Volvo Reinvents Its Racing Arm Polestar To Take On Tesla
Santa Claus will be using the Pole Star to help guide his sleigh this Christmas. But get ready for a shiny new Polestar in the New Year 鈥?with a British car boss leading the way as the Swedes aim to take on Elon Musk's Tesla. Swedish car maker Volvo, owned by China's giant Geely, has reinvented its racing arm Polestar as a stand-alone 'electric performance brand' to spearhead their electric revolution with cars you can only order online. Polestar's chief operating officer, Jonathan Goodman, a veteran of Volvo and Peugeot, is charged with innovating to outdo market leader Tesla. It is powered by a 2-litre four-cylinder 340 hp petrol engine linked to two electric motors driving the rear axle which together create an additional 260 hp. The combined 600 hp will propel the car from rest to 62 mph in under four seconds up to a top speed of 155 mph. Bosses say it will have the longest electric-only range of any hybrid 鈥?some 93 miles (150 km). The cars will be built at Polestar's purpose-built factory in Chengdu, China. So far 600 orders have been taken. Polestar plans 500 a year at a hefty 拢155,000 鈥?or 拢1,000 for every 1 mph. Thereafter, all future Polestars will be pure electric. Ready to order: The cars will be built at Polestar's purpose-built factory in Chengdu, China. But perhaps the biggest change is that customers can only order cars online via an app. Drivers can choose to pay a flat-rate monthly subscription. After-sales servicing and maintenance will be carried out by Polestar staff at selected Volvo dealership garages.
Inside this luxury sports car, the high-class materials, colours and shapes of the stunning interior are designed to give a thrill of pure sportiness and exclusive sensuousness. High-grade AMG carbon-fibre or matt silver glass fibre trim helps with the overall impression. The centre console is a dominant feature and has controls that are arranged like the cylinders of a V8 engine, with a choice of finishes available. The newly developed AMG 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine nestled under the bonnet of the Mercedes-AMG GT has 462 hp output and torque of 600 Newton-metres and in the Mercedes-AMG GT S, 510 hp output and torque of 650 Newton-metres. AMG's 'one man, one engine' principle sees each engine assembled by hand in the Affalterbach engine shop. To increase performance, the two turbochargers are located not on the outside of the cylinder banks but rather in the hot inside V of the engine block, enabling an optimized airflow and optimal engine throttle response. An intelligent lightweight deign and sophisticated drive concept sees the weight balance shifted to the rear in the Mercedes-AMG GT. The optimized weight balance of 47:53 between front and rear axle is realized with the transaxle layout.
Audi unveiled the e-tron GT Concept at this year鈥檚 LA Auto Show. It鈥檚 the offspring of a collaborartion and Porsche, using the same platform and battery pack as the Taycan. Starting with performance, Audi claims an all-electric range of 400 km, although that figure could change in the production car. The e-tron GT Concept can also be charged to 80% of its capacity in just 20 minutes using its 800-volt system for a range just shy of 320 km. The 590 PS dual-motor setup enables it to do the 0-100 km/h sprint in around 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 240 km/h. But what is it like to drive? According to Engadget鈥檚 Roberto Baldwin, pretty enjoyable, even at cruising speeds around LA. He did mention that the suspension isn鈥檛 ready for production, though, but other than that, what you see is mostly what you鈥檒l get. The concept car is a total tech fest, boasting touch-sensitive controls throughout the cabin and a surprisingly futuristic steering wheel which will also make it in the final item, according to the reviewer. In fact, the entire vehicle is about 鈥?5% ready to go into production鈥? he added.
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