Polestar News

Have you been "greenwashed" into a vegan EV?

By Andrew Chesterton · 12 Jan 2023

EV brand Polestar says anybody who has purchased a "vegan" electric vehicle has fallen victim to "green washing" insisting there is no way to manufacturer a vehicle without the use of animal products.

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Polestar: Why Toyota is plain wrong on EVs

By Andrew Chesterton · 11 Jan 2023

Polestar's head of sustainability, Fredrika Klarén, has fired back at Toyota's public questioning of an all-electric future, with the executive saying the Japanese giant should stop focusing on hybrid technology and shift its resources into producing more electric vehicles.

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How many Chinese cars were sold in Oz?

By Andrew Chesterton · 06 Jan 2023

China is emerging as an increasingly powerful new-car force in Australia, with more than 120,000 Chinese-made vehicles sold here last year.It's a meteoric rise for the relatively new vehicle manufacturing hub, with just 76,262 vehicles sold in 2021.

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Cupra Born range versus electric car rivals

By Chris Thompson · 22 Dec 2022

The new 2023 Cupra Born electric car has landed in Australia, and on paper it looks like it's trying hard to strike a broadly appealing balance between price and range without sacrificing a premium feel.But does it succeed?

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Polestar shrugs off Volvo rivalry

By Tom White · 01 Dec 2022

Speaking to CarsGuide at an event in Sydney, Swedish electric brand Polestar said it wasn’t fussed by competitive claims by its sister brand Volvo in Australia.

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Polestar 3 Australian on-sale date confirmed!

By Tom White · 29 Nov 2022

Polestar confirms on-sale date for its anticipated fully electric large performance SUV in Australia - as well as the number of people you'll be competing with to get one.

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Why car names are getting worse

By Stephen Ottley · 12 Nov 2022

Naming cars used to be simple - either you picked some evocative names (think Mustang, Falcon, Monaro, etc) or a sequence of numbers and/or letters (think 3 Series, C-Class, A4, etc) - but these days it feels more like car names are randomly selected by marketing teams rushing to get to the weekend.

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Combustion not dead yet!

By Tom White · 09 Nov 2022

Renault and Geely team up to save combustion for a few more decades yet - focusing on markets outside of Europe.

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A Chinese people mover with supercar specs!

By Tom White · 08 Nov 2022

While SUVs and utes rule supreme in Australia, China's people mover boom is yielding some wild results.

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Orders already taken on Polestar 6

By Tung Nguyen · 08 Nov 2022

Polestar Australia has already taken orders for its flagship Polestar 6 all-electric convertible sports car, even before final production specifications, pricing and arrival timing has been locked in.CarsGuide understands a handful of buyers have already

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