Polestar. Maybe you’ve heard of them before, maybe you haven’t. So let me refresh your memory. Flash Engineering was founded in 1996 as a Swedish motorsport team. In 2005 Flash Engineering became Polestar Racing and started tuning Volvo production cars. Then, in 2010, Volvo was acquired by Chinese car manufacturer Geely, and in 2015, Volvo purchased the Polestar brand, and Polestar Racing became Cyan Racing.
In 2017, Volvo and parent Geely decided to turn Polestar into a separate EV brand. Polestar cars focus on premium performance, and are named in the order they were introduced. The Polestar 1 (2019) was a plug-in hybrid GT coupe. It was followed by Polestar 2 (2020), a fastback electric sedan which shares its platform with the Volvo C40 and XC40. The Polestar 3 (2024) is an electric SUV that’s closely related to the Volvo EX90.
