Polestar opened Canadian orders on Wednesday for an upgraded Polestar 4, now named the Polestar 4 coupe, from C$67,700 ($49,100) including a C$2,800 destination charge for the rear-motor version and C$72,700 for the dual-motor, with a re-tuned chassis and a lower manufacturing carbon footprint.
The model is built at Renault Korea’s Busan plant, which puts it outside both Canada’s 49,000-vehicle quota on Chinese-built EVs and the US ban that ends Polestar’s American new-car sales after the 2026 model year.
Canada is the only North American market in which the updated car will be sold. Polestar 4 deliveries in Canada and the US began only in December 2025, half a year after the 2026 model year was introduced, EV reported at the time.
The updated version reaches Canadian buyers nine months after the first vehicles did.
“Customers will find the upgraded Polestar 4 coupe better than ever, with a more refined ride, greater driving pleasure, and improved sustainability credentials,” CEO Michael Lohscheller said. “The Polestar 4 now delivers even greater value without compromise.”
What Changed
The rear-motor and dual-motor versions get a recalibrated chassis with high-capacity passive dampers, new spring and anti-roll-bar specifications and polyurethane rebound stops in place of internal rebound coil springs, which Polestar says gives a more controlled ride and sharper steering.
The dual-motor car keeps its 3.8-second 0-100 km/h time, the quickest in Polestar’s range.
The trim structure is now Rear motor, Dual motor and Dual motor with Performance Pack, distinguished by seat-belt colour: black, black with a Swedish gold stripe, and full gold.
The “coupe” suffix, adopted in Europe over the summer when the same chassis update arrived there, separates the car from the Polestar 4 SUV, a conventionally roofed variant with a rear window that Polestar launched on September 2 at €57,900 in Germany, €4,000 below the coupe.
The SUV is in production at Busan with first deliveries due in the fourth quarter, and Lohscheller told analysts last week it had been well received by fleet and private buyers because it moves the model “into the mainstream SUV segment.”
Polestar has not announced Canadian pricing or timing for the SUV.
Polestar puts the cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of Canadian cars at 20.7 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the dual-motor and 19.8 for the rear-motor, the lowest of any Polestar, a figure it has tracked since the car’s 2024 launch to underpin the sustainability positioning Lohscheller has called the brand’s main differentiator from Volvo and Zeekr.
Where It Sits
The C$67,700 is a hold rather than a cut: the outgoing Polestar 4 started at about C$64,900 before the C$2,800 destination charge, which Polestar now folds into the headline figure.
It leaves the rear-motor coupe close to the Chinese-built Polestar 2 that Polestar reintroduced to Canada on June 3 at C$69,900 for the long-range dual-motor, EV reported.
It is also priced well below the US-built Polestar 3, listed at C$108,150 for the 2027 dual-motor after a 2026 increase that reflected Canada’s counter-tariff on American-built vehicles.
Whether the Polestar 2 figure includes destination is not stated in Polestar’s June release.
None of the three qualifies for Ottawa’s C$5,000 EV rebate, whose price cap sits near C$50,000, so the C$5,000 “EV bonus” on Polestar’s Canadian leases is the company’s own incentive.
The three-model Canadian line-up now draws on three countries.
The 2 from Taizhou in China under the 6.1% quota tariff, with the first imports arriving this month and more than 1,000 planned according to Automotive News, the 3 from Ridgeville, South Carolina, and the 4 from Busan under Canada’s free-trade agreement with South Korea.
Polestar said on June 25, when it disclosed the US denial under the Connected Vehicle Rule, that Canada is among the markets where it “will continue to invest,” EV reported.
The Polestar 4’s model-year 2027 update, largely a suspension revision, was announced weeks before that denial and cannot be sold in the United States.
The Company
Polestar reported on September 3 a first-half retail record of 30,423 cars, up 0.4%, with the second quarter down 4% at 17,296, a net loss of $842 million, cash of $888 million at June 30 after $850 million of operating outflow, and full-year volume guidance cut to low-to-mid single-digit growth.
Lohscheller cited the growing share of the Polestar 4 in the sales mix as a positive margin driver. The first Polestar 5 deliveries are due in the coming weeks.
