Polestar tries to quantify what it’s like to drive a performance car

According to Ars Technica, the human desire to go fast is old, dating back at least as far as the first time some adventurous Yamnaya saw a horse on the Pontic-Caspian steppe and thought, “I bet if I jumped on that thing’s back, it would be faster than walking.”

A thousand years later, someone else invented the wheel—and the chariot—and humanity was ready to roll. Acceleration, top speed, and lap times are the…

This technology story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Yamnaya and Pontic-Caspian.

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United States · Americas

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Ars Technica

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20 Oct 2026, 20:23 IST

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Yamnaya, Pontic-Caspian

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