Overview
- Polestar has moved the 5 into production and public drives show reviewers praising its design, ride and handling and validating the car’s advertised figures.
- The car uses a 112 kWh battery, an 800V electrical architecture and supports up to 350 kW ultra‑rapid charging that Polestar says can take the battery from 10 to 80 percent in about 22 minutes.
- Polestar offers two main variants: a Dual Motor entry model with passive coil springs and a higher‑power Performance model fitted with adaptive MagneRide dampers, both built on a bonded aluminium chassis with Brembo brakes and Recaro seats.
- Launch pricing puts the Dual Motor at roughly £89,500 and the Performance at about £104,900, positioning the 5 against Porsche and other premium rivals while initial market allocations have sold out in some regions and not in others.
- Polestar is reallocating engineering resources toward higher‑volume models and has paused work on a planned China‑built roadster as it manages production trade‑offs and the commercial risk of possible U.S. tariffs on China-made cars.