Polestar, low production (9% in 2023) and zero in 2040

Polestar has reduced greenhouse gas emissions per vehicle sold by 9% in 2023 and is emphasizing its climate map until 2040, when it will reach zero emissions.

To him sustainability report 2023 recently published (this is a link to the document), the Swedish brand of high-performance electric vehicles announces “great progress“. In absolute terms, CO2 emissions per vehicle sold decreased by 3,4 tCO2e compared to 2022.

These results are the result of three main actions:
– the use of material carefully selected with a low impact of the weather;
– the use of alternative electricity in the production of cars and batteries;
– adoption of measures to improve energy efficiency during use.
“The results obtained in 2023 and the future prospects show that it is possible to reduce the growth due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions.” comments the company.

Fredrika Klarenresponsible for sustainability at Polestar, affirms the aim of «accelerating the transition to electric vehicles». «It is important to note – adds – that there is still ample room for steady improvement in our industry.” This makes «our most visible climate map, moving forward towards our 2040 climate goal».

In 2023, Polestar also considered strengthen its monitoring practices and expanding the monitoring of hazardous metals for batteries. Now he has the ability to track lithium and nickel used in the Polestar 3 battery, thus connecting the monitoring cobalt and of mika was launched in 2020 and 2021 respectively through blockchain technology.

Also in 2023 Polestar introduced a digital platform to improve continuous data collection to support transparency and compliance with standards and regulations.

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