Polestar charged into the world of electrified vehicles with the release of the iconic Polestar 1 and continues to push forward at a breakneck pace. The Polestar 1 is a high performance plug-in hybrid, with the Polestar 2 entering the fray as the first fully electric vehicle from the new … [continued]
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In a break from tradition, both of the Polestar production EVs have tied for Business Insider’s “Car of the Year” Honors for 2020!
Polestar aims to cut a path into a fully electric future, starting with the iconic Polestar 1. It takes the best of parent company Volvo’s combustion technology and augments it with electric motors, batteries, controllers, and in-car tech for an experience that pulls drivers into the fully electric future.
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Volvo electric vehicle offshoot Polestar has taken a massive step towards putting its vehicles into the hands of customers with the opening of its first factory in Chengdu, China. The commissioning of the new factory comes as the company announces the start of production of its flagship hybrid Polestar 1 vehicle.
Polestar 1 verification prototypes are now in production in Gothenburg, Sweden. They will be used for various tests and assessments before manufacturing the production version, a 600 horsepower hybrid vehicle with an electric-only range of 150 kilometers (or 93 miles). Sofia Björnesson, Commercial Project Leader for Polestar 1, recently answered some questions for CleanTechnica.
