Is a climate neutral car possible?

SWEDISH EV MANUFACTURER POLESTAR SEEMS TO THINK SO, AS THEY JOIN FORCES WITH EIGHT NEW GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEADING PARTNERS IN THE QUEST TO CREATE A TRULY CLIMATE NEUTRAL CAR BY 2030

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, has signed up a further eight partners to the Polestar 0 project, the company’s goal to create a truly climate neutral car by 2030.

New collaborators in the project include Vitesco Technologies, Schloetter, Autoneum, Stora Enso,

Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Finland, and Sweden, they cover the areas of electrical inverters, electroplating, interior and exterior materials, renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials and wooden construction, coating and textiles, flat-rolled aluminium, knit and woven materials, and recycled aluminium.

The Polestar 0 project launched in 2021 with the belief that the car industry needs a

While the switch to EVs eliminates tailpipe emissions, Polestar recognises the need to urgently address emissions that stem from production. The ambitious aim of the Polestar 0 project is to eliminate all sources of CO2e throughout the supply chain, from the extraction of raw materials to material and vehicle production, delivery, and end of life, without relying on misleading offsetting schemes.

Hans Pehrson, head of the Polestar 0 project, comments: “My conviction in