Posted on 02/27/2019 12:41:55 PM PST by ETL
Volvo's electric performance brand Polestar is unveiling a battery-powered compact car touted as a rival to Tesla's Model 3.
The Polestar 2 is a five-door vehicle with a panoramic glass roof, an all-vegan interior and a battery with enough capacity to drive 500 kilometers under European tests for range measurement, or 275 miles under U.S. testing rules.
With 408 horsepower, it should accelerate from zero to 100 kph (0-62 mph) in under five seconds. Polestar said Wednesday that the car's U.S. price for the launch version will be $55,500 after tax incentives; later a lower-priced version with less range is envisioned.
The car, to be shown at next month's Geneva auto show, becomes available in 2020.
Volvo Car Group, headquartered in Goteborg, Sweden, is a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely.
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Polestar? As in pole dancer? Or something even less seemly? That name would not be gracing my garage.
Had to be a made up video.
I see the interior is vegan.
Are the batteries kosher and the motors halal?
“an all-vegan interior “
I’ll pass. Cant believe a car like this lost its balls. Used to drive a V70 station wagon in college and so did my uncles. Well, actually I probably owned the station wagon because those same uncles told me you could get laid at the back with ample room..
My Tacoma has that too.
The Willys jeep might confuse millennium types because the transfer case has two levers instead of one.
That is way too funny. Somebody ought to put AOC’s face on that chick.
That looks sharp.
Now that you can get cloth heated seats, that’s my favorite.
Used to be they only offered heated with leather.
Razors, shaving cream and pruning sheers not included...
Another person burned to death in a Tesla down in Florida after the batteries caught fire during an accident. The car kept reigniting for some time after the it was put out because it has lithium batteries. I bet those chemicals are really good for the environment.
Polestar was a racing team that built hot rodded Volvos.
Then the Volvo company took them over because the cars became popular.
Not sure about the exact derivation of the name, LOL.
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