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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. Polestar 2 is the company’s first full electric, higher volume premium car.

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

Unveiled in 2019, the Polestar 2 put the brand on a new path toward becoming an all-electric automaker. The Polestar 2 is the brand’s first fully electric vehicle after the Polestar 1, a hybrid with up to 78 miles of electric range. It’s sold in 26 markets globally.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

In the next 10 years, in select cities, you will also use a phone app to have a small autonomous vehicle pick you at your current location and shuttle you between transit and work or airport. In 2019, one hundred Volvo’s in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be on the road and will self-drive with the touch of a button. No one was hurt.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. 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). Range is 233 miles, which is good, if not the best in the market.

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

The Truth About Cars

Detroit now has a quarter-mile length of roadway with the ability to charge properly equipped electric vehicles as they drive. & Leveraging technology from Electreon, MDOT has installed a section of road with inductive-charging coils that will charge electric vehicles (equipped with Electreon receivers) on the go.

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

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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. The EPA rates the Polestar 2 Single Motor vehicle with 270 miles of range.