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Dear Carmakers: Want Tesla Buyers? Hurry Up And Make Better EVs

“Yeah, he doesn’t really like that car,” my friend Cory told me about the Kia EV6. Cory and I have this mutual friend, a Tesla Model 3 owner, who’s looking to dump it as soon as possible. But so far, nothing’s doing it for him, even that EV6. “He said…

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Polestar's New Arctic Circle Collection Brings A Rally Car Vibe To EVs

We often forget this because it feels like a billion years ago now, but Polestar was originally the motorsports, tuning and performance arm of Volvo before it was spun off into an independent EV brand. And Volvo has a long history in both rally car and touring car racing. That's…

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Trump's War On The 'EV Mandate,' Explained

Over this past week, I've had a lot of people reach out to ask about electric vehicles. Not which one to buy, exactly (though there's always that question) but to ask about where the space is going now that President Trump is in office. He seems poised to end or…

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Looking for a Tesla Model Y alternative? Polestar has a new premium compact SUV on the way

Here’s what we know so far about the Model Y rival, the Polestar 7

Government should stick to 2030 ban for petrol and diesel, demands Polestar chief

Stick to 2030 ban for petrol and diesel, says Michael Lohscheller, but bring in purchase and charging incentives

The Independent UK

Polestar Says Its Cars Are Too 'Modest' for America

Polestar has had its fair share of problems recently. The automaker ousted founding CEO Thomas Ingenlath amid massive sales declines and has been struggling to get new product out the door. But newly appointed CEO Michael Lohscheller believes one of Polestar's biggest issues—at least in America—is the way its cars…

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The Rebooted Smart Car Brand Keeps Getting More Interesting

Everyone knows the Smart car. The sort of roller-skate-shaped microcar was a godsend to city-dwellers all over the world, and in many ways still is. But these days, Smart is half-owned by its original parent company, Mercedes-Benz, while the other half is owned by China's Geely Group. And as Geely…

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Polestar Targets Tesla Buyers Mad Over Musk's 'Unacceptable' Antics: CEO

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s growing foray into global politics might be rubbing many of his would-be customers the wrong way. Now, Polestar's new CEO, Michael Lohscheller, sees that as an opportunity for his brand.

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The Polestar 7 SUV is coming in 2026 – and it wants to take the fight to Tesla's Model Y

The Polestar 7 SUV is landing in 2026 – and a more affordable, compact electric SUV could help Polestar attract a new audience.

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The CEO of Polestar tells us there’s a “super sports car” in the works

A sportier Polestar 5 arrives this year, says the UK Polestar team behind new performance models

The Independent UK

The Polestar 2 Isn't Dead Yet

Last week, Polestar elaborated on it plans to diversify its all-electric lineup of cars. The Polestar 5 super-sedan is due out this year, following the recently launched Polestar 3 crossover and upcoming Polestar 4 coupe-crossover. But another all-new model is coming soon too: a small, made-in-Europe SUV called the Polestar…

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Rivian Just Got A Major New Lifeline

The Biden administration's climate change investments are still taking shape even amid the president's very last days in the White House. Over the last few weeks, it's been an absolute blitz: Fast-tracked approvals for loans and grants for all sorts of clean energy projects, including chargers and battery plants. Now days…

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Polestar 7 electric compact SUV coming to take on Tesla Model Y

European-built Polestar EV follows British-engineered Polestar 5 and 6 models

The Independent UK

Polestar 7: Here's A Theory About What It Could Look Like

The Polestar 2 has consistently been one of our favorite electric vehicles on the market. There's only one big problem with it: it's a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. As good as it may be, it could only take the electric startup brand so far when people want…

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Polestar 7: A Compact SUV From Europe, And Polestar 2 Successor

Though it's coming off a tough 2024 that saw the ouster of its CEO and declining sales, Swedish-Chinese EV brand Polestar is far from done.

TechRadar

Chinese cars are close to a US ban – and that could make EVs a lot more expensive

As part of a crackdown on vehicle software and hardware from China, the Biden Administration has finalized its rules for banning Chinese EVs in the US market.

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Why Toyota May Be At Its 'Limit'

The future of driving is electric. Everyone in the automotive industry knows this, even if they can't always admit it openly. But you don't need to be some engineer or strategy lead or highly-paid consultant to know where the roadblocks are: high battery costs make the cars too expensive, the…

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Five CES 2025 EVS that make me excited for the future of transportation

These are the most interesting EV tech I saw at CES 2025.

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'We Need Each Other’: Why China's Zeekr Is Optimistic About The U.S. And Europe

It was standing room only in Mandalay Bay, one of CES’s satellite locations away from the main Las Vegas Convention Center area. I was late, not realizing just how far it was from my hotel, but CES’ takeover of the entire city can make travel daunting. But I should have…

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The Zeekr Mix Ultra-Luxury Van Says A Lot About Where ‘Driving’ Goes Next

I feel like every automaker in this new precarious, pseudo-self-driving era wants to create an experience where the car is a sort of an extension of your home, rather than a conveyance meant that one would drive from place to place. These neo-futurists—car designers, tech bro CEOs, and investors alike…

The Independent UK

Bentley EV: Everything we know so far about the 2026 luxury electric car

Here’s what we know so far about the first all-electric Bentley, including what it looks like

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Toyota's 'City Of The Future', Flying Cars And AI: CES 2025 Is Here

Back in the day, the Detroit Auto Show was the Super Bowl for those of us who covered the automotive industry. Three days of news conferences, interviews and new car debuts in the Motor City, all with the top executives from all over the world in attendance. (We used to…

Evening Standard

Does the Polestar 4 offer a glimpse of the cars of the future?

The electric vehicle comes without a rear windscreen, instead using cameras and a digital rear view mirror.

The Independent UK

The new car missing something you didn’t think you could drive without

The move is to give the car ‘a different silhouette’ from other vehicles

Android Central

Android Auto rolls into the Polestar 2 to cover some gaps in Android Automotive

Polestar 2 expands its Android experience with classic Android Auto.

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