Full Product Details Exterior – Body
Polestar 1 – Full Product Details PURE, PROGRESSIVE, PERFORMANCE The first car from Polestar, named Polestar 1, forms a halo for the Polestar brand. The Polestar 1 is a two-door, 2+2-seater Grand Tourer Coupé with an ‘Electric Performance Hybrid’ powertrain. A maximum of 500 cars per year will be built. “Most electric cars are fast - that’s a product of the attributes of electric motors. However, for Polestar, performance is far more holistic than just straight-line speed. It’s about acceleration, of course, but it’s also about cornering, braking, suspension control, chassis feedback and steering feel. This is what Polestar calls Progressive Performance,” says Thomas Ingenlath, Chief Executive Officer of Polestar. Exterior – Body BODY IN CARBON FIBER Practically all parts of the body, including the doors, bonnet/hood and boot/trunk lid, are made of carbon fiber (i.e. carbon fiber reinforced polymer, ‘CFRP’ or ‘CRP’) for maximum stiffness, torsional rigidity and lightness. The torsional rigidity is increased by 45% and the structure is lighter-weight than a body in steel. This reduced weight amongst the upper portion of the car also contributes to a lowered center of gravity. Despite the body being made of carbon fiber, the only places the raw carbon fiber material is visible on the exterior is at the lower front and rear sections. When the boot/trunk lid is opened, a structure on the inside is unpainted, and carbon fiber is visible. Benefits The stiff and torsionally rigid body, together with the low center of gravity, contribute to great handling with consistent and precise chassis dynamics.
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