With
the heritage and strength of Volvo and Geely to back it up, Polestar has a
legitimate shot of establishing itself as a key player in the electric vehicle
segment. The
company’s flagship model is the hybrid Polestar 1 and its most important
vehicle is the Tesla Model 3-rivalling Polestar 2 EV. As you can probably tell,
the vehicle presented here isn’t a real Polestar model and instead shows what
one designed for the eventual Roborace championship could look like.
Created
by designer Fabian Brees, the car features an extremely radical body yet is
still identifiable as a Polestar. Most notably, the front-end of the racer,
dubbed the 1K, features sharp LED headlights with daytime running lights with a
similar design to the ‘Thor’s hammer’ used by Polestar and Volvo models.
As
the concept has been designed for Roborace competition, it is devoid of a cabin
and where you’d expect to find the interior is a glass-covered area showing
some of the vehicle’s electrical systems. The
rear of the Polestar 1K is arguably the most radical element thanks to a
massive diffuser and LED taillights that extend into the bodywork. There’s also
a sticker at the rear reading ‘#DeathToAllHumans’. Evidently, Brees had some
fun designing this futuristic race car.
The
Roborace series has been crippled by delays, and when it does launch, human
drivers will pilot the vehicles for the first half of each race before the self-driving
systems take over for the second half. Formula E has become the latest proving
ground for automakers entering the EV space and if Roborace proves successful,
it could also attract car manufacturers looking to perfect their electric
vehicle and autonomous technologies.
