It can be difficult to know when a tipping point has been reached. Usually, a series of events, both big and small, have led the situation to a point where change is inevitable. And sometimes, that change doesn’t happen fast enough. Sometimes, a boost is needed to get to the event horizon.

Nothing compares with the excitement of exploration. The urge to see what’s out there is what propels mountain climbers to the peaks. It causes scientists to send remote vehicles to Challenger Deep. Whenever a new frontier opens up, physical or virtual, there’s no shortage of curious people eager to explore it to the very edges.

Asif Rana on creating a unique retail experience

Our design language isn’t a “take”. It isn’t an “approach”. It’s what the present and future of automotive could (and in our opinion, should) look like. We take our inspiration from many different sources: aerospace, product design, science fiction, and more. And in doing so, we inspire change.

It’s a small world. Especially the world of automotive visionaries who call Sweden’s west coast home. In fact, they have a group chat. Sometimes they use it to coordinate a meet-up. Like the one you see here.

Joakim Rydholm on finding the Polestar DNA

Home is where the charge is. As the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles expands, range anxiety shrinks. More and more motorists will see electric charging stations as a natural part of the landscape, becoming as familiar as conventional gas stations while improving upon them substantially. Welcoming places to pass a few minutes while the battery gets topped up.

Professional landscape photographer Jack Harding recently embarked on a road trip on some of the best roads Scotland has to offer, behind the wheel of the Polestar 1, an exclusive limited run electric performance hybrid. Using the Polestar 1’s electric-only Pure mode in the city, and the plug-in hybrid Grand Tourer’s Power mode on winding roads, he experienced all the different facets of our electric performance hybrid, snapping photos along the way.

Göteborgsvarvet is the world’s largest half-marathon. Held in Gothenburg since 1980, the event attracts over 60,000 participants. It’s also one of the world’s most sustainable races, certified according to the ISO-20121 international standard.

Being an innovator means plenty of challenges. But it also means plenty of “eureka” moments.

Sofie Dunert is a Product Development Engineer, working with the development cars as a part of R&D. She’s also the owner of Kiwi, Polestar’s office dog and unofficial morale officer.

CAKE is a Swedish electric motorcycle brand, encouraging respectful, exciting, emission-free exploration of the outdoors. We recently spoke with founder and CEO Stefan Ytterborn about electric drivetrains, premium versus luxury, and using electric motorcycles to combat poaching.

Competition is healthy. Even in a creative field, where competitiveness is often internal and results are difficult to objectively judge, a little competition can motivate, challenge, inspire. Leading to some truly amazing submissions.