CleanTechnica readers may remember this article from our visit to Polestar two years ago. At our recent Coffee, Cake, and EVs meeting here in Brisbane, Neil Warner introduced himself to me as the Model Y owner who did the deed, trading in his Tesla Model Y for a Polestar 4. … [continued]
Polestar has just announced some great news — it had a record 30,423 sales in the first half of 2026. The company achieved 17,296 sales in the second quarter, following 13,127 sales in the first quarter. “Delivering record sales in the first half of the year, despite regulatory and market … [continued]
Polestar 4 owner Phil Gee Kee came to our Coffee, Cake, and EVs morning at the Bracken Ridge Tavern recently, and showed us all his pride and joy. Majella and I had only had a short time to look at one, and, unfortunately, were unable to take it for a … [continued]
With 2025 numbers in and the more basic US EV sales reports out, now is the time for one of my favorite topics of exploration — how fast different automakers are electrifying. Yes, it just hit me that we should really do an analysis like this for global sales — … [continued]
It’s taken some time, but we’ve finally crunched the numbers for the US electric vehicle market in terms of auto brands and auto groups. (That’s full battery-electrics, not inclusive of plugin hybrids.) Here’s our report on how different auto brands and auto groups did in the EV market in 2025. … [continued]
We’ve already written about the top selling electric vehicles in the USA in the 3rd quarter and auto companies’ shares of US EV sales. Now we are on to the third analysis in this series, examining the share of auto brands’ and auto groups’ overall auto sales that were electric. … [continued]
Polestar is finally bringing the highly anticipated Polestar 4 to the United States and they invited CleanTechnica out to Austin, Texas, to be some of the first people in the world outside of the company to drive their newest creation. Disclaimer: Polestar paid for the author’s travel and accommodations to … [continued]
After a series of other articles about the US electric vehicle (EV) market in the second quarter, here’s our last analysis and statistical breakdown for the quarter. This one concerns what percentage of different brands’ and auto groups’ total auto sales were EV sales last quarter. (Note that we’re only … [continued]
Yesterday, I reported on the USA’s top selling electric vehicle models in the 2nd quarter, and also reported that US EV sales were down 6% in Q2 year over year — entirely because of Tesla’s sales drop. But, looking more broadly, how are different auto brands and auto groups ranked … [continued]
Key Takeaways Polestar 3 is a great roadtripping machine (better than Tesla Model Y in several ways) Comfort is next-level with air suspension (but the Model Y is a low bar) Charge curve rocks Range rocks Compatibility with Tesla Superchargers via adapter is great, Electrify America charging needs improvement A … [continued]
