Polestar Reports Revenue Growth of 56% in the First Half of 2025

Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) today presents its unaudited financial results and operational metrics for the three-month and six-month periods ended 30 June 2025.

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Michael Lohscheller, Polestar CEO, says: “Our operational performance in the first half of 2025 reaffirms that we are doing the right things, in a difficult market: increasing our commercial footprint, selling more cars and relentlessly focusing on cost and inventory management. Revenue growth was 56% and our Adjusted Gross Margin improved year-on-year. With an average of five new sales points opening per month in the second quarter, we are making it easier for more customers to experience and buy a Polestar. The launch of Polestar 5, our four-seat Grand Tourer, at IAA in September will strengthen our position as the leading performance EV brand.”

Key financial and operational highlights for H1 2025 (year-on-year comparison)

• Retail sales volumes up 51.1% driven by transition to an active selling model, retail network expansion, and an attractive model line-up
• Revenues up 56.5% to USD 1,423 million, driven by higher sales volumes
• Gross margin of (49.4)% impacted by non-cash impairment expense of USD 739 million booked in Q2
• Adjusted Gross Margin positive at 1.4% – an improvement of 4.0 ppts
• Selling, general and administrative expenses continue to be optimized
• Net loss of USD (1,193) million mainly driven by the impairment expense
• Adjusted EBITDA loss of USD (302) million, a reduction of 30.3%
• Cash position of USD 719 million as of 30 June 2025
• New equity of USD 200 million raised to complement facilities of approximately USD 2.1 billion secured or renewed through August 2025
• Future production site in Europe confirmed for Polestar 7
• Polestar 7 planned for launch in 2028
• Guidance: Target of compound annual retail sales volume growth of 30-35% in 2025-2027 reiterated

Key financial highlights

The table below summarizes key financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2025:

• Revenue increased 56.5%, primarily due to higher retail sales volumes driven by Polestar’s transition to an active selling model and an attractive model line-up; Polestar benefitted from a growing share of higher-priced Polestar 3 and Polestar 4 models in the product mix, against a competitive and challenging pricing and market environment. Sales of carbon credits reached USD 72 million from USD 0.04 million a year earlier driven by a new EU Pooling agreement and sales of carbon credits in the US.
• Cost of sales was higher primarily due to the non-cash impairment expense on Polestar 3 of USD 739 million; higher cost of sales was also linked to higher sales volumes and the higher cost of producing Polestar 3 and Polestar 4, as well as higher tariffs, partially offset by a reduction in material costs of vehicles sold, including battery cost.
• Gross margin was negative at (49.4)% mainly due to impairment expense partially offset by sales mix improvements and carbon credit sales.
• Adjusted Gross Margin improved by 4.0 ppts and was a result of a growing share of better margin new models in the geographical sales mix, reduction in material costs and higher carbon credits direct sales partially offset by mounting pressure on pricing and tariffs.
• Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses decreased by USD 19 million, due to optimized marketing and advertising costs, and reduction in administrative costs of USD 49 million resulting from cost discipline and organizational restructuring with reduced headcount partially offset by an increase in sales agency remuneration linked to higher sales volumes of USD 30 million.
• Research and development (R&D) expenses were higher due to a lower capitalization rate in the period.
• Operating loss of USD (1,096) million was primarily driven by the impairment expense; an improvement in Adjusted Gross Margin, lower SG&A expenses and higher other operating income, which included positive changes in foreign exchange rates on operational activities, and an increase in indirect sales of carbon credits partially offset the operating loss.
• Net loss of USD (1,193) million was a result of a higher operating loss and a reduction in the gains from fair value change on earn-out rights partially offset by a positive change in foreign exchange rates on financial activities.
• Adjusted EBITDA of USD (302) million was better by USD 131 million as a result of improved Adjusted Gross Margin, lower SG&A expenses and higher other operating income including positive foreign exchange impact, partially offset by higher R&D expenses.

Select results for Q2 2025

The table below summarizes key quarterly operational and financial results and provides the year-on-year (YoY) and quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) comparison for Q2 2025 results:

• Retail sales totaled an estimated 18,049 cars, up 38.1% YoY and 47.5% QoQ supported by an attractive model line-up.
• Revenue grew 36.6% YoY and 25.2% QoQ, driven mainly by retail sales volumes, channel and product mix developments against a competitive and challenging pricing and market environment. Sales of carbon credits were USD 41 million in the quarter.
• Gross margin at (97.2)% includes the impairment expense.
• Adjusted Gross Margin at a negative (5.7)%, a reduction of 6.1 ppts YoY, due to more competitive pricing offsetting a growing share of better margin models in the sales mix and a deterioration of 16.0 ppts QoQ, due to car line and channel mix, higher cost of sales linked to tariffs, adjustment of inventory net realizable value and increasing competitive pricing.
• Net loss of USD (1,027) million, driven by impairment expense.
• Adjusted EBITDA loss of USD (216) million lower YoY and higher QoQ predominantly due to the Adjusted Gross Margin evolution.

Key operational highlights

The table below summarizes key operational results as of and for the six months ended 30 June 2025:

• Sales points, excluding China grew by 48 sites or 39.7%, as we accelerated the transition to an active selling model. In H1 2025, Polestar signed up a total of 26 new retail partners.
• Polestar increased sales of internal cars to support its retail network expansion.

Key cash flow highlights

The table below summarizes cash flows for the six months ended 30 June 2025:

• Operating cash outflow of USD 498 million included an operating loss net of non-cash adjustments and working capital requirements due to payments of trade payables to related parties and an increase in trade receivables due to high sales volumes in June, partially offset by continuing inventory unwind.
• Investing cash outflow of USD 322 million included additions to property, plant, and equipment as well as intangible assets and additions to investment in associates. Investments were in intellectual property and tangible assets related mainly to model years Polestar 3 and Polestar 4, to prepare Polestar 5 for the commencement of production in H2 2025 and to prepare the start of production of Polestar 4 in Busan (Korea) factory in H2 2025.
• Financing cash inflow of USD 687 million consisted of proceeds from short-term borrowings and the USD 200 million PIPE investment partially offset by repayment of borrowings.

Key loan facilities and funding highlights

• Approximately USD 1.1 billion of facilities were renewed and approximately USD 1.0 billion of new facilities were secured during 2025 through August totaling USD 2.1 billion
  • This includes previously announced secured term facilities of up to USD 450 million and EUR 480 million for the renewed Green Trade Finance Facility

• $200 million PIPE investment from PSD Investment in June 2025
• Amended covenants with club loan facility banks agreed regarding revenue and debt-to-asset ratio covenants testing quarterly for the remainder of 2025 and full-year 2025

In June 2025, Polestar entered into a securities purchase agreement pursuant to which Polestar agreed to sell 190,476,190 newly issued Class A American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) to PSD Investment Limited (“PSD Investment”), an existing investor, an entity that is controlled by Mr. Shufu (Eric) Li, Founder and Chairman of Geely Holding Group, for USD 200,000,000 through a private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) at a price of $1.05 per Class A ADS, which represents the volume weighted average closing sale price for the previous five consecutive trading days prior to signing.

The PIPE closed in July 2025 when PSD Investment converted 20,000,000 of its Class B ADS shares into Class A ADS shares to keep the overall voting power of its Polestar shareholdings below 50%. Polestar intends to use the proceeds from the equity investment for working capital requirements and general corporate purposes.

Polestar continues to have a constructive dialogue with lenders of the USD 950 million ‘club loan’ regarding its future club loan obligations. As a result of ongoing discussions, prior to 30 June 2025, the lenders agreed to amend the debt-to-asset ratio range for the second quarter of 2025. As a result, Polestar was in compliance with the covenants of the syndicated loan as of 30 June 2025. On 9 July 2025, the lenders agreed to amend the minimum revenue covenant for 2025 and to amend the debt-to-asset ratio range for the third and fourth quarter of 2025.

We continue to work closely with Geely Group on securing new equity and debt funding.

The Company’s debt level remains in compliance with its loan covenants.

Key recent developments and business highlights

• Polestar commenced sales in France, its 28^th market, in June 2025 with all three models available to order
• Polestar selected Volvo Cars as development and manufacturing partner for Polestar 7, with manufacturing expected to start in Kosice, Slovakia ahead of the compact SUV’s planned launch in 2028
• Polestar 4 wins Red Dot “Best of the Best” award
• Polestar 4 achieves 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating
• Polestar 4 wins the 2025 Mille Miglia Green
• Polestar 3 introduces Abbey Rode Mode via over-the-air-update
• Polestar Charge now offers 1 million charge points

Financial guidance

Further to the announcement on 30 April 2025 when Polestar withdrew 2025 financial guidance, the Company refrains from issuing any guidance at this time other than to continue to target compound annual retail sales volume growth of 30-35% over 2025-2027. The Company is assessing the impact of international tariffs, policy and regulatory changes and evolving market dynamics on its business and geographic footprint while looking for further cooperation, especially with Volvo Cars. Polestar expects to resume issuing guidance and will provide further updates as appropriate.

Conference call

Michael Lohscheller, CEO, and Jean-Francois Mady, CFO, will host a conference call today, 3 September 2025, at 14:00 CET. To join the call, please follow the instructions available under Events on the Polestar Investor Relations website.

Notes

All financial figures are in millions of U.S. dollars (USD). Unless otherwise stated, the performance shown in this press release covers the three-month and six-month periods to 30 June 2025 (Q2 and H1 2025, respectively) and is compared to the three-month and six-month periods to 30 June 2024 (Q2 and H1 2024, respectively).

Calendar

Polestar expects to report its Q3 2025 retail sales volumes on 9 October 2025.

Statement regarding unaudited financial and operational results

The unaudited financial and operational information published in this press release and previously released regarding Q1 2025 is subject to potential adjustments. Potential adjustments to operational and consolidated financial information may be identified from work performed during Polestar’s year-end audit. This could result in differences from the unaudited operational and financial information published herein and/or previously released for Q1 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the unaudited operational and financial information published in this press release and previously released for Q1 2025 should not be considered a substitute for the financial information filed with the SEC in Polestar’s Annual Reports on Form 20-F.

About Polestar

Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) is the Swedish electric performance car brand with a focus on uncompromised design and innovation, and the ambition to accelerate the change towards a sustainable future. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, its cars are available in 28 markets globally across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Polestar has three models in its line-up: Polestar 2, Polestar 3, and Polestar 4. Planned models include the Polestar 5 four-door GT (to be introduced in 2025), the Polestar 7 compact SUV (to be introduced in 2028) and the Polestar 6 roadster. With its vehicles currently manufactured on two continents, North America and Asia, Polestar is diversifying its manufacturing footprint further, with production of Polestar 7 planned in Europe.

Polestar has an unwavering commitment to sustainability and has set an ambitious roadmap to reach its climate targets: halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 per-vehicle-sold and become climate-neutral across its value chain by 2040. Polestar’s comprehensive sustainability strategy covers the four areas of Climate, Transparency, Circularity, and Inclusion.

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements in this press release (“Press Release”) may be considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or the future financial or operating performance of Polestar including the number of vehicle deliveries and gross margin. For example, projections of revenue, volumes, margins, cash flow break-even and other financial or operating metrics and statements regarding expectations of future needs for funding and plans related thereto are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential”, “forecast”, “plan”, “seek”, “future”, “propose” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Polestar and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: (1) Polestar’s ability to enter into or maintain agreements or partnerships with its strategic partners, including Volvo Cars and Geely, original equipment manufacturers, vendors and technology providers; (2) Polestar’s ability to maintain relationships with its existing suppliers, source new suppliers for its critical components and enter into longer term supply contracts and complete building out its supply chain; (3) Polestar’s ability to raise additional funding; (4) Polestar’s ability to successfully execute cost-cutting activities and strategic efficiency initiatives; (5) Polestar’s estimates of expenses, profitability, gross margin, cash flow, and cash reserves; (6) the identification and remediation of accounting errors and/or a final assessment of errors already identified that differs significantly from Polestar’s preliminary view of such errors and the successful filing of restatements of any SEC reports; (7) Polestar’s ability to continue to meet stock exchange listing standards; (8) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (9) demand for Polestar’s vehicles or car sale volumes, revenue and margin development based on pricing, variant and market mix, cost reduction efficiencies, logistics and growing aftersales; (10) delays in the expected timelines for the development, design, manufacture, launch and financing of Polestar’s vehicles and Polestar’s reliance on a limited number of vehicle models to generate revenues; (11) increases in costs, disruption of supply or shortage of materials, in particular for lithium-ion cells or semiconductors; (12) risks related to product recalls, regulatory fines and/or an unexpectedly high volume of warranty claims; (13) Polestar’s reliance on its partners to manufacture vehicles at a high volume, some of which have limited experience in producing electric vehicles, and on the allocation of sufficient production capacity to Polestar by its partners in order for Polestar to be able to increase its vehicle production volumes; (14) the ability of Polestar to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (15) risks related to future market adoption of Polestar’s offerings; (16) risks related to Polestar’s current distribution model and the evolution of its distribution model in the future; (17) the effects of competition and the high barriers to entry in the automotive industry and the pace and depth of electric vehicle adoption generally on Polestar’s future business; (18) changes in regulatory requirements (including environmental laws and regulations and regulations related to connected vehicles), governmental incentives, tariffs and fuel and energy prices; (19) Polestar’s reliance on the development of vehicle charging networks to provide charging solutions for its vehicles and its strategic partners for servicing its vehicles and their integrated software; (20) Polestar’s ability to establish its brand and capture additional market share, and the risks associated with negative press or reputational harm, including from electric vehicle fires; (21) the outcome of any potential litigation, including litigation involving Polestar and Gores Guggenheim, Inc., government and regulatory proceedings, tax audits, investigations and inquiries; (22) Polestar’s ability to continuously and rapidly innovate, develop and market new products; (23) the impact of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia and in Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Red Sea; and (24) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in Polestar’s Form 20-F, and other documents filed, or to be filed, with the SEC by Polestar. There may be additional risks that Polestar presently does not know or that Polestar currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

Nothing in this Press Release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Polestar assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future, except as may be required by law.

Appendix A

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss)
(in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated)

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
(in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated)

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated)

Appendix B

Impairment of assets

As of 30 June 2025, management identified indicators of impairment for its Polestar 3 CGU, namely a reduction in forecast gross margin and in sales volumes in the short-term resulting in a decrease in the forecast lifecycle profitability of the vehicle.

The recoverable amount of the Polestar 3 CGU was based on its value in use and calculated based on estimations of future cash flows. Forecast cash flows were discounted using a WACC of 15.5%.

The assumptions used to estimate future cash flows reflect changes in financial conditions and/or expectations since the previous impairment test was performed (31 December 2024), including increases in cost of sales resulting from the imposition of increased tariffs on imported automotive parts for cars assembled in the U.S., and pressures on pricing of electric vehicles, which significantly impacted profitability. As a consequence of less favorable macroeconomic and market conditions than originally anticipated, the recoverable amount of the Polestar 3 CGU was estimated to be USD 25 million, resulting in an impairment loss of USD 739 million presented in cost of sales.

Appendix C

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC

Polestar uses both generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP", i.e., IFRS) and non-GAAP (i.e., non-IFRS) financial measures to evaluate operating performance and for other strategic and financial decision-making purposes. Polestar believes non-GAAP financial measures are helpful to investors as they provide useful perspective on underlying business trends and assist in period-on-period comparisons. These measures also improve the ability of management and investors to assess and compare the financial performance and position of Polestar with those of other companies.

These non-GAAP measures are presented for supplemental information purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. The measures are not presented under a comprehensive set of accounting rules and, therefore, should only be read in conjunction with financial information reported under GAAP when assessing Polestar's operating performance. The measures may not be the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies due to possible differences in calculation methods and items or events being adjusted. A reconciliation between non-GAAP financial measures and the most comparable GAAP performance measures is provided below.

In December 2024, management determined that both Adjusted Operating Loss and Adjusted Net Loss were non-GAAP measures which were no longer needed to be evaluated as they were no longer viewed as relevant measures for understanding the underlying performance of Polestar's core business operations or ongoing performance. Therefore, these measures are no longer being presented.

Non-GAAP financial measures used by management are Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) and Adjusted Gross Margin.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net loss, adjusted to exclude:

• Fair value change - Earn-out rights;
• Fair value change - Class C Shares;
• Finance expense;
• Finance income;
• Income tax benefit (expense);
• Depreciation and amortization¹;
• Impairment of property, plant and equipment, vehicles under operating leases, and intangibles assets;
• Restructuring costs²;
• Gains / losses on disposals of investments³; and
• Unusual other operating income and expenses that are considered rare or discrete events and are infrequent in nature.

1 - Includes (a) depreciation and amortization capitalized into the carrying value of inventory sold (i.e., part of inventory costs), and (b) depreciation and amortization expense.

2 - Restructuring costs include expenses associated with programs that were planned and controlled by management, and materially changed either (a) the scope of a business undertaken by the Group, or (b) the manner in which business is conducted.

3 - Disposals of investments include disposals, by sales or otherwise, of (a) debt or equity financial instruments issued by another entity that are held as investments, (b) intangible assets, (c) property, plant, and equipment, and (d) groups of assets and liabilities representing disposal groups that were transferred together as part of individual transactions.

Management reviews this measure and believes it provides meaningful insight into the core business's underlying operating performance and trends, before the effect of any adjusting items.

The definition of Adjusted EBITDA was refined in December 2024. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended 30 June 2024 is recast for the changed definition. For more information regarding the changes in the Adjusted EBITDA definition, please refer to the section Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the 2024 20-F.

Free Cash Flow

Free Cash Flow is calculated as cash used for operating activities, adjusted to exclude cash flows to acquire property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. This measure is reviewed by management and management considers it to be a relevant measure for assessing cash generated by operating activities that is available to repay debts and spend on other strategic initiatives.

Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) and Adjusted Gross Margin

Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) is calculated as Gross profit (loss), adjusted to exclude expenses arising from the impairment of property, plant and equipment, vehicles under operating leases, and intangibles assets. Adjusted Gross Margin is calculated as Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) divided by revenue. These measures are reviewed by management and management considers them to be useful measures for assessing Polestar's historical operating performance as they facilitate comparison between periods by excluding the non-cash impairment expense, the measurement of which includes significant assumptions related to future periods.

Unaudited reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures

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