Polestar 3 priced from round $140,000 drive-away

Polestar’s Australian public web site has launched pricing on the Swedish-Chinese language firm’s second electrical mannequin, the Polestar 3 giant SUV.

The marketed drive-away worth varies relying on the place you reside because of completely different state taxes: from round $138,000 on the highway within the ACT and Tasmania by to about $147,000 in WA.

This means a listing worth across the $135,000 mark together with GST and luxurious automobile tax.

The Polestar website says deliveries are slated to start in Australia from the primary quarter of 2024, with a holding deposit of $1000 required upon ordering. It would rival the BMW iX and Mercedes-Benz EQS.

The configurator affords six colors with premium hues including $2000 to the value. Additional choices embody the $9000 Efficiency Pack (20kW energy improve, new adaptive dampers, Pirelli P-Zero tyres, solid alloys) and $6000 for the Pilot Pack with LiDAR (Q3 of 2024 supply).

You may also go for 1.3 megapixel HD LED headlights for an additional $3000, and “animal welfare” Nappa leather-based trim for $7500.

The lengthy Polestar 3 shares a lot with the Volvo EX90, each primarily based on the identical ground-up EV platform. It comes with dual-motor all-wheel drive with system outputs of 360kW and 840Nm (380kW and 910Nm with the Efficiency Pack) with a 0-100km/h time of 5.0sec (4.7sec).

The vary provided from the CATL 111kWh lithium-ion battery with 400V structure is 610km for the traditional lengthy vary, and 560km with the Efficiency Pack. The height DC charging charge is listed as 250kW. Each are rated to tow 2200kg.

Polestar 3 background

The BMW iX-rivalling Polestar 3 is sort of giant at 4900mm lengthy, and seats 5 reasonably than seven. It additionally has a sporty roofline and a large crossover stance, differentiating it from the upcoming, family-focused Volvo EX90 that’s intently associated.

The Polestar 3 can even supply bi-directional charging, each vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-load. Volvo has already confirmed the associated EX90 will supply the identical characteristic.

The SUV will include adjustable regenerative braking with a one-pedal driving choice, electrical torque vectoring by way of clutches on the rear axle, and an efficiency-minded rear motor decoupling operate.

The three can even include two-chamber air suspension and lively dampers, with at the very least two driving modes referred to as consolation and dynamic.

The Polestar 3’s inside embraces an EV theme by using sustainable supplies equivalent to bio-attributed MicroTech, animal welfare-certified leather-based, and absolutely traceable wool upholsteries. A whole life-cycle evaluation shall be accomplished when manufacturing begins.

The Polestar 3 is the corporate’s second mannequin, however the vary will develop to incorporate the smaller Polestar 4 SUV and Polestar 5 grand tourer by mid-decade.