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Written by Jack Rix
You probably know a bit about Polestar by now the racing team that became Volvo"s tuning arm, that became a standalone electric performance brand in 2017. You might even have gazed longingly at the company"s first car, the Polestar 1, a 600bhp plug-in hybrid coupe costing 155,000 and limited to 1,500 units. But frankly the 1 is just eye candy - in Polestar"s masterplan, the 2 is the one that matters. This is Polestar"s Tesla Model 3 rival, and it"s not shying away from the fact either, name-checking the Model 3 in the fourth line of its press release. And why wouldn"t you? Tesla is close to selling 500,000 a year of its first, truly mass-market EV because it offers a range of over 300 miles, it"s fast, it appeals to tech lovers and it"s relatively affordable. Polestar has been taking notes. The 2 is an all-electric, 4WD, five-door saloon-shaped hatchback or fastback" according to Polestar - with a 311-mile range from its 78kWh battery, 402bhp and a 0-62mph time of less than five seconds. By comparison the long-range, AWD Model 3 (that"s not the 444bhp M3-rivalling performance version, by the way) has a 338-mile range (the longest of any WLTP certified EV) from its 74kWh battery, 341bhp and 0-62mph in 5.1 seconds. Spot any similarities? Not that we"re complaining you understand
Date written: 27 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14980
You probably know a bit about Polestar by now the racing team that became Volvo"s tuning arm, that became a standalone electric performance brand in 2017. You might even have gazed longingly at the company"s first car, the Polestar 1, a 600bhp plug-in hybrid coupe costing 155,000 and limited to 1,500 units. But frankly the 1 is just eye candy - in Polestar"s masterplan, the 2 is the one that matters. This is Polestar"s Tesla Model 3 rival, and it"s not shying away from the fact either, name-checking the Model 3 in the fourth line of its press release. And why wouldn"t you? Tesla is close to selling 500,000 a year of its first, truly mass-market EV because it offers a range of over 300 miles, it"s fast, it appeals to tech lovers and it"s relatively affordable. Polestar has been taking notes. The 2 is an all-electric, 4WD, five-door saloon-shaped hatchback or fastback" according to Polestar - with a 311-mile range from its 78kWh battery, 402bhp and a 0-62mph time of less than five seconds. By comparison the long-range, AWD Model 3 (that"s not the 444bhp M3-rivalling performance version, by the way) has a 338-mile range (the longest of any WLTP certified EV) from its 74kWh battery, 341bhp and 0-62mph in 5.1 seconds. Spot any similarities? Not that we"re complaining you understand
Date written: 27 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14980
