Online sales for the Polestar 4 SUV coupé have commenced in Australia with a starting indicative price of $81,500. Production is planned to start towards mid-2024 with the first Australian deliveries expected from August.
Polestar has enjoyed a robust first quarter in 2023 but has reported a speed bump in its quest for growth in global markets. The start of production for the Polestar 3 has been delayed until at least the first quarter of 2024 says the company.
Smart Eye and Polestar will demonstrate the Polestar 3 driver monitoring system (DMS) at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2023) at Las Vegas in January. The Polestar 3 provides Smart Eye’s driver monitoring technology as standard equipment.
The government COVID-19 lockdowns in China has forced Polestar to reduce its anticipated 2022 sales forecast from 65,000 units to approximately 50,000.
The Scandinavian electric performance brand Polestar is planning to grow global sales of around 29,000 in 2021 by ten-fold to more than 290,000 sales by 2025.
