The light at the end of the tunnel, the new Polestar 3 is facing its final tests and is preparing to hit the market a year later than planned.

Polestar 3 was presented six months after announcing its prices, but although it is on sale, customers will not receive units of the Swedish electric SUV until 2024. The company has needed a long time to solve problems, the development of which has reached a climax. for a test under the scorching heat of the Dubai desert.

Polestar It will achieve its goal of putting its first electric SUV on sale ahead of its main rival, the new Porsche Macan, but giving thanks to the fact that all the stars in the world have come together. What? more than a year and a half since the Swedish company announced prices for a model that hasn’t even been delivered yet official. We found out the cost of the Polestar 3 at the beginning of the summer of 2022 and a few months later it was revealed.

The Gothenburg brand had planned to start sales at the beginning of this year, but a series of problems in one of its most important purchase points forced this goal to be delayed until early 2024. Almost the same situation as the rival Porsche model, which has. has had to postpone its launch until the middle of next year. However, the Swedes are already in a position to to start serial production of the second model, confirming that it will do so in the first quarter of next year.

Models of the new Polestar 3 test the effectiveness of their automatic climate control in Dubai

The Polestar 3 will arrive on sale in mid-2024

The model, Polestar 3, which joins the category of electric vehicles after passing the most extensive test program carried out in the United Arab Emirates, two hard weeks in the deserts of Dubai and Abu Dhabiwhere the operation of the automatic climate control is adjusted below the infernal temperature above 50º. The arrangement is almost ready to be completed, which will enable interested customers to take a test drive in real conditions.

Something that today they can’t do it because the manufacturer has only initial production units, prototypes, in official dealers where the model is sold, all European markets, including Spain. You can only admire its exterior and interior design, look at its trunk or sit inside, but don’t see its performance and feeling behind the wheel. Thomas Ingenlath has confirmed that this situation will change completely at the beginning of the year when they send production units to all shows.

Polestar 3 is Sweden’s first electric sports SUV brand

Polestar 3 It will be made in the US along with the new Volvo EX90 as well, available in two versions with two electric motors and all-wheel drive, although the configuration of the propulsion units varies. The basic option offers a maximum power of 360 kW and the most powerful one goes up to 380 kW, which is why we are talking about between 489 and 517 hp. The lithium-ion battery is standard, with a total capacity of 111 kWh and a net usable capacity of 107 kWh, giving it a maximum range. 610 and 560 kmrespectively.