This is A Concept About What It Might Look Like

• The Polestar 7 would be the model’s compact SUV substitute, of kinds, for the Polestar 2 sedan.
• Polestar is owned by China’s Geely Group, which builds many alternative automobiles on variations of the identical platforms worldwide. One widespread 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 persistently been one in every of our favourite electrical autos in the marketplace. There’s just one massive drawback with it: it is a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. Pretty much as good as it might be, it might solely take the electrical startup model up to now when individuals need larger automobiles to haul children and equipment.

Really, it has one different drawback: it’s in-built China. That was tremendous for the Polestar 2 a couple of years in the past when it launched, however as of late, anti-China protectionist tariffs are all the craze within the U.S. and Europe. However in the present day we realized that the upcoming Polestar 7 goals to unravel each issues. Will probably be a compact electrical crossover SUV, and in-built 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 supplied nearly no particulars concerning the automotive in any respect—together with from the corporate’s new chief designer. Nonetheless, 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 lined extensively. And if that silhouette seems acquainted, it is as a result of the Zeekr X is intently associated to the Volvo EX30, one other compact crossover that is simply now making it to U.S. shores.

Now, Zeekr’s automobiles are at the moment 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 might face an unsure future with a looming ban on Chinese language automotive know-how. However Volvo is shifting quick to repair the latter problem; the EX30 might be in-built Ghent, Belgium later this yr, and that model of the automotive must 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 excellent contender for it. 

And the specs are already fairly legit. In U.S. kind, Single Motor Prolonged Vary Volvo EX30 has 268 horsepower and 253 lb-ft of torque with a spread 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 highway because of tariffs.) In WLTP specs, the Zeekr X fashions are able to at the very least 300 miles of vary. The largest 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 correct—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 as of late. However the Geely Group can also be utilizing this identical platform for the Good 1 and Good 3, in addition to the brand new Lynk & Co Z20. I’d be fairly stunned if Polestar did not go this route as effectively. All of those automobiles even look pretty comparable inside: massive display screen, only a few buttons and bodily switches, and a giant 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 alternative 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 steadily transfer from a multi-platform method to 1 single structure, lowering complexity, prices, and investments.” 

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

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