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The Polestar 2 weighs 4,650 pounds — the big battery Model 3 weighs 4,019. 600 pounds is a sizable difference, and you can feel it when taking corners. Still, the Polestar 2 is a rapid vehicle.
The Polestar 2 is also the first car with Google's Android Automotive operating system built in. Polestar 2 is the second car under the Polestar brand after the Polestar 1. Polestar 1 is however a plug-in hybrid and limited production vehicle, making the Polestar 2 the first battery electric vehicle and mass production Polestar vehicle.
Polestar's showroom in Oslo, Norway. In October 2017, Volvo Cars and Geely Holding announced that Polestar would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [27] The brand introduced the Polestar 1 on 17 October 2017, a 2+2 coupé inspired by Volvo's Concept Coupé introduced in 2013, which includes influences from the Volvo P1800.
In March 2022, the Polestar 02 was unveiled in Los Angeles. [1] The vehicle was an electric sports car, making it the first to be so since the Tesla Roadster in 2008. [2]The car featured a 15-inch touchscreen, 2 doors on each side of the car, 4 seats, and a drone going up to 90 kph (56 mph) shooting videos during drives.
But in recent weeks Polestar investors may have begun to question whether the company—which expected to deliver between 60,000 to 70,000 vehicles in 2023—is too small to survive.
Polestar claims it is the fastest production car the brand has made, accelerating from 0–62 mph (0–100 km/h) in 3.8 seconds. The 4 is a two-row coupe crossover , that has a choice of the rear-wheel drive model where the motor is placed at the rear axle, or the performance all-wheel drive model where the motors are placed at both the front ...
The Polestar 1 has a total capacity of 34 kWh [15] arranged in three battery stacks (two packs), fitted behind the rear seats and along the central tunnel. [20] This gives the Polestar 1 an all-electric range of 150 km (93 mi) on the NEDC. Polestar claimed that this was the largest electric range for any plug-in hybrid available at the time. [21]
The Polestar 3 is a battery electric mid-size luxury crossover SUV [7] [8] produced by Swedish manufacturer Polestar, an affiliate of Geely Holding and Volvo Cars, since 2024. The Polestar 3 is the first vehicle to use the SPA2 platform, a vehicle platform which is dedicated to battery-electric vehicles.