This is A Concept About What It Might Look Like

• The Polestar 7 would be the model’s compact SUV substitute, of types, for the Polestar 2 sedan.
• Polestar is owned by China’s Geely Group, which builds many various vehicles on variations of the identical platforms worldwide. One frequent structure might be discovered with Zeekr and Volvo as effectively.
• Might the Polestar 7 emulate the Volvo EX30 and Zeekr X? We’ll quickly see.

The Polestar 2 has constantly been one in all our favourite electrical autos available on the market. There’s just one large downside with it: it is a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. Pretty much as good as it could be, it may solely take the electrical startup model to date when individuals need larger vehicles to haul youngsters and equipment.

Really, it has one different downside: it’s inbuilt China. That was advantageous for the Polestar 2 a number of years in the past when it launched, however nowadays, anti-China protectionist tariffs are all the fashion within the U.S. and Europe. However at the moment we discovered that the upcoming Polestar 7 goals to resolve each issues. Will probably be a compact electrical crossover SUV, and inbuilt Europe to keep away from any of that tariff unpleasantness.

However whereas Polestar introduced the Polestar 7 in its 2025 Enterprise and Technique Replace video, it provided virtually no particulars in regards to the automotive in any respect—together with from the corporate’s new chief designer. Nevertheless, we will look to the remainder of the Geely Group household for clues as to what it may very well be. 

Photograph by: Ralph Hermens

The rendering you see right here is predicated on the Zeekr X, from one other Geely Group EV and hybrid model that we have coated extensively. And if that silhouette appears to be like acquainted, it is as a result of the Zeekr X is carefully associated to the Volvo EX30, one other compact crossover that is simply now making it to U.S. shores.

Now, Zeekr’s vehicles are presently manufactured in China, which retains it from coming to America for now. And after getting delayed by U.S. tariffs, the also-China-built EX30 now could face an unsure future with a looming ban on Chinese language automotive expertise. However Volvo is transferring quick to repair the latter concern; the EX30 shall be inbuilt Ghent, Belgium later this 12 months, and that model of the automotive ought to be exported right here.

All of that is to say that if Polestar is aiming to construct a compact, performance-focused crossover within the Polestar 7, the EX30 and Zeekr X’s SEA-2 platform may very well be an incredible contender for it. 

And the specs are already fairly official. In U.S. kind, Single Motor Prolonged Vary Volvo EX30 has 268 horsepower and 253 lb-ft of torque with a variety of 275 miles. The Twin Motor Efficiency has 422 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque and as much as 253 miles of vary. (Solely the latter is being bought right here proper now, after the previous was punted down the street resulting from tariffs.) In WLTP specs, the Zeekr X fashions are able to at the very least 300 miles of vary. The most important battery in all of them is a 69 kWh NCM lithium-ion unit. 

Photograph by: InsideEVs

Photograph by: InsideEVs

Hopefully—and if my idea is true—our Polestar 7 could be able to at the very least 300 miles of vary too, as that is more and more feeling like desk stakes nowadays. However the Geely Group can also be utilizing this similar platform for the Good 1 and Good 3, in addition to the brand new Lynk & Co Z20. I might be fairly shocked if Polestar did not go this route as effectively. All of those vehicles even look pretty related inside: large display screen, only a few buttons and bodily switches, and an enormous emphasis on software program. 

Photograph by: InsideEVs

One of many solely issues we do know is that whereas Polestar–and the broader Geely Group—use many various car platforms for now, the plan is to more and more unify its {hardware}.

“Reinforcing the worth of Polestar’s asset-light enterprise mannequin, Polestar 7 is deliberate to be manufactured in Europe,” Polestar officers mentioned in a information launch. “With manufacturing already in place within the U.S., South Korea and China, Polestar continues to strengthen its world place with a well-balanced worldwide manufacturing community. Over time, from Polestar 7 onwards, the Firm will progressively transfer from a multi-platform strategy to 1 single structure, lowering complexity, prices, and investments.” 

No matter the way it goes down, Geely clearly has loads to attract from. And as I skilled at CES sitting within the Zeekr 001, these vehicles appear very promising. Polestar could also be coming off a tough 12 months of gross sales and funds in 2024, but when it will probably get its personal spin on vehicles just like the Zeekr X and Volvo EX30, it ought to be in significantly better form long-term.

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