The Polestar Precept Concept will be the Polestar 5 when it arrives as a production model in 2024 to rival EV saloons like the Tesla Model S. It’s getting on for two years since the Polestar Precept Concept arrived as another instalment in Polestar’s EV ambitions, a four-door saloon aiming at the same bit of […]
Volvo’s IPO now values the Swedish car maker at LESS than its Polestar offspring
Volvo has cut the size of its stock market listing to the bottom of the price range, valuing Volvo at less than the SPAC for Polestar. No one can doubt how well Volvo has done since Geely grabbed the ailing Swedish car maker from Ford, with a great range of cars and rising sales, even […]
Volvo EV Range Assistant will ‘Optimise’ range of electric XC40 and C40 Recharge
Volvo is rolling out a new Range Assistant App via OTA for its electric XC40 Recharge to help optimise the electric range. Just as the economy on an ICE car is impacted by temperature, use of accessories and driving style, so is the range of an electric car, although all can have a much bigger […]
Production of Volvo’s electric C40 Recharge – a ‘Lifestyle’ XC40 Recharge – begins
Production of the new Volvo C40 Recharge, the ‘coupe’ take on the XC40 Recharge, starts in Belgium ahead of UK deliveries starting in January. Volvo are in the process of moving their entire production over to electric powertrains – and planning an IPO on the back of, and to pay for, that transition – but […]
Volvo’s Polestar going public via SPAC – three new Polestar models by 2024
Volvo’s Polestar is going public via SPAC – with a valuation of around £14.5bn – as it plans three new electric models in the next three years. It’s only four years since Polestar was hived off from Volvo to create an independent company to deliver performance electric cars, despite which it’s going public before its […]
Volvo has a new FLAT logo – just like MINI, BMW, Nissan, Toyota…
Volvo is starting to roll out a new ‘Flat’ logo as it updates its ‘Iron’ symbol to make it more compatible with the digital age. It’s easy to extract the Michael out of large corporations when they spend a gazillion pounds on a new logo, with everyone and his dog claiming they could have done […]
Volvo decides to DUMP leather from its electric cars – starting with the C40 Recharge
Volvo is getting rid of leather in its electric cars – replacing it with sustainable materials – starting with the electric Volvo C40 Recharge. The ultimate luxury in a car has always been the best of leather – even if it can be a bit of a nuisance in hot weather – but as the […]
Electric Polestar 3 SUV will have MORE power than the next-gen electric Volvo XC90
The electric Polestar 3 SUV – due in 2022 – will have more power than the next-generation Volvo XC90 and just two rows of seats. We know Polestar – now independent from Volvo – is planning to reveal the Polestar 3 electric SUV in 2022 because they’ve already started teasing it. We also know it […]
Polestar Precept (Polestar 4) top priority for Polestar’s expanding UK R&D
Volvo’s Polestar brand is expanding its UK R&D with the top priority being the development of the Polestar Precept into the Polestar 4. Polestar arrived as a spin-off brand from Volvo with the limited-run hybrid Polestar 1 a halo offering, followed by the Polestar 2, an EV aimed directly at Tesla’s Model 3. In the […]
Volvo’s 90 and 60 series Recharge PHEVs get more power and MUCH greater range
Volvo upgrades the plug-in hybrid Recharge powertrain with a bigger battery and more powerful motors for the 60 and 90 series models. EV evangelists will tell you a plug-in hybrid is complete nonsense, and the only way to go is full BEV. But, for most car buyers, that’s just not right. The idea of an […]