Sustainability key in car

Polestar has announced its Precept concept will soon enter production after receiving plenty of positive feedback.

Vehicle development is under way in the UK with more than 130 people working on the project.

The decision has been made after the company received positive feedback from consumers and it believes there should be a market for a sporty, all-electric car. 

Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar’s chief executive officer, says: “Stunning, spectacular, cutting-edge and we would like to see it on the road. This is what the press wrote about the Precept. The public said, ‘we want it’, so we decided to build it.”

The Precept will be made in China, Polestar’s home market, in an all-new manufacturing facility currently being planned. The plant will be carbon neutral and one of the most intelligent and connected automotive production facilities in the world.

Polestar hints an important part of the Precept is its lightweight carbon composite construction and sustainable materials.

“The interior of Precept features a mix of sustainable materials including recycled PET bottles, reclaimed fishing nets and recycled cork vinyl,” the company says.

“A flax-based composite, developed by external partner Bcomp Ltd, is featured in many interior and some exterior parts. Our ambition is to bring much of this sustainability into production.”