Polestar slashes carbon footprint per car by a quarter since 2020

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Polestar

Luxury EV maker reveals how low-carbon aluminium, clean energy, and greener battery manufacturing are enabling it to 'decouple growth from climate impact'

Swedish electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Polestar has today announced it has reduced the carbon footprint for each car sold by 24.7 per cent since it started measuring its embedded emissions in 2020....

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