Polestar has sneakily unveiled the brand new Polestar 5 liftback at its inaugural Polestar Day in Los Angeles this week.
Proven alongside different future fashions – together with the Polestar 3, Polestar 4 and Polestar 6 – the Polestar 5 options an angular rear finish with fang-like LED tail lights and no typical rear window just like the Polestar 4. The design was previewed by the Principle design examine, which was revealed in 2020.
Whereas official particulars concerning the new mannequin weren’t launched at Polestar Day, the corporate has boasted it packs a whopping 650kW of energy and 900Nm of torque from its dual-motor electrical powertrain, up 90kW on even probably the most highly effective Porsche Taycan.
Just like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, the Polestar 5 will characteristic an 800V structure designed to permit for lightning fast cost occasions plugged right into a DC ultra-rapid plug.
Resulting from hit roads around the globe in 2024, Polestar has beforehand stated the 5 will supply “class-leading dynamics, rigidity and security options” due to its bonded aluminium chassis.
Beneath the pores and skin is a brand new bonded aluminium chassis Polestar says will probably be extra inflexible than present two-door sports activities automobiles or supercars. Though it’s robust, the model claims its body-in-white will weigh lower than that of automobiles in smaller segments.
Like different Polestar automobiles, the 5 will probably be made in China and offered all through the world.
The corporate additionally introduced at its conference that it’s working with battery specialist StoreDot to carry excessive quick charging (XFC) know-how to market, which can see 100 miles (160km) of vary replenished in simply 5 minutes.
Polestar says it plans to make use of a 5 prototype to show StoreDot’s XFC know-how “at full scale” subsequent yr.
XFC tech is claimed to have the ability to be “built-in into battery pack codecs which can be already accessible, and doesn’t must depend on a battery pack design revolution”.
StoreDot was based in 2012 and has partnered with quite a few automotive manufacturers together with Polestar, Volvo, Daimler and Vinfast. It has created over 100 know-how patents specializing in core cell know-how, battery processing and functions, in addition to ecosystem enablement.
Following its ‘100 in 5’ Vary on Demand know-how to be previewed with Polestar subsequent yr, the corporate is engaged on having battery tech able to regaining 100 miles in 3 minutes available on the market in 2028, and 100 in 2 minutes in 2032.
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