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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 will make its first public appearance at the Geneva International Motor Show next week.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. Lux estimates ADAS revenue growing from $2.4

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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? However, and perhaps in a nod towards Sweden's relatively high gender-awareness and gender equality, male and female participants agreed equally on the importance of encouraging girls to study computer science. This is a guest post. How patient, and accommodating?

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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). Range is 233 miles, which is good, if not the best in the market. Google in the car. Matching the Polestar in power and range is the Jaguar I-Pace. Still a bit of a mystery.

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Wrightspeed named as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

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developer of heavy-duty range-extended electric vehicle powertrains, was named one of the current crop of World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers—and was the only purely automotive technology company so selected. Wrightspeed Inc., Advanced Li-ion battery company 24M was also selected this year. Earlier post.).

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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

& 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. & In fact, the road is primarily going to be used as a testing ground for the relevant technologies.

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