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The test drive held 'round the world

As we never tire of saying, the Polestar 1 was highly anticipated. A select few had been given the opportunity to experience our electric performance hybrid. They were limited to our proving ground in Hällered, a quiet spot in western Sweden, far from prying eyes. But how to introduce Polestar 1 to the world, and give those other would-be drivers a few minutes behind the wheel?

The answer came in the form of test drive events, arranged in different parts of the world: the postcard-perfect Northern California coast, the storied avenues of Florence, and the mountain roads of Chengdu, each location serving as a nexus for local journalists to take our electric performance hybrid for a spin.

They came. They drove. They reviewed. Words from Bloomberg, Motor1, Engadget, Jalopnik, and more helped to confirm that we're not alone in our adoration for the electric performance hybrid.

Read their impressions above.

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