| Summary of Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment |
The table below shows the changes to the carrying amount of tangible assets and right-of-use that comprises property, plant and equipment: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tangible assets | Right-of-use assets | | | Buildings and land | Machinery and equipment4 | Assets under construc-tion | Buildings and land | Machinery and equipment | Total | | Acquisition cost | | | | | | | | Balance at January 1, 2024 | 8,916 | | 180,945 | | 251,638 | | 122,613 | | 49,832 | | 613,944 | | Additions1 | 5,133 | | 66,874 | | 171,439 | | 32,184 | | 37,894 | | 313,524 | | | Divestments and disposals | (4,525) | | (2,567) | | (651) | | — | | — | | (7,743) | | | Reclassifications | 1,963 | | 250,630 | | (252,593) | | — | | — | | — | | | Cancellations | — | | — | | — | | (39,609) | | (2,100) | | (41,709) | | | Remeasurement | — | | — | | — | | — | | (713) | | (713) | | | Effect of foreign currency exchange differences | (621) | | (19,720) | | (3,637) | | (6,463) | | (1,838) | | (32,279) | | | Balance as of December 31, 2024 | 10,866 | | 476,162 | | 166,196 | | 108,725 | | 83,075 | | 845,024 | | Additions1 | 302 | | 4,973 | | 83,573 | | 10,787 | | 6,039 | | 105,674 | | | Divestments and disposals | (2,730) | | (12,561) | | (2,338) | | — | | — | | (17,629) | | | Reclassifications | 200 | | 118,339 | | (118,539) | | — | | — | | — | | | | | | | | | | Cancellations | — | | — | | — | | (20,438) | | (3,162) | | (23,600) | | | Remeasurement | — | | — | | — | | — | | (1,911) | | (1,911) | | | Effect of foreign currency exchange differences | 811 | | 20,286 | | 16,104 | | 13,121 | | 9,002 | | 59,324 | | | Balance as of December 31, 2025 | 9,449 | | 607,199 | | 144,996 | | 112,195 | | 93,043 | | 966,882 | | | | | | | | | | Depreciation and impairment | | | | | | | | Balance at January 1, 2024 | (2,709) | | (61,174) | | (579) | | (34,291) | | (39,152) | | (137,905) | | | Depreciation expense | (3,542) | | (4,531) | | — | | (24,780) | | (1,543) | | (34,396) | | | Depreciation capitalized into inventory | — | | (15,042) | | — | | — | | (845) | | (15,887) | | | Divestments and disposals | 1,858 | | 1,230 | | — | | — | | — | | 3,088 | | Depreciation expense employee benefits3 | — | | — | | — | | — | | (2,070) | | (2,070) | | | Cancellations | — | | — | | — | | 18,385 | | 1,013 | | 19,398 | | Impairment loss2 | — | | (65,222) | | (72,121) | | — | | (7,152) | | (144,495) | | | Effect of foreign currency exchange differences | 239 | | 1,856 | | — | | 2,517 | | 374 | | 4,986 | | | Balance as of December 31, 2024 | (4,154) | | (142,883) | | (72,700) | | (38,169) | | (49,375) | | (307,281) | | | Depreciation expense | (1,822) | | (5,668) | | — | | (17,620) | | (1,016) | | (26,126) | | | Depreciation capitalized into inventory | — | | (29,327) | | — | | — | | (2,670) | | (31,997) | | | Divestments and disposals | 1,132 | | 3,127 | | — | | — | | — | | 4,259 | | Depreciation expense employee benefits3 | — | | — | | — | | — | | (3,728) | | (3,728) | | | Cancellations | — | | — | | — | | 15,197 | | 2,669 | | 17,866 | | Impairment loss2 | — | | (230,770) | | (32,592) | | (12,948) | | (33,216) | | (309,526) | | | Effect of foreign currency exchange differences | (221) | | (6,816) | | (3,281) | | (5,193) | | (1,845) | | (17,356) | | | Balance as of December 31, 2025 | (5,065) | | (412,337) | | (108,573) | | (58,733) | | (89,181) | | (673,889) | | | | | | | | | | Carrying amount at December 31, 2024 | 6,712 | | 333,279 | | 93,496 | | 70,556 | | 33,700 | | 537,743 | | | Carrying amount at December 31, 2025 | 4,384 | | 194,862 | | 36,423 | | 53,462 | | 3,862 | | 292,993 | |
1 - Of $105,674 in additions for the year ended December 31, 2025, $81,047 has been settled in cash. In the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the amount of $81,047 is included as investing activities in the $158,713 of additions to property, plant and equipment, and the remaining $77,666 relates to additions in trade payables with related parties from prior years which were settled in cash during the year ended December 31, 2025. Of $313,524 in additions for the year ended December 31, 2024, $128,960 has been settled in cash. In the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the amount of $128,960 is included as investing activities in the $147,894 of additions to property, plant and equipment, and the remaining $18,934 relates to additions in trade payables with related parties from prior years which were settled in cash during the year ended December 31, 2024. 2 - From the total impairment loss of $309,526 for the year ended December 31, 2025, $287,771 is part of the total CGU impairment registered in 2025, $25,197 is related to impairment of certain PPE as result from the restructuring initiatives recognized in other research and development expense, offset by $3,442 primarily related to reversals from prior periods. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Polestar 3 CGU and IDP CGU were assessed for impairment, and impairment losses amounting to $144,495 were recognized in cost of sales. 3 - Related to Polestar's company car scheme to its employees. 4 - Balance includes tooling which has been legally sold in structured borrowing transactions - refer to Note 26 - Loans and borrowings - 'Borrowing collateralized with tooling' for details of these financing transactions and the amounts due under them.
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