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Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

Green Car Congress

Polestar, the electric performance car brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, unveiled the Polestar 2 electric fastback in an online reveal from Polestar’s headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the future, Polestar 3 will join the portfolio as a fully electric performance SUV.

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Can Feminist Robots Challenge Our Biases?

Cars That Think

Have you ever noticed how nice Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant are? After all, the future is too important to be left to men! Each response was designed in collaboration with teachers from the participants' school to ensure they realistically reflected the kind of language that participants might be hearing or even using themselves.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. In 2019, one hundred Volvo’s in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be on the road and will self-drive with the touch of a button.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. Google in the car. Still a bit of a mystery. Good Looking Lines.

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Hertz expands EV offerings with new Polestar partnership for 65,000 vehicles

Teslarati

Update to final paragraph updating offerings at 12:17 pm EST. Hertz Corporation announced today it had reached and announced a new global partnership with Sweden’s Polestar to purchase up to 65,000 vehicles over five years. “Polestar 2 brings avant-garde Scandinavian design and leading in-car technology.

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Detroit’s Inductive EV Charging Roads: Boon or Boondoggle?

The Truth About Cars

The company has launched similar programs thanks to government contracts it has in Israel, Sweden, Italy, and Germany. The company is also a Michigan Central Newlab partner which — along with Google, Ford, Newlab, and The City of Detroit — is trying to expand “mobility innovation ecosystems.”