{"id":16376,"date":"2023-11-06T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/?p=16376"},"modified":"2023-11-29T10:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T01:15:45","slug":"sk-on-and-polestar-sign-battery-supply-agreement-for-polestar-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/archives\/16376","title":{"rendered":"SK On and Polestar sign battery supply agreement for Polestar 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25a0 Korean EV battery maker to supply battery modules for Polestar 5 starting 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25a0 Ultra-long high-nickel battery boasts high energy density and safety<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, announced today it has signed a battery cell supply agreement with the Swedish EV maker Polestar, securing another long-term growth engine in the global battery market.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the agreement, SK On will supply battery cells to Polestar for its flagship EV 4-door coupe, Polestar 5 from 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

With production planned to start in 2025, Polestar 5 is a luxurious four-door GT (Grand Tourer) model from the all-electric Swedish marque. Polestar 5 is set to produce up to 650 kW (884 hp) and 900 Nm, and is to be built on Polestar\u2019s bespoke bonded aluminum platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

Powering Polestar 5 will be SK On\u2019s ultra-long high-nickel batteries comprised of 56-centimeter-long cells. In particular, these batteries, boasting high energy density, demonstrated superb safety credentials by successfully passing stringent conditions in Thermal Propagation (TP) tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted to collaborate with Polestar on its top-tier EV model,\u201d said SK On CEO Jee Dong-seob. \u201cWe will solidify our partnership with Polestar and create new opportunities through this agreement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO, said, \u201cOur relationship with SK On has been fruitful following our initial MOU and their investment in our brand. Polestar 5 is developing at pace and will feature this high-capacity battery to provide the performance expected of our grand tourer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, SK Group invested in Polestar through a New Mobility Fund. The two companies also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their collaboration in the field of electric vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photo 1) The Polstar 5 prototype is being developed rapidly and planned to begin production in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photo 2) The Polstar 5 prototype stands inside of the Polstar R&D center in the UK. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u25a0 Korean EV battery maker to supply battery modules for Polestar 5 starting 2025 \u25a0 Ultra-long high-nickel battery boasts high energy density and safety   SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, announced today it has signed a battery cell supply agreement with the Swedish EV maker Polestar, securing another long-term growth engine …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,4,8,644],"tags":[35,13,1582,1583,648],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/KakaoTalk_20231106_152824348.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWInv-4g8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16376"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16686,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16376\/revisions\/16686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnonews.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}