And he namechecked \u2018the Beast\u2019, Polestar\u2019s high-performance, special edition 2 from 2022. It had 469bhp, an aggressive bodykit and lowered suspension. \u201cThis is inspiration for the future, because it looks sporty.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The interior design will also reflect Polestar\u2019s sporty ethos. The cockpit will be more driver-oriented, with the screen angled towards the driver. R\u00f6mers will also use more vibrant colours than today\u2019s grey-dominated shades and a warmer, more human user interface with more switches.<\/p>\n
The new design is enabled by a box-fresh vehicle architecture. Boss Lohscheller has railed against the number of car platforms the Swedish EV-maker currently uses: \u201cOver time, I want to harmonise architectures, because we have too many different ones.\u201d The outgoing 2, Polestar\u2019s SUVs and the incoming, all-aluminium 5 performance GT are all based on different vehicle platforms. That\u2019s a luxury for any car maker, let alone one that sold only 60,000 cars in 2025.<\/p>\n
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Spurred on by its crippling losses and the strategic direction of owner Geely Holdings, Polestar is regrouping on a new platform that will feed a number of the group\u2019s brands. Sister marques include Geely, Lotus, Lynk&Co, Volvo and Zeekr, and in autumn 2024 owner Li Shufu\u2019s \u2018Taizhou Declaration\u2019 called for more component and powertrain sharing across the group to squeeze out unnecessary expenditure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And he namechecked \u2018the Beast\u2019, Polestar\u2019s high-performance, special edition 2 from 2022. It had 469bhp, an aggressive bodykit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-453759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}