- The Polestar 7 would be the model’s compact SUV alternative, of types, for the Polestar 2 sedan.
- Polestar is owned by China’s Geely Group, which builds many various automobiles on variations of the identical platforms worldwide. One widespread structure could be discovered with Zeekr and Volvo as nicely.
- Might the Polestar 7 emulate the Volvo EX30 and Zeekr X? We’ll quickly see.
The Polestar 2 has persistently been considered one of our favourite electrical autos available on the market. There’s just one massive downside with it: it is a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. Nearly as good as it could be, it may solely take the electrical startup model thus far when individuals need larger automobiles to haul youngsters and kit.
Really, it has one different downside: it’s inbuilt China. That was advantageous for the Polestar 2 a couple of years in the past when it launched, however today, anti-China protectionist tariffs are all the craze within the U.S. and Europe. However right this moment we realized that the upcoming Polestar 7 goals to resolve each issues. It will likely be a compact electrical crossover SUV, and inbuilt Europe to keep away from any of that tariff unpleasantness.
However whereas Polestar introduced the Polestar 7 in its 2025 Enterprise and Technique Replace video, it provided virtually no particulars concerning the automobile in any respect—together with from the corporate’s new chief designer. Nevertheless, we are able to look to the remainder of the Geely Group household for clues as to what it could possibly be.
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The rendering you see right here is predicated on the Zeekr X, from one other Geely Group EV and hybrid model that we have coated extensively. And if that silhouette seems acquainted, it is as a result of the Zeekr X is carefully associated to the Volvo EX30, one other compact crossover that is simply now making it to U.S. shores.
Now, Zeekr’s automobiles are presently manufactured in China, which retains it from coming to America for now. And after getting delayed by U.S. tariffs, the also-China-built EX30 now could face an unsure future with a looming ban on Chinese language automobile know-how. However Volvo is transferring quick to repair the latter situation; the EX30 will likely be inbuilt Ghent, Belgium later this 12 months, and that model of the automobile needs to be exported right here.
All of that is to say that if Polestar is aiming to construct a compact, performance-focused crossover within the Polestar 7, the EX30 and Zeekr X’s SEA-2 platform could possibly be a fantastic contender for it.
And the specs are already fairly reputable. In U.S. type, Single Motor Prolonged Vary Volvo EX30 has 268 horsepower and 253 lb-ft of torque with a variety of 275 miles. The Twin Motor Efficiency has 422 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque and as much as 253 miles of vary. (Solely the latter is being offered right here proper now, after the previous was punted down the highway on account of tariffs.) In WLTP specs, the Zeekr X fashions are able to not less than 300 miles of vary. The most important battery in all of them is a 69 kWh NCM lithium-ion unit.
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Hopefully—and if my concept is true—our Polestar 7 could be able to not less than 300 miles of vary too, as that is more and more feeling like desk stakes today. However the Geely Group can be utilizing this identical platform for the Sensible 1 and Sensible 3, in addition to the brand new Lynk & Co Z20. I’d be fairly stunned if Polestar did not go this route as nicely. All of those automobiles even look pretty comparable inside: massive display screen, only a few buttons and bodily switches, and a giant emphasis on software program.
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One of many solely issues we do know is that whereas Polestar–and the broader Geely Group—use many various car platforms for now, the plan is to more and more unify its {hardware}.
“Reinforcing the worth of Polestar’s asset-light enterprise mannequin, Polestar 7 is deliberate to be manufactured in Europe,” Polestar officers stated in a information launch. “With manufacturing already in place within the U.S., South Korea and China, Polestar continues to strengthen its international place with a well-balanced worldwide manufacturing community. Over time, from Polestar 7 onwards, the Firm will step by step transfer from a multi-platform strategy to at least one single structure, lowering complexity, prices, and investments.”
No matter the way it goes down, Geely clearly has so much to attract from. And as I skilled at CES sitting within the Zeekr 001, these automobiles appear very promising. Polestar could also be coming off a tough 12 months of gross sales and funds in 2024, but when it will probably get its personal spin on automobiles just like the Zeekr X and Volvo EX30, it needs to be in a lot better form long-term.
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