The Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 is gorgeous, fast, and extremely rare. As the name implies, a mere 270 will be produced and divided among lucky customers in North America, China, and Europe. On the surface, the Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 (BST being short for Beast) is a super cool, super quick electric car that has already generated quite a buzz. 

“We had a great reaction to the specially modified Polestar 2 we showed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2021, and the response made it clear,” explained Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO. “We should create a version like that for production.”

Betting On An Electrified Horse

Beyond the spec sheet – which we will get to in a moment – the timing of the Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 is excellent. Yet this year, Polestar intends to list on the Nasdaq in a proposed business combination with Gores Guggenheim, Inc. (Nasdaq: GGPI, GGPIW, and GGPIU). Gores Guggenheim is a purpose-driven acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, LLC and by an affiliate of Guggenheim Capital, LLC.
Here is how Gores Guggenheim describes what they do verbatim: “Our strategy is to identify and complete business combinations with market-leading companies with strong equity stories that will benefit from the growth capital of the public equity markets and be enhanced by the experience and expertise of Gores’ and Guggenheim’s long history and track record of investing in an...