Polestar, a Swedish model for efficiency electrical automobiles, used this week’s 2024 New York auto present to current its 4 compact crossover within the U.S. for the primary time and ensure native pricing.

The Polestar 4 made its debut a 12 months in the past in China the place gross sales have already began. Gross sales within the U.S. begin in April, with deliveries to observe within the fourth quarter of the 12 months.

It arrives as a 2025 mannequin, and with pricing beginning at $56,300. The beginning value is for a single-motor rear-wheel-drive mannequin rated at 272 hp. A dual-motor all-wheel-drive mannequin rated at 544 hp might be obtainable, with its pricing beginning at $64,300. Each figures embody a $1,400 vacation spot cost.

A 102-kwh battery is customary for each fashions. The only-motor mannequin is estimated to ship 0-60 mph acceleration in a leisurely 7.4 seconds, whereas the dual-motor mannequin will drop that determine to three.8 seconds. EPA-rated vary estimates have not been printed however Polestar estimates a variety of 300 miles for the single-motor mannequin and 270 miles for the dual-motor mannequin.

2025 Polestar 4

The Polestar 4 rides on the SEA modular EV platform of mum or dad firm Zhejiang Geely. It includes a coupe-like design, and in an fascinating twist it lacks a rear windshield. As an alternative, a camera-based system supplies the motive force with a view out the rear, just like what’s present in some trendy supercars.

Inside, the design sticks to Polestar’s typical spartan fashion. The sprint is essentially devoid of options aside from a pair of screens serving as a digital gauge cluster (10.2 inches) and infotainment hub (15.4 inches). The infotainment system is powered by Android and provides quite a few fashionable built-in Google apps.

Normal options embody 20-inch wheels, a panoramic glass roof, a warmth pump, a powered rear hatch, electrically adjustable entrance seats, a wi-fi telephone charger, a surround-view digital camera with 3D view, and adaptive cruise management.

2025 Polestar 4

Extra options are grouped into Pilot, Professional, Plus, and Efficiency packs, and add gadgets like larger wheels, extra digital driver-assist options, a head-up show, and a premium Harman Kardon audio system. The Efficiency Pack is simply obtainable on the dual-motor mannequin and provides gadgets like 22-inch wheels, Brembo brakes with 4-piston calipers, a performance-tuned chassis, and gold-colored accents in and out.

The 4 will initially be sourced from a Geely plant in China. From early 2025, all 4s bought within the U.S. might be sourced from a plant in South Korea.

A midsize Polestar 3 SUV additionally begins gross sales within the U.S. this 12 months. It arrives this summer time priced from $74,800, together with vacation spot. Polestar 3s for the U.S. might be constructed at a Volvo plant in Charleston, South Carolina.