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maggio 19, 2021 - Seat

A day with Marc ter Stegen and his plug-in hybrid

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  • The #fcbarcelona player drives his new plug-in hybrid car for the first time and talks about his impressions at the wheel
  • He uses his driving time on his way to a match to concentrate and to talk with his family on the way home
  • Driving emission-free is in addition to other sustainable actions he takes on a daily basis, such as cutting down on the use of plastic and buying 0 km food

For #marcterstegen, starting a good day begins with a good cup of self-made coffee. “At least I try,” he says with a smile. The #fcbarcelona goalkeeper does his best to stick to his daily routines when he doesn’t have to travel to play a match: breakfast, training, spending time with his family... But on this occasion, there’s something new in his daily routine, as for the first time he drives to training in his new car, the CUPRA Formentor e-HYBRID.

-A new routine. After breakfast he gets ready for training. He lives about 25 kilometres from Barça’s Ciutat Esportiva, so he drives his own vehicle to get around. As a CUPRA ambassador, now he’s driving his plug-in hybrid car, the CUPRA Formentor e-HYBRID, and adds a new routine to his life: he checks his electric charger, which is installed in his garage, to make sure the car is fully charged. He’s all set to go. “It’s really easy and convenient. I plug it in at night and in the morning it’s fully charged” says the goalkeeper.

-A space to concentrate. In electric mode, the journey to the training session is also different. “It’s a very different feeling. When I first pressed the starter button, I thought, I’d done something wrong, because it doesn’t make any noise” he jokes, “but you get used to it very quickly, because it’s very quiet.” Ter Stegen uses these moments to concentrate, especially when he plays at the Camp Nou. “Before a game I have little time to concentrate, so on the way there I think about what the game will be like, about the opposing team, about how to approach it with the information I have about them. I also like to listen to music. That helps me to focus.”

-And also to relive a match. Crowds of fans wait for him and his teammates every day outside the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Ter Stegen always greets them from the car to thank them for their support. After a few hours of training, he sets off on his return journey. The Formentor e-HYBRID has a range of 55 kilometres in electric mode, so he didn’t have to recharge it. “This is what I was looking for. It’s no problem for me to always drive in electric mode. Plus, if I need to, I’ve got the option of switching to the combustion engine, and even save some battery time in case I want to go into the city.” On his trips home from matches, the time in the car is spent talking to his wife. “The first thing I do is call my wife. I tell her I’m on my way, what time I’ll get there and we talk about the match. She tells me what she thought of how I played, what my son has done and if he’s already gone to bed.

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