{"id":21925,"date":"2018-02-23T21:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=21925"},"modified":"2018-02-23T21:45:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T01:45:57","slug":"tesla-fighters-volvos-polestar-joins-ev-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/tesla-fighters-volvos-polestar-joins-ev-race","title":{"rendered":"Tesla fighters: Volvo\u2019s Polestar joins EV race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here they come.<\/p>\n

Spurred on by the success of American electric-car company Tesla, luxury European carmakers are bringing to market a wave of new battery-powered vehicles beginning this year.<\/p>\n

Where other start-up companies\u00a0like Lucid<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Faraday Future have struggled<\/a>\u00a0to raise the capital to manufacture their sleek electric-vehicle dreams, established automakers like Jaguar, BMW, Porsche, Jaguar and Audi are pouring billions into new EVs. They will rival Tesla in performance, surpass it in initial build quality, and \u2014 perhaps most importantly \u2014 try to tempt buyers at a time when global governments are forcing the auto industry to go electric.<\/p>\n

One of the boldest new entries is Polestar, an EV brand from Volvo.<\/p>\n

Like Tesla wannabes Lucid and Faraday Future, Polestar has wowed the public\u00a0with a jaw-dropping high-performance prototype<\/a>. Unlike Lucid and Faraday, Polestar comes with the full backing of Volvo, an established Swedish maker with deep Chinese pockets behind it.<\/p>\n

\u201cTesla is the leader in premium electric, but many other people are catching up to that party and there is going to be a lot of choice within it,\u201d Polestar Communications chief J.B. Canton said in an interview. \u201cWe\u2019re confident that what Polestar has in store is going to be right up there with the best of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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