WEBVTT 00:00:04.520 --> 00:00:09.440 It all started with Joakim coming to me. 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.480 As I always very excited about something and that was about him 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.200 wanting to show me a special set up that 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:19.200 they put into the Polestar 2. 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.800 When we did the development of Polestar 2. 00:00:22.840 --> 00:00:27.720 with five years of experience, we felt that we can do something 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:31.920 more out of this platform. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.720 It just looked awesome. It was such a beefy, cool stance 00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:39.720 that the car had that was 00:00:39.800 --> 00:00:41.800 such a looker. 00:00:41.800 --> 00:00:44.280 We actually ended up then 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:49.040 having me driving that car that Joakim had built. 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:50.800 Just to kind of experience it. 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:53.360 So it became kind of my commuter car 00:00:53.360 --> 00:00:57.280 that we had always parked in front of headquarters. 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.040 And it ended up being, of course, noticed a lot from visitors who at that point 00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:06.520 in time very often came on weekends to see the Polestar building. 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:09.840 People who went on holidays to Norway passing by. 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:13.480 So this car started to appear in social media. 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:17.840 Suddenly they’re saying, it's the beast, Thomas Beast. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:23.720 And of course out of that, slowly but surely, the BST 00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:28.640 nomenclature for this car derived. 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:33.960 It definitely started the idea about how much such an element is needed 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:36.240 and is part of a company 00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:39.840 that has the expression of being a performance oriented brand 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:44.960 and at the same time being very passionate about the products. 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.040 So one thing is me trying to describe 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.320 what it means to drive this car and how it set up. 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:57.560 But of course you know how much better and how joyful it is to listen to Joakim 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.800 when he describes what's actually happening in that car. 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:07.240 To create the BST we need to have some chassis components. 00:02:07.320 --> 00:02:09.880 First of all, you need to have a tire. 00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:14.480 And together with Pirelli, we have done the development 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.440 of a unique tire for the BST, that fits perfect 00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:20.480 to the rest of the chassis. 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:28.000 We have stiffen up the body with a rally bar and on top of that we have chosen 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.400 the best shock absorber supplier in the world. 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:34.560 It’s Öhlins. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:36.320 And together with Öhlins 00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:40.760 We did a special road and track damper. 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:42.480 That have two ways to adjust. 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:46.760 You can adjust compression and rebound separately. 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.400 But that's not enough. 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:54.280 You need to have experience and passion for what you're creating. 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:59.240 So the BST is a result of passion. 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:01.960 We go outside the box 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.880 and we don't have any kind of limitation. 00:03:04.880 --> 00:03:08.240 We want to create the true performance car. 00:03:33.200 --> 00:03:34.600 The concept BST. 00:03:34.600 --> 00:03:35.960 It has two parts in it. 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.920 On one hand, the subtle stuff, the silver is of course 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:43.040 a rather classic noncontroversial color. 00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:46.280 Then we do the subtle thing of, you know, how do you make it 00:03:46.440 --> 00:03:49.640 that much more beefy and tasty? 00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:53.520 And ok, the Roadster already has quite a stance. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.720 But here we did that extra more stance on each side 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:00.680 and really taking the flares at front and rear that much out. 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:04.160 Of course this makes a car that is much more confident 00:04:04.160 --> 00:04:07.720 and enhances the original design features. 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.600 Then there are the elements which are actually the extrovert stuff. 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:14.680 Where we really turn up the volume beyond ten 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.040 you know, you go to 11. 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:22.320 Boom! There’s not just silver, there's this brake and color split. 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:27.480 It's a rather brutal cut, putting that new other color in there 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:30.840 and then having the graphics play with it and really interacting 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:35.200 and maybe even against the shapes of the car, putting some contrast in it. 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.040 It's like composing a piece of music. 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:40.880 Yeah, there is this is normal rhythm, but then sometimes if you do something 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.000 just off rhythm, just slightly off, 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:48.680 you actually create that tension and that great groove. 00:04:48.760 --> 00:04:50.040 Boom, a spoiler! 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:53.560 I mean, you know, yes, it’s part of the spoiler gang. 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.240 And to start with, 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:59.040 of course, spoilers are there because they have a great function. 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.520 They create the downforce that you need 00:05:01.520 --> 00:05:03.800 if you have that much extra power. 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:07.480 I call it the designer brand Polestar 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:11.480 everything so beautiful and fine and then you put a spoiler on it. 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.440 You know, it can really bring an uproar. 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:18.760 How can you? Shouldn't you integrate it? Shouldn’t you hide it and and blah, blah, blah? 00:05:18.760 --> 00:05:22.560 No, I mean, that is where I really like that it has set all of us. 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:26.560 I call it the ordinary symbol of sports 00:05:26.640 --> 00:05:32.560 because again, it's about contrast and about doing something naughty. 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:41.200 We’re going to Goodwood Festival of Speed and having a concept BST there 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:46.640 and using actually one of our most sporty sports cars, the Roadster, to exhibit 00:05:46.640 --> 00:05:55.200 and to communicate about this BST idea is what that concept this is all about.