- The Polestar 6 shares most of its parts with the all-electric 5 sedan.
- Polestar still needs to finalize the car’s rear seats and the folding hardtop.
- Tariffs on Chinese-made cars could impact the car’s US launch.
Polestar has shed further light on the sexy, all-electric 6 roadster it unveiled back in 2022, but has still yet to launch. Following a recent report that the car has been delayed until at least 2029, the EV firm has revealed just how far development of the car has progressed.
Just like the Polestar 5, the 6 sits on the Polestar Performance Architecture (PPA). This common platform has made the car far easier to develop than if it was conceived from the ground-up, and according to the firm’s product communications boss Graeme Lambert, the key hardware is ready.
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“It is so closely related to the Polestar 5,” he said. “The platform under Polestar 5’s architecture is essentially designed to be scalable… if you view the 6 as the two-door Polestar 5, essentially the componentry is already there.”
Edmunds quizzed Lambert as to whether or not the car was 95 percent complete, and he didn’t dispute the figure, but added he would “hesitate to say it is 100 percent.” It’s understood that among the areas that need to be finalized include the car’s folding hardtop and the rear seats.
Will It Ever Come To The US?
Positioned below the floor is the same 112 kWh battery pack as the Polestar 5, and the 6 also features the same electric motors and suspension components. Polestar began accepting $25,000 deposits for the special LA Concept version in 2022, and had initially planned to launch the car in 2026.
However, ongoing financial concerns have put the vehicle on the backburner. Polestar is now prioritizing the second-generation 2 and the upcoming Polestar 7 compact SUV. “The key for us is to deliver [the 7 and 2] correctly, drive the business forward, and then be in a position to do something else after,” said Lambert.
If and when the 6 does finally get the go-ahead for production, there’s no guarantee that it will be sold in the United States. Polestar currently builds the 5 sedan in China, and the related 6 roadster would likely be manufactured alongside it. This would open it up to 100 percent tariffs and could cripple demand for the model, which is what happened with the Chinese-made Lotus Eletre SUV.
