Here's How Polestar Will Build a Carbon-Neutral Car by 2030

• Polestar continues developing its carbon-neutral car, the Polestar 0, which is planned for 2030.

• The company has teamed up with 17 different partners for the project, from traditional automotive industrialists like ZF to a decarbonized research consortium.

• Polestar will encourage owners to hang onto their vehicles, while also ending the common automotive practice of marketing a lightly refreshed vehicle as all-new.

Polestar is a company that doesn't rest on the laurels of the automotive industry. Electrification is the way forward, the Swedish company says, and sustainability doesn't stop there. As the company moves toward its goal of creating a carbon-neutral car, a project known as Polestar 0, the details are starting to fill in. This project will take several years, and Polestar seems to be taking it deadly serious.

The company has already announced 12 new partners in its carbon-neutral construction journey. Fossil-free steel mills, paper-based fiber composite manufacturers, and even a carbon neutrality research consortium have all signed on to help build an environmentally friendly vehicle. Finding the right materials is half the journey to creating a proper car, but it doesn't close the loop entirely. Polestar will still be responsible for manufacturing the car in a way that offsets its environmental byproducts, a challenge that still hinders legacy manufacturers.