Updated Polestar 2 features exteded range and single motor

(Pocket-lint) - As 1 of the dedicated brands delivering electric-only cars, Polestar holds a bully spot successful the market. And now, with its updated Polestar 2, it's aiming to summation a amended foothold successful the much budget-friendly broadside of the market. While this is each relative, the information that it inactive retains the aforesaid prime means that it's a coagulated option.

So, what's antithetic then? Mostly it's the information that it present comes with the enactment of having a azygous centrifugal up beforehand driving the beforehand wheels only, compared to dual motors driving each 4 wheels. That, and the information that determination are antithetic artillery options to spell on with the azygous centrifugal configuration.

Weirdly enough, the azygous centrifugal has 2 antithetic powerfulness outputs depending connected the artillery size you choose, though this mightiness beryllium down to however the centrifugal pairs with the battery, arsenic the acceleration show is claimed to beryllium identical.

The scope is 1 of the apical takeaways from the caller spec. The azygous centrifugal with the aforesaid 78kWh artillery battalion arsenic the dual centrifugal has a claimed scope of up to 336 miles (542km), portion the 64kWh enactment lone comes successful astatine 275 miles (444km). For reference, the dual centrifugal enactment claims it tin bash 300 miles (482km).

Pricing successful the UK starts astatine £39,900 for the azygous centrifugal with the smaller battery. This puts it astatine astir £1000 little than the cheapest Tesla Model 3, its closest rival. Nicely done to undercut the competition, then.

Writing by Claudio Rebuzzi. Originally published connected 13 August 2021.