Polestar represents the performance luxury brand of Volvo.Remember Polestar? Volvo's luxury performance brand that once made the Swedish firm's car cool? The Rebel Blue models immediately indicated the Volvo you saw was a Polestar performance model.
"South Africa is the only market on the African continent currently offering this latest Polestar Engineered Optimisation package for the renowned plug-in hybrid T8 powertrains," said Greg Maruszewski, managing director at Volvo Car South Africa. The Polestar-developed software unlocks extra power in the mid-range. Also, it provides faster throttle response, more rapid gear shifts and better control during cornering, the latter thanks to the intelligent shift schedule. Furthermore, improved balance in the corners and better traction at take-off come courtesy of the bespoke all-wheel-drive calibration.
As such, T8 versions of the XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid still offer a generous 81km of all-electric range, while the equivalent XC90 Recharge plug-in hybrid derivatives can deliver up to 77km of zero-emissions driving .