The Green Blind Spot 107 companies · measured 2026-09-02

Automotive · rank 13 of 107

0.89grams of CO2 per visit

Polestar's website emits 0.89 g of CO2 per visit, 2.5× the worst passing grade.

That is 0.79 g below the cohort median of 1.68 g, and puts the site in the lightest 25% of the 107 companies ranked this edition.

Grade F on the Sustainable Web Design scale. How grades A+ to F are set.

The numbers behind it

1 of 3in Automotive
5.7 MBmedian page weight
1.8 tCO2 a year from the pages measured
30 pagesmeasured, covering 88% of traffic
Fgrade, unadjusted scale

Annual figures cover the 30 pages I measured and estimated organic search traffic only, so the real total is higher. Coverage is published so you can judge how representative the number is.

One visit ≈ a 10-watt LED bulb for 11 minutes. A year of estimated search visits to the pages measured ≈ driving a new car 18,900 km. What these numbers mean

Where this site sits in the cohort

rank 1 · 0.49 grank 107 · 7.65 g

Grades A+ to E: up to 0.36 g. No company here.

  1. A+up to 0.040 g0 companies
  2. Aup to 0.079 g0 companies
  3. Bup to 0.145 g0 companies
  4. Cup to 0.209 g0 companies
  5. Dup to 0.278 g0 companies
  6. Eup to 0.359 g0 companies
  7. Fabove 0.359 g107 companies

Polestar is the dark bar. The band along the bottom is every passing grade, A+ to E.

Against the other automotive companies

Polestarrank 13 overall · lightest 25% 0.89 g
Rivianrank 96 overall · heaviest 25% 3.65 g
NIOrank 107 overall · heaviest 25% 7.65 g

Bars share one scale within the sector, lightest first. Automotive companies I couldn't measure fairly are listed on the withheld page. See all automotive companies.

Why this company is in the index

Listed because: EV performance brand.

Claims: Cleantech

Inclusion is based on a company's own public claims, never on whether it is a client of mine. How this is measured.

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Cite this: The Green Blind Spot, 2026-Q3 edition, Baba SEO. https://greenblindspot.com/2026-q3/company/polestar-com/