Polestar simply supplied a teaser of what is likely to be its most essential EV up to now. The badge has provided its first good look (the final one was draped in a curtain) of the three, its first SUV and its first US-made car. The “premium” car could also be flippantly disguised with QR code-like camouflage, however it appears like what you’d anticipate — it is a taller, roomier sibling to the two sedan. That’s not essentially an issue, although, and Polestar is betting on a couple of components that would make the machine profitable.

The firm is not shy concerning the audience: this will probably be an EV constructed “in America for Americans,” who hold shopping for upscale SUVs in giant numbers. The class is prone to be one of many first to totally embrace EVs, Polestar stated. The 3 must also be one of many “most climate-responsible” automobiles up to now, and can finally embrace hands-free freeway driving by way of a mix of LiDAR and NVIDIA computing {hardware}.

The 3 arrives in 2022 and can be part of a rising EV lineup that features the lengthy Polestar 5 sedan. How effectively it fares will depend upon components like pricing and competitors from its sibling model Volvo, however it’s clear Polestar is able to be referred to as greater than a distinct segment model — even when its gross sales objectives (290,000 per yr by 2025) are nonetheless modest.