Meadowhall Sheffield: Swedish electric car company Polestar opens megamall's first showroom

The Swedish brand has launched on the upper floor of The Avenue, its eighth ‘Space’ in the UK. The firm has previously had a car parked in the middle of the lower Avenue. Prices start at £45,000.

A Polestar spokesperson said on-site test drives were available., with options for deliveries to home or office addresses. The shopping centre is helping encourage electric car uptake in Sheffield by installing 30 charging points, they added.

And with Sheffield City Council creating a Clean Air Zone last year in a bid to increase air quality in the city, Polestar is “keen to contribute further to Sheffield’s green revolution.”

It is the latest business on The Avenue to offer an alternative to traditional shops. Bowling alley Club Social is on the ground floor.

A Frasers department store and Sports Direct are due to open by the end of October in the former Debenhams at the end of the mall.