That is the Polestar 3, an all-electric various to standard luxurious SUVs just like the Porsche Cayenne. Official teasers and the discharge of some key items of information about Polestar’s flagship imply we already know slightly of the spec, however that is our first likelihood to see it from each angle and to search out out the precise tech particulars forward of subsequent yr’s on-sale date.

The three is Polestar’s greatest automotive, sharing its platform with the next-generation Volvo XC90, and using on a 117.5-in (2,985 mm) wheelbase. That makes it 3.5-in (90 mm) longer between axles than a Cayenne and 0.8-in (20 mm) longer than a Tesla Mannequin X, however 4.0-in (101 mm) shorter than a Rivian R1S, which in contrast to the five-seat Polestar comes with a 3rd row of chairs. It’s additionally Polestar’s priciest automotive but: the entry stage automotive prices £79,900 within the UK and $83,900 in America. That compares with £73,800 / $86,500 for a Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid and $78,000 for a bottom-rung, dual-motor Rivian R1S.

The bottom Polestar 3 comes with rear-biased all-wheel drive courtesy of a dual-motor setup that sends 483 hp (489 PS) and 620 lb-ft (840 Nm) to the bottom by way of a single gear ratio for a zero to 62 mph (100 km/h) time of 5 seconds. That determine solely matches the time for the 456 hp (462 PS) Cayenne, however Polestar’s secret weapon is a £5,600 ($6,500 est) Energy Pack that lifts output to 510 hp (517 PS) and 671 lb-ft (910 Nm) and cuts the dash to 4.7 seconds.

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However even that isn’t sufficient to see off the 600 hp (608 PS) R1S, which hits 60 mph (97 km/h) in 4.0 seconds in dual-motor guise, and a loopy 3.0 seconds whenever you fork out a further $8k for the 835 hp (847 PS) quad-motor setup. The bottom R1S, nonetheless, comes with meagre 260-mile (418 km) vary except you shell out $6,000 for the larger battery, which bumps that quantity to 320 EPA miles (515 km). That final determine ought to broadly tally with the EPA conversion of the 379 miles (610 km) WLTP vary Polestar quotes for the usual 111 kWh battery, the one energy pack obtainable.

250 kW charging, warmth pump commonplace

The Polestar’s battery might be charged at as much as 250 kW, which isn’t as quick as some current electrical vehicles (together with Porsche’s Taycan EV, which may juice-up at 360 kW), but it surely’s nonetheless fairly speedy. Polestar says the lithium ion pack is housed in a protecting aluminium case with boron metal reinforcement and liquid cooling, and options a typical warmth pump that can be utilized for local weather capabilities and battery pre-conditioning. It’s additionally arrange for vehicle-to-grid charging.

An adjustable one-pedal driving mode is commonplace, as is torque vectoring on the rear axle, whose motor might be deactivated in sure circumstances to avoid wasting vitality. Twin-chamber air suspension can be a part of the fundamental bundle, the motion of the 21-in inventory wheels being managed by adaptive dampers. Go for the non-compulsory Efficiency Pack and along with the additional 27 hp (28 PS) you get a special tune for the air springs and 22-in cast alloy rims.

Smooth styling, low roofline

Visually, the three borrows closely from Polestar’s Principle idea significantly on the entrance, whose defining characteristic is a horizontal spoiler mounted above the shallow grille and connecting the 2 LED headlamp models. And although the general household look has needed to be tailored to go well with the taller physique, that is undoubtedly a modern, sporty SUV, and never a utilitarian field just like the R1S: the roofline stands solely 63.5-in (1,614 mm) from the bottom, in contrast with 66.8-in (1,696 mm) for a Cayenne Hybrid.

The inside is decked out in sustainable supplies like traceable wool and is the primary Polestar mannequin with an NVIDIA DRIVE core pc to energy its driver help methods. The three additionally options Snapdragon computing behind its Google co-developed 14.5-in heart show. Normal tools features a panoramic roof and retractable door handles, however all first-year vehicles additionally get the Plus Pack and Pilot Pack as commonplace, bringing a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins audio system, soft-closing doorways, head-up show and Pilot Help semi-autonomous driving.

LiDAR non-compulsory from mid-2023

Come subsequent spring a Pilot Pack with LiDAR will be part of the choices record, its extra NVIDIA management unit, three cameras and 4 ultrasonic sensors offering a extra full and correct scan of the automotive’s surroundings, making it prepared for extra superior autonomous driving. However even the launch mannequin has 5 radar modules, 5 exterior cameras and twelve exterior ultrasonic sensors. One revolutionary perform is an inside radar sensor that may detect tiny actions within the inside of the automotive and assist shield towards unintentionally leaving kids or pets inside.

The primary batch of Polestar 3s shall be inbuilt Volvo’s Chengdu, China, facility, and will arrive with North American, European and Chinese language clients in late 2023. However by the center of 2024 3s will even be rolling out of Volvo’s Ridgeville, South Carolina, manufacturing unit.

Would you are taking the Polestar 3 over a standard combustion or hybrid SUV just like the Porsche Cayenne, or the all-electric Rivian R1S? Go away a remark and tell us.