Rental car giant Hertz has announced that the first batch of its Polestar 2 fleet are available for bookings in Australia as the company expands its EV rental lineup. We reported back in April that Hertz had placed a massive order of 65,000 units with Polestar over the next five […]
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Volvo rolling out over-the-air update adding Apple CarPlay
In some positive news for Volvo owners that use an iPhone, the company has announced that Apple CarPlay support will be added to its vehicles via the latest over-the-air update. Volvo’s current infotainment system is built on the Android operating system (OS) which is a Google product. It has now […]
Volvo global sales in H1 2022 drop 23% amid “turbulent” second quarter
Volvo Cars has posted its earnings report for the second quarter and first half of this year, revealing a 27 per cent drop in sales in a self-described “turbulent” second quarter brought on by increasing material costs, supply chain constraints and COVID lockdowns in China. All up, Volvo sold 291,300 […]
Polestar global sales jump 125% in first half of 2022
Polestar is recording extremely strong sales figures for the first half of this year, more than doubling its total deliveries as it eyes off the goal of 50,000 units by the end of 2022. The company says that it has delivered 21,200 units in the first six. months of 2022, […]
Volvo Australia celebrates record sales in June, driven by XC40 SUV
Volvo Car Australia is officially popping the champagne after a record-breaking month of sales in June, largely thanks to the market’s ferocious appetite for the company’s XC40 compact SUV. Last month, Volvo delivered a total of 1174 vehicles to Australian buyers for the month of June, sailing past its previous […]
Polestar commences trading on Nasdaq
Polestar has taken another key step in its aspirations of dominating the electric vehicle market with its successful launch onto the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock exchange. Polestar has hit the trading floor under the ticker PSNY, marking a hit milestone in an extremely aggressive expansion plan after launching in 2017 and […]
Polestar 5 output target confirmed: 650kW (884hp) and 900Nm
Polestar has confirmed some very exciting specs regarding its upcoming Polestar 5 four-door coupe, just as a prototype tackles the hill climb at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, starting today. We assumed the new 5 would just use the same powertrain options as featured in the Polestar 2. But […]
Polestar 5 prototype to debut at 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Polestar is set to give the public a sneak peak of its upcoming all-electric four-door GT, called the Polestar 5, by unveiling a prototype at the upcoming 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed. A prototype version of the Polestar Precept – the concept that will eventually evolve into the Polestar 5 […]