Polestar CEO Desires to Construct O2 Electrical Roadster

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Swedish model Polestar. Along with launching a SPAC IPO on Nasdaq and launching a near-production model of the upcoming, 884 HP Polestar 5 sedan at the Goodwood Competition of Pace, the corporate is planning to roll out its first-ever SUV (the “3”) in a number of quick months. And – as if that weren’t sufficient – the corporate’s CEO is already wanting forward … and we like the place he’s wanting!

Talking in an interview with High Gear, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath mentioned that he desires to convey the horny, slinky O2 Roadster Idea to manufacturing subsequent. “My ambition is to make it a manufacturing automotive,” he mentioned. “But it surely’s not that straightforward.”

Oddly sufficient, it doesn’t appear as if he’s speaking concerning the precise manufacturing of the O2 (which needs to be straightforward sufficient, given the pliability of Geely’s new SEA platform) – however reasonably if the O2 is “proper” sufficient to behave as a halo automotive for the electrical efficiency model. “You need to respect the complexity. We now have to see the place the O2 goes,” he explains. “If you’ve painted a portray, it’s all the time good to let it relaxation, and have a look at it after a few months and nonetheless see if it’s a great portray.”

It’s Nonetheless a Good Portray

Not that anybody requested me – or that I’ve ever waited for anybody to ask me – however I feel the world wants a automotive like this Polestar roadster proper now. One thing goofy, impractical, enjoyable, and able to completely slam the nail on the coffin of the interior combustion engine with a enjoyable, tossable little go-fast. And, positive, Tesla has been promising one thing like this since 2017 … however I’d put $20 on the Polestar making it to manufacturing first.

Ingenlath appears to agree. “Polestar O2 is the hero automotive for our model,” he says. “It opens the door to our secret chamber of future potential. This can be a style of what we will design and engineer.”

Appears to be like prefer it tastes fairly good, to me. What about you guys? Is the Polestar o2 one thing you would see dropping your Tesla Roadster cash on, or are you going to carry out for the American model? Scroll on all the way down to the feedback and tell us.

 

Supply | Pictures: High Gear, by way of CarBuzz.

 

 

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