2024 Polestar 3 review: International first drive [Video]

Fledgling electric car maker Polestar has been busy. After launching just two models over five years, this year alone will see three new EVs bolstering the brand’s line-up.

The first cab off the rank is the Polestar 3, a large electric SUV the company says is aimed squarely at the premium end of the market. It will be followed in just a few weeks by the Tesla Model Y-rivalling Polestar 4 and later this year by the Polestar 5 electric sedan.

You might have noticed a numerical order to the Polestar model range. And to keep it simple, the brand’s naming convention refers to the order in which each of its respective electric cars have been released.

Back in 2019, the original Polestar 1 debuted as a low-volume (just 1500 were ever made) plug-in hybrid sports car. It remains the only Polestar to date with a petrol engine.

It was followed in 2020 by the brand’s first full battery-electric vehicle, the Polestar …