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Polestar 1 road tests – Spain

It wasn’t easy leaving the Arctic Circle for the Mediterranean, but the Polestar 1 steering software won’t test itself.

Close-up of the left front wheel on a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight.
Polestar 1 in the colour White Snow parked in front of a palm tree.
Two Polestar 1 cars parked in front of an industrial building with three men walking next to the cars.
A Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on a road.
Close-up of the left front wheel on a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight.
Front view of a pristine Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on the road.
The back of a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on a village road.
Polestar 1 in the colour White Snow parked in front of a palm tree.
Close-up of the text Polestar 1 Prototype #018 on the rear of a Polestar car.
A man with a computer configuring software inside a Polestar 1.
A Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight parked under a outdoor garage roof.
Two Polestar 1 cars driving in an alley.
Front view of a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on a road.
People inspecting a Polestar 1 parked on the side of a road.
Polestar 1 in the colour White Snow parked in front of a palm tree.
Two Polestar 1 cars parked in front of an industrial building with three men walking next to the cars.
A Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on a road.
Close-up of the left front wheel on a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight.
Front view of a pristine Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on the road.
The back of a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on a village road.
Polestar 1 in the colour White Snow parked in front of a palm tree.
Close-up of the text Polestar 1 Prototype #018 on the rear of a Polestar car.
A man with a computer configuring software inside a Polestar 1.
A Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight parked under a outdoor garage roof.
Two Polestar 1 cars driving in an alley.
Front view of a Polestar 1 in the colour Black Midnight driving on a road.
People inspecting a Polestar 1 parked on the side of a road.

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Therefore, the Polestar engineers and technicians traded pine trees for palm trees, traded their boots for flip-flops, and left Jokkmokk (with its May temperatures of 9 degrees) for Barcelona. We made sure to document the process, which you can see in the gallery.

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