Polestar 7 aims to start European production from 2027

Sino-Swedish electric carmaker Polestar wants to add Europe as another manufacturing source, but it’ll need to wait at least five years and launch four other new models until it becomes a reality.

“For us, what is important is to come to Europe at some point in time. And that could be around the time we start making the Polestar 7," Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath told Automotive News Europe.

Since Polestar uses an ‘asset-light’ model, it needs to negotiate with major shareholders of its two owners – Swedish firm Volvo Cars and Chinese automaker Geely – to utilise space at their factories.

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Volvo’s European factories are currently spread in Sweden and Belgium, with a Slovakia plant opening in 2026. The Polestar 7 should debut by 2027 or later.

“It's up to Volvo to see where they will put in the cars on the platform and where they would be built," Ingenlath said.

It’s unclear what the Polestar 7 will be as the brand doesn’t link the number to the vehicle size, unlike the Hyundai Motor Group and Volkswagen Group approach.

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It is currently selling the Tesla Model 3-rivalling Polestar 2 electric liftback which is made in Volvo’s Luqiao, China factory shared with the related Volvo XC40.

It’ll be joined by the Polestar 3 large SUV, which is produced at Volvo’s USA plant in South Carolina and Chengdu, China. The luxury electric car will launch globally next year, then lob in Australia from 2024 hailing from the USA factory.

The yet-to-be revealed Polestar 4 coupe crossover will be more affordable and smaller than the 3, but will be produced at another separate plant: Geely’s Hangzhou Bay factory in China. It’s positioned squarely to rival the forthcoming Porsche Macan EV and launch from 2024.

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Finally, the Polestar 5 large grand tourer sedan and related Polestar 6 convertible roadster will be made at the carmaker’s first dedicated factory in Chongqing, China set to open in 2024.

That’s when the high performance 5 is scheduled to launch globally, followed by the 6 in 2026. The latter will launch in a Polestar 6 LA Concept variant limited to 500 examples globally – which have all been sold out.

The Polestar 0 is also planned for release by 2030, as the brand’s first climate-neutral production car from start to finish in the circular economy.