Here is A Concept About What It Might Look Like

• The Polestar 7 would be the model’s compact SUV alternative, of types, for the Polestar 2 sedan.
• Polestar is owned by China’s Geely Group, which builds many various vehicles on variations of the identical platforms worldwide. One frequent structure will be discovered with Zeekr and Volvo as nicely.
• Might the Polestar 7 emulate the Volvo EX30 and Zeekr X? We’ll quickly see.

The Polestar 2 has constantly been certainly one of our favourite electrical autos in the marketplace. There’s just one huge downside with it: it is a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. Nearly as good as it could be, it may solely take the electrical startup model thus far when individuals need larger vehicles to haul youngsters and equipment.

Really, it has one different downside: it’s in-built China. That was wonderful for the Polestar 2 a number of years in the past when it launched, however today, anti-China protectionist tariffs are all the fad within the U.S. and Europe. However at this time we discovered that the upcoming Polestar 7 goals to unravel each issues. It will likely be a compact electrical crossover SUV, and in-built Europe to keep away from any of that tariff unpleasantness.

However whereas Polestar introduced the Polestar 7 in its 2025 Enterprise and Technique Replace video, it provided virtually no particulars concerning the automobile in any respect—together with from the corporate’s new chief designer. Nevertheless, we will look to the remainder of the Geely Group household for clues as to what it may very well be. 

Photograph by: Ralph Hermens

The rendering you see right here is predicated on the Zeekr X, from one other Geely Group EV and hybrid model that we have coated extensively. And if that silhouette appears to be like acquainted, it is as a result of the Zeekr X is intently associated to the Volvo EX30, one other compact crossover that is simply now making it to U.S. shores.

Now, Zeekr’s vehicles are presently manufactured in China, which retains it from coming to America for now. And after getting delayed by U.S. tariffs, the also-China-built EX30 now could face an unsure future with a looming ban on Chinese language automobile know-how. However Volvo is shifting quick to repair the latter challenge; the EX30 will probably be in-built Ghent, Belgium later this 12 months, and that model of the automobile needs to be exported right here.

All of that is to say that if Polestar is aiming to construct a compact, performance-focused crossover within the Polestar 7, the EX30 and Zeekr X’s SEA-2 platform may very well be a fantastic contender for it. 

And the specs are already fairly authentic. In U.S. kind, Single Motor Prolonged Vary Volvo EX30 has 268 horsepower and 253 lb-ft of torque with a spread of 275 miles. The Twin Motor Efficiency has 422 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque and as much as 253 miles of vary. (Solely the latter is being bought right here proper now, after the previous was punted down the street on account of tariffs.) In WLTP specs, the Zeekr X fashions are able to at the least 300 miles of vary. The most important battery in all of them is a 69 kWh NCM lithium-ion unit. 

Photograph by: InsideEVs

Photograph by: InsideEVs

Hopefully—and if my idea is correct—our Polestar 7 could be able to at the least 300 miles of vary too, as that is more and more feeling like desk stakes today. However the Geely Group can be utilizing this similar platform for the Sensible 1 and Sensible 3, in addition to the brand new Lynk & Co Z20. I’d be fairly stunned if Polestar did not go this route as nicely. All of those vehicles even look pretty comparable inside: huge display screen, only a few buttons and bodily switches, and an enormous emphasis on software program. 

Photograph by: InsideEVs

One of many solely issues we do know is that whereas Polestar–and the broader Geely Group—use many various car platforms for now, the plan is to more and more unify its {hardware}.

“Reinforcing the worth of Polestar’s asset-light enterprise mannequin, Polestar 7 is deliberate to be manufactured in Europe,” Polestar officers mentioned in a information launch. “With manufacturing already in place within the U.S., South Korea and China, Polestar continues to strengthen its world place with a well-balanced worldwide manufacturing community. Over time, from Polestar 7 onwards, the Firm will steadily transfer from a multi-platform method to at least one single structure, lowering complexity, prices, and investments.” 

No matter the way it goes down, Geely clearly has quite a bit to attract from. And as I skilled at CES sitting within the Zeekr 001, these vehicles appear very promising. Polestar could also be coming off a tough 12 months of gross sales and funds in 2024, but when it could get its personal spin on vehicles just like the Zeekr X and Volvo EX30, it needs to be in a lot better form long-term.

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