Polestar unveiled their upcoming Polestar 4, a small SUV which the corporate is looking an “SUV Coupé,” on the Shanghai Auto Present right this moment.
The brand new Polestar 4 might be Polestar’s quickest automobile but, able to 0-60 in 3.8 seconds from 400kW (544hp) of motor energy in dual-motor configuration. In single-motor configuration, you lose half that energy (with a 0-60 time of seven.4), however get entry to as much as 300 miles value of vary from the 102kWh battery. Vary and acceleration numbers are estimates.
On the twin motor model, the automobile will have the ability to “sleep” the entrance motor for better effectivity in vary mode, however will nonetheless take a couple of 10% vary penalty, with 270 mile estimated vary.
All variations have most 200kW DC and 22kW AC cost fee, each of that are on the excessive finish of recent electrical automobiles. This DC cost fee will carry the battery from 5-80% in 32 minutes, and 22kW AC will cost the automobile from zero to full in 5 hours – when you’ve got entry to a 100 amp circuit at dwelling (most don’t).
The Polestar 4 could have bi-directional V2L capabilities, although Polestar hasn’t but shared what fee the automobile will have the ability to discharge at.
The brand new Polestar 4 sits inbetween its predecessors, the Polestar 2 and three, in measurement. It’s 2-3 inches shorter in every dimension than the three, and 2-3 inches taller and wider than the two (and 10(!) inches longer). Polestar is classifying it as a “D-segment SUV Coupé” in Europe. Dimensions are 4,839mm L x 1,544mm H x 2,139mm W (191″ L x 61″ H x 82″ W) (incl. mirrors).
The nomenclature is a bit of bizarre right here because it doesn’t monitor with the dimensions of every car, however Polestar is naming their vehicles sequentially – the primary was the 1, the second is the two, and so forth.
Polestar has two extra upcoming vehicles, the Polestar 5 based mostly on its Principle idea, and the Polestar 6 Roadster based mostly on its O₂concept. We just lately obtained an up-close take a look at the Polestar 6 idea on the new Polestar Area in South Coast Plaza.
So far, Polestar has constructed its vehicles on platforms shared with Volvo, although the Polestar 4 diverts from that and is constructed on the SEA structure from Geely. Polestar’s subsequent vehicles might be constructed on their very own structure utilizing bonded aluminum developed at their UK R&D facility.
This new Polestar 4 shares one fascinating characteristic with the Polestar 5 idea: each of them don’t have any rear window. As an alternative, there’s a digicam for rear-view.
Polestar says that this digicam allows better rear visibility for the motive force, since as an alternative of wanting by way of a small aperture of the rear window, the digicam can provide a wide-angle view behind the automobile. The digicam pipes video onto a display screen the place the rear-view mirror would usually be.
We’ve seen related mirrors on different vehicles, just like the Chevy Bolt, however usually they are often switched between an ordinary mirror and a backup digicam, whereas the Polestar 4 eschews the mirror possibility totally.
Polestar additionally says that this lack of a rear window allows “a brand new type of immersive rear occupant expertise.” It allows the glass roof to run additional again, above the rear occupants’ heads, as Polestar can push structural parts additional again within the car.
And the glass roof has an electrochromic possibility, which suggests it may be made clear or opaque. Rear passengers could have management by way of a small display screen mounted between the entrance seats.
As with Polestar’s different automobiles, the 4 makes use of its built-in Android Automotive OS with built-in Google performance. That is extra than simply Android Auto, however a full in-car OS constructed by Google, and the automobile has over-the-air replace performance identical to different Polestars have. However Apple customers can nonetheless entry Apple CarPlay within the automobile.
Polestar didn’t launch full North American pricing particulars right this moment, saying that these would are available in 2024, with the automobile releasing later that yr. It did say that the automobile might be someplace within the vary of $60k to start out, although, when you’re seeking to begin saving up now.
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