Polestar 6 Electrical Roadster Confirmed For 2026 Launch

Polestar has introduced that its O₂ convertible idea automotive will enter manufacturing. The mannequin, which Polestar revealed in March, will launch in 2026, and the model is already accepting on-line reservations for construct slots.The automotive, named the Polestar 6, remains to be 4 years away, however the firm is raring to share a couple of particulars about it now.

The convertible will experience on the model’s bespoke aluminum platform utilizing the automaker’s in-house developed 800-volt EV structure. The platform will underpin the Polestar 5, with the dual-motor powertrain delivering an a lot as 884 horsepower (650 kilowatts) and 664 pound-feet (900 Newton-meters) of torque. The automaker hopes to attain a 3.2-second 0-62-mile-per-hour (100-kilometer-per-hour) time and a 155-mph (250-kph) prime pace within the convertible.

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When the 6 launches in 4 years, Polestar will provide 500 numbered “LA Idea” version fashions. These will function the idea’s Sky blue exterior paint, gentle leather-based inside, and distinctive 21-inch wheels.

Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath expressed a need earlier this summer season to produce the concept, however he had expressed reservations about how straightforward it might be for the corporate to do. The automaker could have the time to determine it out because the idea turns right into a manufacturing automobile over the following few years. If it’s like different Polestar ideas, the ultimate product ought to look much like the beautiful idea. Nonetheless, we don’t count on the cinematic drone to make it to the ultimate construct.

The automaker acquired an “overwhelming shopper and press response” for the idea, stated Ingenlath with the announcement, including, “I’m so excited to make it a actuality.”

Polestar has a number of fashions in growth that can debut over the following few years. The Polestar 3, an electrical SUV, will debut this October, with the Polestar 4 following in 2023. The Polestar 5 received’t arrive till 2024 as a four-door efficiency GT. It’ll be two extra years after the Polestar 5 earlier than the Polestar 6 hits the market. Polestar will show the O₂ concept at this 12 months’s Monterey Automotive week to have a good time the manufacturing announcement.