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The Electric Polestar 2 Performance Pack Is No Match For The Tesla Model 3, But It Is Cheaper
The Electric Polestar 2 Performance Pack Is No Match For The Tesla Model 3, But It Is Cheaper-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:54

Photos : Polestar

You have to love colored seatbelts. Red is great. The light blue belts in the are incredible. Now, the optional performance pack for the electric may not add any more power, but it will wrap you safely in gold, among other things, for around $6,600 (in Europe).

The “base” Polestar 2 has already been labeled a performance electric hatchback, but to take it a little further, Volvo’s electrified performance sister brand will offer an optional performance pack that includes gold-colored four-piston Brembo front brakes, adjustable Öhlins dampers, and 20-inch forged alloy wheels. Oh, and the aforementioned gold-colored seatbelts, along with gold-colored valve caps.

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In Europe, the performance pack will cost an additional 6,000 Euros () on top of the 59,800 Euro (or roughly $66,000) , totaling 65,800 Euros (or roughly $72,500). At current exchange rates, 6,000 Euros is equivalent to approximately $6,600, but both model pricing and option pricing for the Chinese and North American markets will be officially announced at a later date.

(Pricing may very well be less in the U.S. than the directly translated prices above, as is the case with the Tesla Model 3.)

Polestar already has a pretty solid car on their hands, with a 300 kilowatt, or 402 horsepower, all-wheel drive powertrain with 487 lb-ft of torque, powered by a 78 kWh battery pack. I guess with those numbers, Polestar assumes it doesn’t need to boost performance beyond suspension and handling upgrades, and they’re probably right.

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The Polestar 2 is one of the more compelling competitors to the , which is all-wheel-drive with a 75 kWh battery pack powering two motors good for 450 horsepower and 471 lb-ft of torque. The Model 3 also has an impressive 310-mile range, while Polestar has previously announced the 2 is “targeting” an .

While the Tesla clearly has the edge performance-wise, the two cars are pretty close on paper—and in Europe, the Model 3 Performance costs more compared to the Polestar 2 across the board, though it varies by country. In the UK, the Model 3 Performance is versus the (including the ).

But it looks like Polestar will have a slightly more affordable, marginally less capable attractive electric hatchback sedan to take on Tesla, and that’s still a very good place to be.

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