Currently reading: Polestar UK boss hails rapid growth ahead of key model launches

Sino-Swedish brand will launch new 3 electric SUV and double its number of UK retail spaces this year

Polestar beat its targets for UK sales in 2022 by a comfortable margin, selling more than 7000 cars, and boss Jonathan Goodman has said it “could have done more” if it weren’t for supply difficulties constraining volumes.

In the second full year of sales for the Tesla Model 3-challenging Polestar 2 saloon, the electric performance brand achieved an 80% annual sales uptick to reach 7345 units - beating a projection of 6000 and taking the total number of Polestars on UK roads to around 12,000.

Goodman told Autocar that he was excited “to see the EV market up by 40%” (EVs accounted for 16.6%

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