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Polestar electric SUV to debut in October

Green Car Congress

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, announced that the world premiere of its next car, the Polestar 3 electric performance SUV, will be in October 2022. Polestar 3 is the company’s first SUV. Polestar intends to list on the Nasdaq in a proposed business combination with Gores Guggenheim, Inc.

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Polestar aims for $20B valuation in planned merger with Gores Guggenheim

Teslarati

Swedish electric car startup Polestar is already backed by countrymate Volvo, but the automaker is now planning to merge with SPAC Gores Guggenheim to list shares on Nasdaq and raise around $1 billion to expand manufacturing lines. is acting as a financial advisor and lead capital markets advisor to Gores Guggenheim.

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NTSB issues 9 safety recommendations after Tesla crash investigation; says no vehicle in US is self-driving

Green Car Congress

The 38-year-old driver of the 2017 Tesla Model X P100D electric-powered sport utility vehicle died from multiple blunt-force injuries after his SUV entered the gore area of the US-101 and State Route 85 exit ramp and struck a damaged and nonoperational crash attenuator at a speed of 70.8 mph to the preset cruise speed of 75 mph.

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Polestar goes public and is listed on NASDAQ after SPAC merger

Teslarati

The early developments of the SPAC merger with Polestar were announced in September 2021 when the company announced it was planning to list shares with SPAC Gores Guggenheim to list shares on NASDAQ and expand manufacturing lines. This is a really exciting time for Polestar,” CEO Thomas Ingenlath said in September.

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Polestar announces Single Motor Polestar 2 is coming to the U.S.

Teslarati

RELATED: Polestar aims for $20B valuation in planned merger with Gores Guggenheim. The Swedish company plans to release several SUVs, the Polestar 3 and 4, in 2022 and 2023, respectively, with the latter vehicle being a compact model.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Grove made it clear one thing was glaringly missing from Gore’s plea: dealing with our national petroleum addiction. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C.,

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long term update: Camping is depraved and should be banned

EV Central

Now look, I love camping as much as the next man – as long as the next man is allergic to canvas, Gore-Tex and wood smoke and has a claustrophobes fear of sleeping bags, and tents – but I do wish it came with a few more mod-cons. Like roofs and beds, and electricity.