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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

If you see a Polestar 2 parked along the street or hear it roll silently by, you’re forgiven if you don’t know what it is. The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. The Polestar logo looks like two boomerangs and is not at all like the familiar Volvo ironmark.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

We update this list regularly because the market is changing so quickly. We’ll try to keep this up-to-date as the EV market continues to evolve. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. So far, so good, as market acceptance has been strong.

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OPINION Volvo did one thing very canny with the pricing of the EM90

Baua Electric

The day past, after I first noticed the cost tag of Volvo’s first electrical MPV EM90, my preliminary idea used to be, what the hell are they pondering? The fee for international markets hasn’t been introduced but. Zeekr 009 begins at 500k yuan (68,500 USD) in China. The EM90 used to be globally unveiled on November 12.

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Polestar’s plan to survive and thrive: How an idiosyncratic EV start-up will carve its place in the electric space

EV Central

Life’s about to get very busy for Sino-Swedish start-up Polestar as competition heats up in the EV market. The rules of engagement between mainstream and luxury have been largely cast aside as Tesla and others reshape the market. The Polestar 2 was the first model offered by the newcomer brand in Australia.

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

EV Central

Excitingly, 2024 is shaping up to set new records for the EV market with an onslaught of new arrivals. As well as new models from heavy EV hitters such as Tesla, BYD, Polestar and Volvo, there will be a raft of traditional brands jumping on board the electric car race. Toyota, Volkswagen and Subaru are chief among them.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. BMW iX1 – EV version of the X1 confirmed by 2023.

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

EV Central

This year is shaping up to be the biggest yet for electric vehicles. While Tesla has set the pace for EV new arrivals over the past couple of years, its dominant market share will come under pressure from the plethora of new arrivals. The $297,900 plus on-roads price tag is about 10 percent more than the petrol-fed 7-Series.