Polestar, uhlobo olulungiselela i-Volvos ukuncintisana nezimoto zezemidlalo, njengoba singabona nge-S60 e-Nürburgring, ephula irekhodi lama-sedans, izothuthukisa uhla oluphelele lwezimoto zikagesi.
Siyabonga ukwesekwa Inkampani yabazali baseShayina iGeely, iVolvo kanye nesilungisi sayo, bazokhiqiza lonke uhla lwezimoto zikagesi ngenhloso yokukhipha ukuthengiswa kweVolkswagen Group.
UThomas Ingenlath, owayeyiPhini Likamongameli Wezomklamo kwaVolvo, futhi njengamanje oyi-CEO yePolestar ukushilo lokho
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokubhekana nenselelo yokuthuthukisa uhla lwemikhiqizo nokudlulisa uthando ithimba lonke lePolestar elinalo. Isahluko esilandelayo endabeni ye-Polestar siyaqala nje."
Lezi Polestar zikagesi ezintsha izosebenzisa amapulatifomu amasha akwaVolvo, ebizwa nge-SPA (Scalable Product Architecture), esetshenziswa kuVolvo XC60, XC90 kanye ne-V90 ne-S90, kanye ne-CMA (Compact Modular Architecture). Isizukulwane esisha sezimoto zikagesi ezivela ku-preparer esekwe ku-SPA sizofika kulo nyaka wonke.
Manje, uphiko olukhethekile lweVolvo ngeke lushiye umsebenzi walo wokuklama futhi ukuthuthukisa amamodeli wendlu yaseSweden ngokuncintisana nezimoto zezemidlalo, kungaba kuphela ukuhlukaniswa komkhiqizo ukulungiselela ukusebenza okuphezulu kwezimoto zikagesi. Ubani owaziyo uma, esikhathini esizayo, bengakwazi ukuhlwitha irekhodi kuthrekhi ye-German Nordschleife esigabeni sezimoto zikagesi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kungenzeka ukuthi i-Polestar, futhi ekugcineni iqembu le-Geely, izofakwa kuFomula E, into i-CEO yakwaVolvo, u-Håkan Samuelsson, ayisho kudala.
I-Polestar izoba ngumkhiqizi omuhle emakethe esafufusa yezimoto zezemidlalo zikagesi. Ngayo, kufanele sinikeze izimoto ezithembekile ezifakwe ugesi kubashayeli abawudinga kakhulu, kuzo zonke izingxenye zemakethe,” kusho uSamuelsson, oyisikhulu kwaVolvo.
Lo mqeqeshi, owayekhona ithengwe ngo-2015 ngabakwaVolvo, bebelungisa futhi bethuthukisa izimoto kusukela ngo-1996.