Polestar - A new business model. Polestar 1 is built on Volvo's Scalable Product Architecture and is powered by hybrid-electric drive, with two electric motors driving the rear wheels and Volvo's Drive-E supercharged and turbocharged gasoline engine driving the front wheels. Total power output is 600 horsepower and Polestar 1 can be driven in fully electric mode for 150 kilometres.