Polestar’s large electric SUV, the Polestar 3, has broken the Guinness World Record for longest journey travelled by an electric SUV on a single charge.
Achieving 935.44km on UK public roads, the recently launched long-range single motor variant was driven well beyond the factory-quoted figure of 706km by professional efficiency drivers Sam Clarke, Kevin Booker and Richard Parker.
Polestar is the high-performance EV brand of Volvo Cars, which is owned by Geely.
The production-standard SUV was adjudicated by Guinness World Records’ judge Paulina Sapinska. The attempt took 22 hours and 57 minutes to complete in mixed weather conditions including rain.
Polestar UK MD Matt Galvin said: “While Kevin, Sam and Richard pushed the Polestar 3 to the boundaries of its range capability, it goes to show how battery range has improved exponentially over the past few years. For a large, luxury SUV to go way beyond a London to Edinburgh distance is truly impressive.
He said the car was able to charge 10%-80% in 30 minutes on a 250kW rapid charger.
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