The car with no rear window mixes a supercar structure with Tesla acceleration.
for creating a special driving experience, and good steering is a core component of that mission.
"If you start with ride, you can put the handling in later," said Steven Swift, head of vehicle engineering."If you nail the car down first with [anti-roll] bars and things, it's almost impossible to get the ride back." As with most electric cars, the battery mounts under the floor and, taking a page from Porsche's Taycan playbook, there are empty spaces in the battery pack in front of the rear seat called"foot garages" that allow the seat to be mounted lower without pushing the passengers' knees into their chins. This in turn allows for the low, sweeping roof to feature a panoramic sunroof without causing adults sitting back there to hit their heads on the ceiling.
The bonded-aluminum chassis and compact suspension design allow for a lower hood and roofline than any Volvo platform would, and"vehicle lowness" is one of Polestar's core brand values. Althoughwould be even more aerodynamic, Polestar is willing to trade a tiny bit of efficiency for a more striking design.
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