Polestar 3 electrical SUV efficiency particulars teased forward of Oct. 12 debut

Polestar on Wednesday confirmed that it intends to totally reveal its first SUV, known as the Polestar 3, at an occasion on October 12. 

The Sweden-based EV model additionally confirmed just a few extra particulars in regards to the totally electrical SUV, because of be made in South Carolina in early 2023 and anticipated to be sized carefully with the Porsche Cayenne.

An obtainable Efficiency Pack will bump energy from its but undisclosed base stage as much as 510 hp and 671 lb-ft of torque, in keeping with the model.

The Polestar 3 is “constructed on a brand new all-electric know-how base, developed by and shared with Volvo Automobiles,” stated Polestar, and it incorporates security programs from Volvo plus Nvidia centralized core computing. That’s the SPA2 platform, and the Polestar 3 is predicted to be associated however removed from equivalent to the upcoming Volvo EX90. 

A dual-motor system will energy the Polestar 3, with one motor in entrance and the opposite in again, with a bias to the rear wheels. As an alternative of a dual-motor setup on the again wheels just like the Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid, the three could have a dual-clutch system on the rear motor to offer torque vectoring and assist dealing with. It’s going to additionally embrace an adaptive, dual-chamber air suspension with adaptive damping that may alter to the floor or dealing with calls for each two milliseconds. 

Polestar has beforehand hinted that the three may begin round $75,000. That may primarily align with the BMW iX and Audi E-Tron and, in its Efficiency Pack type it’d undercut the BMW iX M60, Audi E-Tron S, and Tesla Mannequin X Plaid. 

2023 Polestar 3

Polestar famous in an earlier monetary submitting that it expects to promote 77,000 items of the three globally by 2025—a determine that comes near Cayenne gross sales numbers. 

At the moment, the Polestar 2 electrical hatchback is the model’s solely different obtainable mannequin, however it intends to launch a brand new car yearly for the following three years, beginning with the Polestar 3.