The Polestar 4 is a battery electric compact luxury crossover SUV marketed by Polestar, an affiliate of Geely Holding and Volvo Cars, since 2023. It was originally manufactured by Geely Holding in a factory located in Hangzhou Bay, China.
It is the third vehicle to use the rear- and all-wheel drive based platform, Sustainable Experience Architecture.
The Polestar 4 was first marketed as a coupe SUV that went into production in the fourth quarter of 2023, and has two powertrain options.
Overview The vehicle was unveiled in April 2023 at the 2023 Auto Shanghai, as part of Geely's new SEA platform, where it underpins primarily battery electric vehicles, such as the Zeekr 001 and the Volvo EX30. Positioned between the smaller Polestar 2 compact executive liftback and the larger Polestar 3 mid-size luxury crossover, it belongs to the European D-segment size segmentation. Having no rear window, it instead showcases a roof-mounted camera system. Polestar claims it is the fastest production car the brand has made, accelerating from in 3.8 seconds.
The 4 is a two-row coupe crossover that has a choice of the rear-wheel-drive model where the motor is placed at the rear axle, or the performance all-wheel-drive model where the motors are placed at both the front and rear axles.
The vehicle became available in Europe, Canada, and the Asia-Pacific from late 2023.
Equipment Standard equipment includes the 15.4-inch landscape touchscreen, which runs on Android Automotive, used in the Polestar 2. A 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster and a 14.7-inch head-up display also come as standard. A full-length glass roof and a digital rear-view mirror are available, and the interior is made from 100 per cent recycled polyester, according to Polestar. The 4 features 20- to 22-inch wheels, depending on the trim chosen.
Polestar 4 SUV A variant with a more conventional SUV body style, first described by Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller as combining "the space of an estate and the versatility of an SUV with the dynamic performance that is Polestar", was first announced on 18 February 2026, for a planned launch later that year.
Also described as an estate with crossover looks, it was announced five months later, in July of the same year, and is called the Polestar 4 SUV. Unlike its coupe SUV sibling, the SUV notably has a rear window.
Reveal Two months later, the Polestar 4 SUV was fully revealed on 2 September of the same year.
Production and availability Assembly plant The Polestar 4 SUV is produced at the Renault Korea plant in Busan, South Korea, alongside the coupé SUV model, which has since been referred to as the Polestar 4 Coupé.
Markets The Polestar 4 SUV will be sold alongside its coupe SUV sibling.
During the vehicle's reveal, sales in the United Kingdom commenced at the same time.
It will be offered first in Europe. Then, it will soon be offered in other global markets such as Canada, Korea, and Asia-Pacific including Australia and New Zealand.
US launch exclusion Originally, when it was first teased in mid-February 2026 during a webcast strategy, Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller confirmed that the wagon-like variant of the Polestar 4 (later referred to as the "Polestar 4 SUV") was ‘absolutely’ coming to the United States to rival the Chevy Blazer EV and Subaru Trailseeker, and it was supposed to arrive in the market in the fourth quarter of the year.
However, three months after the vehicle's reveal in early September of the same year, the US market launch of the Polestar 4 SUV was being excluded for the foreseeable future. This was the result of Polestar withdrawing from the US market entirely following a ruling by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, which denied the Swedish-Chinese automaker's authorization to sell new vehicles in the United States starting with the 2027 model year.
The denial stemmed from the US government's Connected Vehicle Rule, which restricts vehicles utilizing Chinese-linked software and hardware due to national security and data routing concerns, and Polestar failed to secure a waiver and was forced to discontinue vehicle sales in the U.S. market under the Connected Vehicle Security Act, after the 2026 model year.
Powertrain The 4 consists of two models, the Single Motor RWD and the Dual Motor AWD. The Single Motor generates and , with a top speed of and a of 7.4 seconds. The Dual Motor generates a combined output of and using both its motors, with a top speed of and a of 3.8 seconds. Both models use a 400V, 102 kWh lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery. TypeModelNumber of motorsRangePowerTorqueCombined system outputElectric motorBatteryTransmissionLayout yearsBEVSingle Motor1WLTPEPA - 1x PMSM 102 kWh, 400V nickel manganese cobalt1-speed direct-driveRWD2023–presentBEVDual Motor2WLTPEPAFront motor: Rear motor: Front motor: Rear motor: / 2x PMSMAWD2023–present
Charging ModelAC chargingDC chargingCharge PortSingle Motor22 kW200 kWType 2Dual Motor
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Sales YearChina202419,335
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