Polestar’s in style Sedan is getting an improve.
Early final yr, the spectacular Polestar 2 electrical sedan lastly got here to the U.S. in a barely extra inexpensive package deal than in different areas. At the moment, ten months later, the Swedish carmaker introduced the all-new 2024 Polestar 2 with a slight redesign and longer vary.
Polestar’s 2024 mannequin yr refresh features a minor design change to the entrance finish and tweaks to the battery, vary, energy, and charging speeds. Nevertheless, the largest information is the extra inexpensive single-motor variant is vastly totally different beneath.
The one-motor Polestar 2 new is available in rear-wheel drive as an alternative of FWD, and the newly redesigned (and larger) battery will get it to 300 miles of vary on a single cost. Different specs embody 299 horsepower and 361 pound-feet of torque that’ll get you from 0-60 in solely 5.9 seconds.
For comparability, the 2023 single-motor FWD mannequin this replaces solely delivered round 230HP, 243 pound-feet of torque, and 270 miles of vary. This implies the brand new 2024 mannequin yr is quicker and goes additional, all whereas trying just a little higher.
Polestar’s larger 82 kWh battery pack now affords DC quick charging as much as 205 kW, which is a pleasant little improve as nicely. Twin-motor configurations obtain related efficiency jumps and might even disengage the entrance motor whereas cruising down a freeway for improved vary.
And at last, the one massive change to the entrance finish is a closed-off design together with what Polestar calls the SmartZone. A package deal of tech hiding within the fascia trim with a front-facing digicam and radar sensors, which it’ll use for security options like its driver monitoring system.
These can order the brand new 2024 Polestar 2 at the moment beginning at $48,400, and it’ll ship later this yr.
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