Polestar 5 - the Model S that could have been?

[voyager]

I think this is by far Polestar's (Volvo) most spectacular EV.
Makes cars like Porsche Taycan look like blunt objects.
More info:

Polestar 5: Everything we know about Sweden's Model S rival

The Polestar 5 will compete with the likes of the Tesla Model S, Mercedes EQE, Porsche Taycan, and the Audi e-tron GT, when it releases in 2024.

topelectricsuv.com

 

[LoudMusic]

You mean with a wheel that's wheel shaped?

 

[jjrandorin]

I think this is by far Polestar's (Volvo) most spectacular EV.
Makes cars like Porsche Taycan look like blunt objects.
More info:

Polestar 5: Everything we know about Sweden's Model S rival

The Polestar 5 will compete with the likes of the Tesla Model S, Mercedes EQE, Porsche Taycan, and the Audi e-tron GT, when it releases in 2024.

topelectricsuv.com

From the article you linked it says something like "targeted 2024 availability", so basically another in a very long line of "coming soon" EVs?

 

[kilpatds]

so basically another in a very long line of "coming soon" EVs?

Yes, but unlike some, Polestar has actually shipped EVs.. so it's less likely to be pure PR noise to distract.

 

[RobDickinson]

Polestar has so far shipped 1 model of ev. Hopefully more to come but still, tesla has been selling the model S for a decade and yet here we are with a post telling us a 2024 car is what it should have been.

 

[roblab]

Looks a lot like my Model S, which has YEARS of engineering behind it, plus proven reliability and performance. I'll pass on the Polestar. All you gamblers, step right up.

 

[voyager]

Polestar has so far shipped 1 model of ev. Hopefully more to come but still, tesla has been selling the model S for a decade and yet here we are with a post telling us a 2024 car is what it should have been.

Title should have been: the next Model S that may have been... As sort of a future retrospect.
But I do think that car makers need to find a new design language so to speak.
Any suggestion of the EV having a token grille, like Teslas have, should be left out.

Polestar IMO has found the sort of non nonsense design that we could expect from Audi,
except we haven't. Don't like the Polestar 5's bulging flanks though.