https://jalopnik.com/the-polestar-1-is-a-wildly-advanced-600-hp-hybrid-sport-1819498743
Polestar has been Volvo’s in-house performance brand since 1996, providing higher-performance versions of Volvo cars, much like Mercedes-Benz’s AMG or BMW’s M. You know how that works. Now, though, Volvo is spinning Polestar off into its own unique brand, with Polestar-badged cars that, while they may share some technology with Volvo, will not be just re-worked Volvo S90s or whatever. Meet the first of that: Polestar 1.
Polestar’s future is pinned on the motion of electrons through conductors instead of chemical explosions in cylindrical chambers, but they’re wisely starting off with a hybrid car for the Polestar 1, which I think is a good idea given the current fetal state of the global electric charging infrastructure.
Before I talk about the new car in a lot of detail, let me just give you some quick basic specs so you won’t have to dig: the Polestar 1 is a 600 horsepower plug-in hybrid that also makes an insane 737 lb-ft of torque. That power is divided between a pair of electric motors, one for each rear wheel, that make 218 HP, with the remaining 382 HP coming from Volvo’s Drive-E 2.0-liter four-banger driving the front wheels.
Polestar has been Volvo’s in-house performance brand since 1996, providing higher-performance versions of Volvo cars, much like Mercedes-Benz’s AMG or BMW’s M. You know how that works. Now, though, Volvo is spinning Polestar off into its own unique brand, with Polestar-badged cars that, while they may share some technology with Volvo, will not be just re-worked Volvo S90s or whatever. Meet the first of that: Polestar 1.
Polestar’s future is pinned on the motion of electrons through conductors instead of chemical explosions in cylindrical chambers, but they’re wisely starting off with a hybrid car for the Polestar 1, which I think is a good idea given the current fetal state of the global electric charging infrastructure.
Before I talk about the new car in a lot of detail, let me just give you some quick basic specs so you won’t have to dig: the Polestar 1 is a 600 horsepower plug-in hybrid that also makes an insane 737 lb-ft of torque. That power is divided between a pair of electric motors, one for each rear wheel, that make 218 HP, with the remaining 382 HP coming from Volvo’s Drive-E 2.0-liter four-banger driving the front wheels.
