make sense? “The platform doesn’t work for a volume brand like Volvo. They aren’t going to produce an 800hp sports car, are they?” Well, I suppose not. There may be sharing on other elements, though, like autonomous tech, motors, battery design and software.
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