2021 Polestar

I saw this car recently which I did not recognise at the GMEV charging point at Salford Quays and there appears to be nothing on the car to identify it.

The DVLA record shows that it's a 2021 Polestar and looking closely at the photograph I can see that it says 'Polestar Automotive UK Limited' at the bottom of the number plate. Polestar is apparently a sub-brand of the Volvo company and the cars are produced at the Luqiao CMA Super Factory in Luqiao, China.

Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

I've shown photographs previously of cars using the Greater Manchester Electric Vehicle scheme charging point at Salford Quays. There's two charging points there and on rare occasions I've seen a vehicle using one, but recently for the first time I walked past when there were two cars using the facility at the same time.

This is the all-electric Nissan Leaf, introduced in 2010 which uses either a 24 kWh or 30 kWh battery  which give a range of 84 or 107 miles respectively.

This car is the hybrid Volkswagen Golf GTE which has a 1.4 litre petrol engine and a 75 kW electric motor. The car was introduced in 2014 and in all-electric mode has a range of 31 miles.

Tesla

This is another one of those 'only one I've ever seen' vehicles that I photographed at Salford Quays a couple of months ago.

It's a Tesla electric car, and you'll notice that it's plugged into one of the charging points that have been installed around the Greater Manchester area.

It's part of the Greater Manchester Electric Vehicle Scheme, and you can pay for the electricity via a GMEV access card, or pay by phone when you get to a charging bay. The car is a Tesla Model S and you can read about it here.