Polestar shares its EV carbon impact data to offer transparency, build consumer trust
Swedish car manufacturer Polestar has publicly shared details of the carbon footprint of its EV models compared to ICE vehicles. With this data, Polestar looks to better educate consumers and build trust as it pertains to emissions.
Polestar is a Swedish car brand launched in 2017 that focuses on premium EVs. The automaker is the child of an “independent” venture co-owned by Volvo Cars Group and Geely Holding. It currently offers two electrified vehicles – the PHEV Polestar 1, and the the all-electric Polestar 2.
Polestar hopes that transparency with consumers can help drive sustainability throughout the industry of both ICE and electric vehicles. To further this path to transparency, Polestar has shared their Life Cycle Assessments (LCA). These LCAs take a number of factors into account to provide consumers more easily understandable data.
The latest LCA found the latest Polestar 2 variants (Long range single motor and Standard range single motor) leave the factory with carbon footprints ranging between 24 and 25 tons of CO2e. This number then plateaus during the use phase if the car is charged using green energy.
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