Polestar 1 makes its American debut at Pebble Beach

The Polestar 1 is a high-performance plug-in hybrid coupe created to compete with the Tesla Model S

Following its official presentation at the Geneva Motor Show, the Polestar 1 is now on tour trying to conquer new markets. And if there is one particularly important market for this new coupé, That is none other than the United StatesPolestar, a brand now dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of high-performance vehicles with a certain degree of electrification, has considered Pebble Beach in California to be the perfect place to introduce its new coupe to the American public.

200 clients in the United States They have already made a first deposit to get hold of this plug-in hybrid. The highest number of reservations achieved among all the countries in which it will be sold. Something that is not surprising if one takes into account that it is precisely in the United States where the Swedish brand hopes to sell most units of the Polestar 1.

Looking at the images, the design of the Polestar 1 is too reminiscent of a Volvo. This is not surprising if we take into account that initially This was going to be the design of the Volvo S90 Coupe, but the Swedish brand finally decided to go electric with the help of Polestar.

Polestar 1 will be manufactured in China

This high-performance coupe is scheduled to go into production in the middle of next year at the Chengdu factory in China. This is to be Polestar's production center, where they plan to initially manufacture 500 units during the first year, subsequently increasing production in the following years. The Chengdu factory has been created to become the most efficient in the world in the manufacture of vehicles, and it is here that Polestar will also manufacture the Polestar 2 -direct competitor of the Tesla Model 3- and the Polestar 3 -which will rival the Tesla Model X-. In the future, it is even possible that the Polestar 4 -a convertible model- will also be produced at these facilities.

The Polestar 1 is a plug-in hybrid with a range in all-electric mode of 150 kilometers. On those occasions when this distance is exceeded, it also has a 2000 cc four-cylinder gasoline engine supercharged by a turbocharger. The combined power of the vehicle, adding the two electric motors, is 600 horses to 1000 Nm of torque.

Carbon fiber in its structure

Polestar engineers have worked hard to improve the vehicle's efficiency and performance, using carbon fiber reinforced polymers instead of steel in some of its components. In this way They have been able to reduce their weight by 227 kg.

All this advanced technology integrated into the Polestar 1 has as a counterpart the final price to be paid by anyone who wants to get one, which in Europe will be 155 thousand euros.