What is Polestar?
{{Infobox company | name = Polestar AB | logo = Polestar logo 2020.svg | type = [[Public company]] | traded_as = {{NASDAQ|PSNY}} | founded = {{start date and age|1996}} | key_people = {{ubl|[[Thomas Ingenlath]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) | [[Håkan Samuelsson]] ([[chairman]])}} | products = {{ubl |High performance electric engines & [[automobile|cars]]}} | location = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden | area_served = Worldwide | owner = [[Volvo Cars]] (49.5%) | parent = | revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|1.34 billion|link=yes}} (2021) | operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-995 million}} (2021) | net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-1.01 billion}} (2021) | assets = {{increase}} {{US$|3.31 billion}} (2021) | equity = {{increase}} {{US$|-122 million}} (2021) | num_employees = 1,300+ (December 2021) | website = {{URL|www.polestar.com}} | footnotes = <ref name=20F>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001884082/000119312522185122/d305041d20f.htm |title=Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC 2021 Annual Report (Form 20-F) |date=29 June 2022 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |pages=123, 142, F-5, F7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Volvo Cars increases shareholding in Polestar to 49.5 per cent |url=https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/285170/volvo-cars-increases-shareholding-in-polestar-to-495-per-cent |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=www.media.volvocars.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> }} '''Polestar''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Automobile|automotive]] [[brand]]. It was established in 1996 by [[Volvo Cars]]' partner Flash/Polestar Racing. It was acquired in 2015 by Volvo.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.polestar.com/press-release/2017/06/21/polestar-announces-new-management-team |title=Polestar announces new management team |publisher=Polestar |language=en |access-date=29 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The company is [[Headquarters|headquartered]] in [[Torslanda]] near [[Gothenburg]], Sweden.<ref