Polestar 2

There’s 405L of boot space, expanding to 1095L with the rear seats folded. Under the boot floor, there’s a 41L compartment. There’s also a 41L front storage compartment.

Polestar 2 models feature a tyre repair kit.

All models have a braked towing capacity of 1500kg.

For 2024, All models now come standard with blind-spot monitoring and assist, cross-traffic alert and assist, reverse autonomous emergency braking and a surround-view camera, though adaptive cruise control remains an option.

The Polestar 2 has a five-star Euro NCAP rating.

It received an adult occupant protection score of 93 per cent, a child occupant protection score of 89 per cent, a vulnerable road user protection score of 80 per cent, and a safety assist score of 86 per cent.

Standard safety equipment includes:

• Autonomous emergency braking with cyclist and pedestrian detection and steering assistance
• Oncoming Lane Mitigation (steers the car back into its lane if you veer into the path of an oncoming vehicle)
• Run-Off Road Mitigation (steers the car back onto the road if it detects you’ll veer off of it)
• Lane-keep assist
• Traffic sign recognition
• Driver attention monitoring
• Eight airbags
• Reversing camera with front and rear parking sensors

The Standard Range Single Motor uses a 69kWh battery, while all other variants use an 82kWh battery. All use nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry.

WLTP range for the 2024 Polestar 2 line-up is as follows:

• Standard Range Single Motor: 532km
• Long Range Single Motor: 654km
• Long Range Dual Motor: 591km

The Polestar 2 can be DC fast-charged at up to 135kW with the 69kWh battery and 205kW with the 82kWh battery. Both batteries can be charged at up to 11kW on AC power.

WLTP energy consumption is as follows:

• Standard Range Single Motor: 14.8-15.9kWh/100km
• Long Range Single Motor: 14.9-15.8kWh/100km
• Long Range Dual Motor: 16.0-17.2kWh/100km

The 2024 Polestar 2 offers a choice of three electric powertrains.

Single-motor variants get a new, more powerful electric motor with 220kW and 490Nm – up from 170kW and 330Nm, respectively. That reduces the 0-100km/h time by 1.2 seconds to 6.2 seconds.

Dual-motor variants now have a rear-wheel bias “that increases driving pleasure and performance”, with the rear motor now the primary drive source. It’s joined by a new asynchronous motor on the front axle which can be disengaged when not needed.

Outputs are increased from 300kW and 660Nm to 310kW and 740Nm, and the 0-100km/h claim is 4.5 seconds.

With the Performance Pack, power is bumped up to 350kW and the 0-100km/h time is cut to 4.2 seconds. This extra grunt can also be purchased and download over-the-air on any eligible Long Range Dual Motor vehicles.

There’s a new 82kWh battery for Long Range models sourced from CATL, with DC charging speed now up to 205kW – up from 155kW. The base battery continues to be a 69kWh unit, but it’s now supplied by LG Chem.

Range is up by 58km in the Standard Range Single Motor, 114km in the Long Range Single Motor, and 111km in the Long Range Dual Motor.

The Polestar 2 is covered by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty with an eight-year, 160,000km battery warranty.

All models come with free servicing and roadside assistance for five years.