Motorcycle or suitcase? Polestar’s SLR salt lake RACER prototype.

Ever thought about putting in some high speed runs on Bonneville Salt Flats? Chances are you weren’t thinking about doing it on something like this; Polestar’s SLR concept.

We like to showcase the weird and wonderful of the motorcycling world – and while the Polestar SLR is weirder than most, we thought it was well worth a look. So what is it? Well, SLR stands for Salt Lake Runner – meaning the prototype has been designed to break speed records on salty lakes. Yes. You read the right.

Interestingly, electric vehicle specialist Polestar is owned by Volvo (and in turn, a Chinese company) – so there’s clearly some serious money in the background. Which presents the question, why on earth would they choose to design this?

The minimalist battery-powered machine can’t turn, comes with hidden, foldable footrests, minimal ground clearance, basic suspension and hides a battery under its seat.

At this stage, there’s no official technical data available, so we’ve got no idea just how well it performs – but we’d be well up for putting it through its paces if it ever goes into productions. Speaking of which, designer Arthur Martins has said that he’s working on a street-legal version so maybe we won’t have to wait too much longer.