Los primeros vehículos eléctricos Polestar fabricados en Estados Unidos ya están en las carreteras. fabricante de automóviles sueco el dijo El viernes entregué el primero. SUV Polestar 3 Para clientes en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Ley de reducción de la inflaciónfirmado por el presidente Biden en 2022, incentiva a los fabricantes de automóviles a fabricar vehículos eléctricos en Estados Unidos y ofrece exenciones fiscales a empresas y compradores.
Estrella Polar comenzó Producción de Polestar 3 en Estados Unidos En agosto en la planta de Ridgeville, Carolina del Sur. Estos vehículos atenderán los mercados de América del Norte y Europa, complementando la producción más establecida de la compañía en Chengdu, China.
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El fabricante de automóviles dice que las entregas del Polestar 3 en Estados Unidos y Canadá aumentarán en las próximas semanas. Puedes probar uno si vives cerca de un fabricante de automóviles. Limpiaparabrisas estrella polarconstruyendo salas de exposición de lujo para marcas en o cerca de las principales ciudades de EE. UU.
El Polestar 3 se anuncia como la fiesta de presentación de la compañía, ampliando el alcance de nicho de los dos primeros modelos a una audiencia más generalizada. Engadget Tim Stevens Probé el vehículo eléctrico el mes pasado Descubrió que, aparte de algunos fallos iniciales de software, el SUV de 73.400 dólares y más es un “gran” coche.
Los propietarios de vehículos eléctricos Polestar pronto tendrán muchas opciones de carga. La compañía dijo el martes que su línea ahora tiene acceso a la red Tesla Supercharger en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Los futuros vehículos Polestar adoptarán la entrada NACS como estándar y los propietarios existentes pueden comprar un adaptador a partir de hoy en su punto de servicio local Polestar.
Un portavoz de Polestar le dijo a Engadget que el Switch tiene un MSRP de $230, por lo que no es una actualización gratuita. Sin embargo, este suplemento agregará 17,800 estaciones de carga en toda América del Norte, por lo que los propietarios pueden encontrar que este es un precio relativamente pequeño a pagar por una mayor tranquilidad en su próximo viaje por carretera.
Hablando de adaptadores, el accesorio de $230 está programado para entregarse a mediados de noviembre. Entonces, si realiza su pedido ahora, debería tener más opciones de envío en su viaje de vacaciones para ver a la abuela. Polestar dice que la aplicación Google Maps del automóvil se actualizará para mostrar todas las estaciones NACS disponibles.
Anders Gustafsson, presidente de Polestar North America, enfatizó en un comunicado de prensa la cantidad de opciones de carga que agregará este movimiento. “Con la adopción de este estándar, junto con casi 10,000 cargadores rápidos CCS CC, los clientes actuales y potenciales de Polestar ahora tienen acceso a casi 27,800 cargadores rápidos CC y pueden sentirse más seguros de su capacidad para cargar mientras viajan”.
Polestar 3 ya se está entregando. Tim Stevens, de Engadget, lo probó y quedó impresionado con el SUV eléctrico de $ 73,400 (y más). Al enfatizar lo mucho que Polestar necesitaba el tan esperado automóvil para impresionar como una continuación en el mercado masivo de sus predecesores más especializados, dijo que Excepto por algunos errores iniciales, es “fantástico”.
The attractive, white, all-electric 4-door coupe sat hidden under shimmering gold fabric for most of Wednesday morning at the New York International Auto Show before Polestar revealed its new 4-door EV, the Polestar 4, and presented an innovation conundrum: does a car need a rear window?
This was Polestar’s big innovation for its new EV: removing the rear window and instead placing an HD screen camera on the spoiler and projecting that image on the interior rear-view “mirror”. Of course, that mirror is now a display.
“It’s not just for the cool looks and the design of it,” said Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath in his presentation, “it actually has an incredible functional benefit.”
Polestar 4 under fabric (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff)
Ingenlath explained that, unlike roomier SUVs, a coupe like the Polestar 4 would naturally have a lower roof and move the center construction beam over the heads of the rear passengers. The space back there can only be narrowed so much because you need a clear line of sight from the rearview mirror to the rear window. However, when you remove the rear window, it lets you move the beam back while giving your passengers more headroom.
Converting the rear-view mirror into a display offers another benefit. Instead of looking at a mirror and seeing your car interior with a relatively small portal to the outside world in the middle of it, the entire display shows only what’s going on behind your car.
Polestar 4 rear camera (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff)
It’s not a crazy idea and not even that new. Years ago, I sat in a concept car with a rearview mirror that could switch between a traditional mirror and a video feed from one of the car’s many cameras.
A better view and more interior room sounds like a win-win.
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However, comments online ranged from incredulous to disappointment. Most insisted that the $54,900 EV, which is expected to ship later this year, would be inherently less safe than a car with a rear window.
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Some wondered if the Polestar 4 would even be street-legal. There are laws on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration books that, as of 2014, expanded the required field of view for all passenger cars. This was mostly done to reduce accidents where drivers had backed over children because they couldn’t see them playing behind their cars.
The rules, however, don’t address rear windows, just visibility. By that measure, the Polestar 4 might exceed safety requirements.
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Others worried that the camera might get covered by snow, damaged, or even made less visible due to rain. I’d counter that the rear window on my sedan, which does not have a windshield wiper, is also pretty powerless against the rain.
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I’m not saying I love this idea. I can’t imagine teaching a new driver on the Polestar 4. Part of what you teach them is not to trust your mirrors. Yes, use them as a backup to make sure you’re aware of your physical surroundings and not about to change lanes into another car or that there’s no one standing behind you, but nothing beats seeing things directly. Turning your head to look out the rear window while you back up is good training for green drivers. It’s also the only way they learn about their car’s blind spots.
I understand that modern cars, especially EVs, have lots of cameras. I sat in a Lucid Air Grand Touring and saw cameras that could show me each wheel. Cameras like these, including all those on the Polestar 4, deliver valuable information that you can’t get by simply looking out a window and they can help with assistive driving features. However, as soon as we remove windows, we’re forced to rely on those cameras for crucial safety information. Perhaps they do offer a better and clearer view of the world outside our cars but I’m not sure they should ever offer the only view.
Finally, when Ingenlath first started describing the lack of a rear window and a “virtual view,” I assumed that the rear window glass might’ve been replaced with a giant screen that made it look as if you were looking out the back of the car. I know, the rear-view mirror display makes more sense, but I think I still like the idea of a giant display in the back, one that you sometimes have to look back over your shoulder to check.
Polestar has revealed that the new Polestar 4 is now available to purchase in Europe and Australia. the car starts at €63,200 in Europe and AUD$81,500 in Australia, it went on sale in China last year.
Production of the new Polestar 4 will start around the middle of 2024 and the first deliveries in Europe and Australia will start in August, as yet there are no details on UK pricing for this new electric vehicle.
Built on the premium Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) developed by Geely Holding, Polestar 4 is a D-segment SUV coupé with a large body and long, 2,999 mm wheelbase. Overall length is 4,840 mm, width is 2,139 mm and height is 1,534 mm. The resulting generous interior proportions are especially evident in the rear, where occupants are cocooned in an intimate environment, with electrically reclining seats. Adjustable ambient lighting that adds an extra dimension to the interior, inspired by the solar system, allows the occupants to customise the driving environment.
Thanks to the elimination of the rear window, the standard full-length glass roof stretches beyond the rear occupants’ heads, creating a truly unique interior ambience. A secondary media and climate control screen is mounted between the front seats to enable rear occupant control.
The rear-view mirror is replaced by a high-definition screen that shows a real-time feed from a roof-mounted rear camera – enabling a far wider field of view than what can be experienced in most modern cars. The digital feed can be deactivated to allow drivers to instead see rear occupants if needed.
You can find out more information about the new Polestar 4 EV over at the Polestar website at the link below, as soon as we get some more details about the UK launch of the car, we will let you know.
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The Polestar 4 EV went into production earlier this month and now Polestar has revealed that the first deliveries of the car will start before the end of the year, customers in China will be the first to get their new Polestar 4 EV.
Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO, says: “The first Polestar 4 rolling off the production line today is the culmination of hard work from countless colleagues and partners. Polestar 4 stands out in design and performance, a remarkable SUV coupé in many ways. It is the first Polestar to feature a virtual rear window with world-class digital rear-view mirror. This car plays a very important role in our growing line-up of exclusive performance EVs. It illustrates the value of our diversified and asset-light approach, making use of our partner and major shareholder’s development and manufacturing expertise.
Polestar 4 was first launched at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2023. From the second half of 2025, additional manufacturing will be added in Busan, South Korea, for the local market and export to North American markets. The SUV coupé is the second SUV in the Polestar line-up and in addition to incorporating design cues first seen on Polestar’s concept cars, it is also the fastest Polestar production car to date. Polestar 4 is positioned between Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 in terms of size and price.
Other countries including the UK and Europe will get this new Polestar electric vehicle in 2024, the car maker has not released details on any exact dates as yet, you can find out more details about the car at the link below.
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Polestar has announced that it is expanding its production to South Korea with the new Polestar 4 in 2025 and the car will be built in Bushan in South Korea, production is expected to start in the second half of 2025.
Located with direct access to exporting ports, the Busan plant has 23 years of experience in vehicle manufacturing and approximately 2,000 employees. The Busan plant aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030, and to become carbon neutral by 2040, through a combination of energy efficiency improvements and the adoption of renewable energy sources.
Polestar’s asset-light approach to development and manufacturing enables it to benefit from the competence, flexibility and scalability of its partners and major shareholders, without needing to invest in its own facilities.
Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO, says: “We’re very happy to take the next step in diversifying our manufacturing footprint together with Geely Holding and Renault Korea Motors, a company that shares our focus on quality and sustainability. With Polestar 3 on-track to start production in Chengdu, China in early 2024 and in South Carolina, USA, in the summer of 2024, we will soon have manufacturing operations in five factories, across three countries, supporting our global growth ambitions.”
You can find out more details about the new Polestar 4 electric vehicle over at the Polestar website at the link below, the company has a wide range of new electric vehicles launching over the next few years.
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