Polestar announce that Polestar 4, the first volume production car without a rear window is now officially on sale in the UK.
Although it is not uncommon for vans and lorries to not have a rear window, the Polestar 4 uses clever design to overcome limited rear visibility from SUV coupés. The rear view mirror instead uses a high-definition screen that shows a real-time feed from a roof-mounted rear camera – enabling a far wider field of view than what can be experienced in most modern cars. The digital feed can be deactivated to allow drivers to instead see rear occupants if needed.
Thanks to the elimination of the rear window the standard full-length glass roof stretches beyond the rear occupants’ heads, creating a light and airy interior ambience.
In late 2023, Polestar revealed that Polestar 4 carries the lowest production carbon footprint of all its cars at launch; 19.9 tonnes of CO2e. This is lower than its smaller model the Polestar 2 saloon which demonstrates significant progress. As with all Polestar cars, a full Lifecyle Assessment has been produced to provide customers with clarity and transparency on the car’s environmental impact.
A mono-material approach, first presented in the Polestar electric roadster concept in 2022, is applied to interior materials, where all layers of certain components are produced from the same base material. This allows them to be recycled more effectively and efficiently by eliminating the need for incompatible materials to be separated before recycling.
Maximilian Missoni, Head of Design at Polestar, says: “With Polestar Precept we previewed a stunning new occupant experience by removing the rear window and pushing the rear header, which plays an integral safety role, further back. This means that now, rear occupants can have a unique experience in our SUV coupé.”
Following start of production and first deliveries in China at the end of 2023, UK and European online sales now commence with a starting price of £59,990 on the road with first deliveries expected from August.
