{"id":121007,"date":"2017-11-21T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=121007"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:21:13","slug":"volvos-polestar-begins-construction-on-plant-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2017\/11\/volvos-polestar-begins-construction-on-plant-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo’s Polestar Begins Construction on Plant in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volvo' first offering from its Polestar high performance division, the Polestar 1, will be built at its new plant, which is under construction, in China.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Polestar, the Volvo Group’s in-house brand for performance and electrified vehicles, has taken another step forward in its development with the announcement it will build\u00a0its new factory in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The construction of its new state-of-the-art Polestar Production Center has already started in Chengdu, China, where the company\u2019s first model, the Polestar 1, will be produced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Real Performer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The announcement comes in the wake of the reorganization of the\u00a0Polestar\u00a0brand, which prior to this fall had been geared to feeding performance parts to enthusiasts interested in tuning up their personal Volvos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFollowing the successful launch of the new Polestar brand in October, construction of the new Polestar Production Center is the next step in turning our plans into reality,\u201d Thomas\u00a0Ingenlath,\u00a0chief\u00a0executive\u00a0officer of Polestar,\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Volvo’s Polestar unveils first electric model. For the story, <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Demand for electric vehicles is on the rise, particularly in China, which makes this an ideal time for Polestar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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“We are building a production center that is a reflection of our brand. A facility that is modern, progressive, technically advanced and environmentally responsible. The Polestar Production Center will be an embodiment of the Polestar brand.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Chinese government is leaning on both its homegrown companies and global giants alike to build more electric vehicles and Polestar has been designated as the Volvo\u00a0sub-brand\u00a0for new energy vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Volkswagen, General Motors, Tesla and Ford Motor Co. have all announced extensive and expensive plans to expand electric car production in China.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for details\u00a0about Volvo\u2019s plans to go all-electric.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Polestar Production Center, designed by Norwegian architectural firm\u00a0Sn\u00f6hetta\u00a0will be the most environmentally\u00a0responsible car factory in China, and one of the most efficient in the world, with a target of Gold status in the globally\u00a0recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, designation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Polestar Production Center will build the Polestar 1, a Grand Touring Coup\u00e9 with a 600-hp Electric Performance Hybrid powertrain that also offers 150km\u00a0of pure electric range \u2014 the longest pure electric distance of any hybrid car in the world. Polestar is currently targeting to build a maximum of 500 units per year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Volvo relaunching Polestar as \u201celectrified high performance\u201d company.\u00a0<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the story.<\/em>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Polestar Production Center will also include a customer experience center, staffed by product experts, as well as a customer test track constructed within the campus to enable potential customers to evaluate the car to the extremes not possible on public roads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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