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Polestar Teases 2028 Polestar 7 and Confirms Slovakia Plant Production

Production at Volvo’s Kosice plant under a Geely memorandum will sidestep EU tariffs on Chinese imports by tapping shared Volvo platforms.

Volvo Will Build Polestar 7 In Slovakia To Dodge China Tariffs: News
A logo of Polestar is pictured on a car at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/ File Photo
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Overview

  • Polestar and Volvo signed a Geely-backed memorandum to jointly build the Polestar 7 at Volvo’s under-construction Kosice, Slovakia facility.
  • The first teaser for the Polestar 7 reveals a 90 kWh battery pack paired with a 900 V electrical architecture ahead of its 2028 launch.
  • Construction of the Kosice plant began in 2023 and is on track to deliver Polestar’s first model manufactured in Europe.
  • The facility is designed to produce up to 250,000 vehicles annually to support the brand’s mass-market expansion in the premium compact SUV segment.
  • Localizing production in Slovakia will allow Polestar to avoid new EU levies on Chinese-made EVs while leveraging cost-efficient group-wide technology sharing.