While most people will know Misha Charoudin for driving cars ridiculously fast around the Green Hell, there’s a lot more than meets the eye. Charoudin is a bit of a Volvo fanatic, having owned three of them in his automotive history. Therefore he is certainly qualified to talk about the Polestar 1 while blitzing it around the ‘Ring.
The journey begins in all-electric mode where the Polestar is whisper-quiet, tooling around the entry area. Unlike many of the other vehicles in its class, the Polestar 1 offers a whopping 78 miles (125 kilometers) of range in electric mode. After getting out on track, Charoudin engages the proper hybrid mode where the electric motor and internal combustion engine work in harmony. It’s already clear that although the Polestar 1 is marketed as a GT car, it can still boogie.
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