Written by Cláudio Afonso | info@claudio-afonso.com
Polestar sold 544 vehicles in Norway during March reaching the best monthly result since December 2020, when sold a total of 670 units of Polestar 2. The company announced on March 16th that the first batch of Polestar 2 models has already arrived Norway regarding company’s partnership with Avis. The Swedish EV maker and the car rental company have signed an agreement on the delivery of 200 Polestar 2. The EV maker has a global sales target of 65,000 units for this year.
Polestar recently said that, during the first half of 2022, it will establish in Hong Kong, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. Also Israel, UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Kuwait are planned to be added to the Middle East market footprint. The company aims to be active in 30 global markets by the end of 2023.
Although the best monthly result in 14 months, the Q1 2022 deliveries in Norway represent a 2.70% decline from the last quarter of Q4 2021. The company delivered a total of 1,191 units in Norway from January to March, down from 1,224 vehicles in Q4 2021.
In June 2021, Mer Norway, Volvo Cars and Polestar partnered up to make an exclusive offer for Smart Home chargers, as well as an exclusive discount in Mer’s nationwide charging network.
In January 2021, Polestar 2 has been announced as Norway’s Car of the Year. At the time, Polestar CEO said: “To win Car of the Year in Norway, the world’s most advanced EV market, is a huge achievement for our young Polestar brand”.
“Norway has been a key market from the start of our journey, and this level of recognition, on top of our recent People’s Choice Award from the Norwegian public, encourages and motivates us to keep pushing and carving our own path.”
The company announced that has arrived Ireland with its Polestar 2 model with a starting price of €54,500 as global expansion continues. Polestar also unveiled a four-week roadshow running from May 9th, starting in Dublin and moving on to Irish cities of Kilkenny, Cork and Galway.
On March 25, one day after announcing the arrival of the Polestar 2 model to the United States, the company opened its new Studio located in the Scotssdale Fashion Square Mall, Arizona. On the previous day, Polestar said it started to deliver the all-electric Polestar 2 Long range Single motor fastback in the United States. The starting price of the single-motor Polestar 2 is $45,900, or as low as $33,400 after qualified federal and state incentives. Both Dual and Single-motor variants available now for purchase and test drive.
Recently, Polestar announced that has started first deliveries of customer orders for the Polestar 2 electric performance fastback, in Sydney and Melbourne. The company said that me model has seen “a surge in demand for its first model to launch in the Australian new car market” since announcing the start of sales on February 18th.
Written by Cláudio Afonso | info@claudio-afonso.com