2024 Polestar 4

[Beanoyip]

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Edited July 6, 2023 by Beanoyip

[Carbon82]

Although it might sounds like rocket science to some, Polestar has taken the right move in reducing carbon footprint in the production of the PS4. 

Polestar 4 Is The Brand’s Greenest Vehicle To Date

Thanks to recycled and green materials, as well as a factory that uses renewable electricity, manufacturing the Polestar 4 releases just 19.4 tonnes of CO2e, making it the greenest Polestar to date. 

Polestar has revealed its first Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the Polestar 4, which reveals that, at launch, it emits as little as 19.4 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. That makes it the vehicle with the smallest carbon footprint in the automaker’s lineup.

The LCA measures all of the emissions that are emitted from the production of the vehicle, and sourcing of its parts, but not its use or what happens after it is decommissioned. That is also the figure for the most efficient model. The Polestar 4 Long range Single motor variant has a carbon footprint of 19.9 tCO2e, while the Long range Dual motor version emits 21.4 tCO2e.

To reduce how much carbon the production of its vehicles emits, the automaker has been working holistically. For instance, the Hangzhou Bay factory that builds the Polestar 4 in China has solar panels on its roof that supplement green hydroelectric power from the grid.

Meanwhile, the Polestar 4 is made using more green aluminum. That can either mean metal that has been recycled, or that has been smelted using hydroelectric electricity to reduce how much pollution is emitted during its creation.

Polestar estimates that the aluminum in the 4 now represents 23-24 percent of its carbon footprint. Meanwhile, 20 percent of its emissions come from the steel and iron used to make it. As the automaker has made clear before, the batteries are the most carbon intensive part of the vehicle, and represent 36-40 percent of its emissions.

“Throughout the product development of Polestar 4, its carbon budget has influenced everything from material choices to factory energy sources,” said Frederika Klaren, Polestar’s head of sustainability. “Sharing the LCA enables us to show that we can strive for net-zero – one tonne of CO2e at a time.”

[Watwheels]

It is "Aluminium"...."nium" not "num". The Americans can never get it right be it spelling or pronunciation. 

It took car makers a long time to use aluminium alloys on making their cars. Aluminium on its own will be too soft. Perhaps it's getting the right mixture to achieve the strength and light weight-ness engineers are looking for.

[Lethalstrike]

On 11/2/2023 at 11:43 PM, Carbon82 said:

Although it might sounds like rocket science to some, Polestar has taken the right move in reducing carbon footprint in the production of the PS4. 

Polestar 4 Is The Brand’s Greenest Vehicle To Date

Thanks to recycled and green materials, as well as a factory that uses renewable electricity, manufacturing the Polestar 4 releases just 19.4 tonnes of CO2e, making it the greenest Polestar to date. 

Polestar has revealed its first Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the Polestar 4, which reveals that, at launch, it emits as little as 19.4 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. That makes it the vehicle with the smallest carbon footprint in the automaker’s lineup.

The LCA measures all of the emissions that are emitted from the production of the vehicle, and sourcing of its parts, but not its use or what happens after it is decommissioned. That is also the figure for the most efficient model. The Polestar 4 Long range Single motor variant has a carbon footprint of 19.9 tCO2e, while the Long range Dual motor version emits 21.4 tCO2e.

To reduce how much carbon the production of its vehicles emits, the automaker has been working holistically. For instance, the Hangzhou Bay factory that builds the Polestar 4 in China has solar panels on its roof that supplement green hydroelectric power from the grid.

Meanwhile, the Polestar 4 is made using more green aluminum. That can either mean metal that has been recycled, or that has been smelted using hydroelectric electricity to reduce how much pollution is emitted during its creation.

Polestar estimates that the aluminum in the 4 now represents 23-24 percent of its carbon footprint. Meanwhile, 20 percent of its emissions come from the steel and iron used to make it. As the automaker has made clear before, the batteries are the most carbon intensive part of the vehicle, and represent 36-40 percent of its emissions.

“Throughout the product development of Polestar 4, its carbon budget has influenced everything from material choices to factory energy sources,” said Frederika Klaren, Polestar’s head of sustainability. “Sharing the LCA enables us to show that we can strive for net-zero – one tonne of CO2e at a time.”

I think only Volvo & Polestar publishes the CO2 nett emissions through its entire value chain as public information. It's interesting to see the manufacturing of batteries has a higher carbon footprint than building an engine, but the CO2 savings in its total lifecycle will come later from zero tailpipe emissions. Any geeks interested can download from below, 

https://www.volvocars.com/images/v/-/media/market-assets/intl/applications/dotcom/pdf/c40/volvo-c40-recharge-lca-report.pdf

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Lethalstrike

[Beanoyip]

Heard P4 already out in SG, no bros interested? $350k there about for LRDM, not including the performance pack

[Carbon82]

Although the interior is relatively spacious, I find the lac of rear windscreen poorly executed.

[Tohto]

Cannot accept the no rear wind screen.