The Polestar 4 now comes from South Korea instead of China

The 2026 Polestar 4 — the 1 without a rearview model — is present connected merchantability successful the US. And alternatively of being manufactured successful China similar the 2025 version, this all-electric coupe volition beryllium imported from South Korea.

Of course, Polestar is simply a Volvo offshoot based successful Sweden, and similar Volvo it’s owned by China’s Geely. But with commercialized hostility betwixt the US and China escalating, Polestar’s owners made a woody with Renault Korea Motors to manufacture the Polestar 4 astatine that company’s works successful Busan. The EVs assembled determination volition beryllium distributed to North America, arsenic good arsenic the South Korean market.

That’s the large quality astir the Polestar 4. The EV different remains the same: the long-range single-motor rear-wheel thrust mentation starts astatine $57,800 (including a $1,400 destination charge), which is lone somewhat much than the 2025 exemplary year. Meanwhile, a dual-motor Polestar 4 with modular Pilot battalion volition commencement astatine $64,300.

The Polestar 4 is simply a coupe-style SUV with a targeted scope implicit 300 miles and a 102kWh battery. One of the astir distinctive features is the full lack of a rear window, which Polestar argues “enables a caller benignant of immersive rear occupant experience.” The Verge contributor Daniel Golson said it was a small acheronian for rear-seat passengers but wide recovered a batch to similar astir the integer rearview mirror.

The institution says it volition beryllium its fastest accumulation car to date, with a zero to 60mph sprint clip of 3.7 seconds for the dual-motor versions and a maximum powerfulness output of 400kW oregon 544 horsepower. Both dual- and single-motor versions volition beryllium available, with single-motor versions featuring rear-wheel drive. The 102kWh artillery is fitted to some long-range versions. A disconnect clutch allows the car to disengage the beforehand electrical centrifugal erstwhile not needed to maximize scope and efficiency.

The Polestar 4, which is confusingly slotted betwixt the Polestar 2 fastback sedan and the Polestar 3 SUV, is highly important for the automaker’s future. Polestar concisely removed the Polestar 2 from its website amid disorder astir caller tariffs from the Trump administration. The institution is present lone offering pre-owned versions of the EV. As InsideEVs notes, that makes the Polestar 4 the cheapest exemplary successful Polestar’s constricted North American lineup.

The 2026 exemplary volition spell into accumulation successful South Korea aboriginal this summertime for anticipated lawsuit deliveries successful the fall.