Polestar introduced the cumulative manufacturing of the Polestar 2 mannequin exceeded 150,000 for the reason that mannequin entered manufacturing in China in 2020.
The Polestar 2 is the model’s first quantity mannequin, and first all-electric automotive, after a halo plug-in hybrid Polestar 1, which was restricted to a really small variety of models.
In line with Polestar, greater than 20,000 Polestar 2 have been offered in the UK, the place throughout the first seven months of 2023, the corporate achieved a really excessive 174 p.c improve in new registrations.
By the way in which, the 100,000th Polestar 2 was handed over to a buyer in Dublin, Eire, which signifies that the European market is essential for the model.
Most just lately, Polestar began deliveries of the considerably upgraded 2024 Polestar 2 model, introduced in January. This model brings a brand new, extra environment friendly AWD powertrain, an all-new RWD powertrain (as an alternative of FWD), and a brand new 82-kilowatt-hour battery, which replaces the earlier 78-kWh one.
Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO, mentioned: “The upgraded Polestar 2 is one of the best model so far. With improved software program, higher high quality, longer vary and sooner charging, it’s the foundation from which we proceed to develop our enterprise.”
The European Polestar 2 with an 82-kWh battery and single-motor (RWD) powertrain has a WLTP vary of 406 miles (654 km). This battery pack may recharge at as much as 205 kilowatts of energy.
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In the long term, Polestar is getting ready to increase its lineup to a number of fashions, together with the Polestar 3 efficiency SUV (a direct cousin of the Volvo EX90), Polestar 4 sporty crossover/SUV, Polestar 5 efficiency 4-door GT (based mostly on the Principle idea) and the Polestar 6, a 2+2 hardtop convertible (based mostly on the Polestar O2 idea).
The Polestar 3 shall be produced in the US, though so far as we all know, the opposite upcoming fashions shall be produced in China. The ties with China are sturdy, similar to within the case of Volvo, as each corporations are a part of the broader Geely group.