Overview
- Polestar says the roadster’s major engineering is effectively complete but the car has not been fully signed off and work on it is paused.
- The 6 reuses the Polestar Performance Architecture and the same 112 kWh battery, motors, and suspension as the Polestar 5, which sped development.
- Polestar identifies the folding hardtop and the rear seats as the key remaining engineering items that still need final design and validation.
- The company has shifted priority to higher-volume models, specifically the next-generation Polestar 2 and the Polestar 7 SUV, which it says matter more for the business.
- If produced in China, the roadster would face steep U.S. import tariffs that could block or limit U.S. sales and shape Polestar’s launch decisions.