The All-Electric Polestar 2 Wants A Fight With The Tesla Model 3

It's still two years away from production, but the Polestar 2 wants to give the Tesla Model 3 something serious to think about...
The All-Electric Polestar 2 Wants A Fight With The Tesla Model 3

Polestar has confirmed more details about the cars that will follow its intriguing new ‘1’ coupe. As we previously noted, there are plans for a ‘2’ and a ‘3’, and here’s the low-down.

There’s good news for Brits as the company has given the green light to right-hand drive versions of both, after it was revealed that the 1 would only have controls on the left side.

Both the 2 saloon and the 3 SUV will be fully electric, as opposed to hybrid like the 1. The 2 will go head-to-head with the troubled Tesla Model 3 in both size and price. The roughly 4.7-metre four-door will sell for around €40,000 in Europe, or £35,000.

The All-Electric Polestar 2 Wants A Fight With The Tesla Model 3

It will “vividly compete” with the ultra-simple Tesla, says the firm. We can see it having a few more knobs and switches throughout than the minimalist Model 3, but we won’t know for sure until closer to the 2’s planned production phase in early 2020. The launch will come late next year.

Polestar clearly wants to take things slowly, and the Polestar 3 won’t arrive for another two years after that. We now know the 3 will have a low roof line for an SUV, and try to capture a coupe look despite very obviously being a big soft-roader.

The All-Electric Polestar 2 Wants A Fight With The Tesla Model 3

The 3 will join the 1 on the firm’s Chengdu production line in China, but the smaller 2 will be built somewhere else that can handle higher volumes of 50,000 cars or more per year. A location has not yet been decided.

The new cars will be both sold outright as well as being leased on Polestar’s all-encompassing fixed-monthly-price deal, including servicing and insurance. The latter is where the company predicts the market is going. It allows maximum profits – and maximum control over them.

Comments

=ash=

It should be called the Polestar 3 because it wants to fight the Model 3.

02/07/2018 - 12:17 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

But it’s can’t fight the model 3 if it doesn’t come to America, or Europe or Germany.

02/07/2018 - 12:18 |
3 | 2

It actually will be sold in those places

02/07/2018 - 12:23 |
1 | 0

Germany is in Europe.

02/07/2018 - 12:31 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

I would love to buy one, tell me when production is coming out of China. coughpolestar 1cough

02/07/2018 - 12:22 |
2 | 0
Anonymous

This should be made in Finland.

02/07/2018 - 12:31 |
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Jakob

That’s disappointing. I like Volvo because even their SUVs looked good. Like a classic SUV, not one that desperately tries to look sporty. And what do they build now? A freaking coupé-SUV, the dumbest design decision ever made. Not a single coupé-SUV ever made looks good, or at least tolerable. They’re all hideous and this one is no exception.

02/07/2018 - 12:57 |
20 | 2
Anonymous

In reply to by Jakob

I think designing sports-SUVs is actually a rather good decision for a new company as they can gather some serious profits from the segments popularity. At the end of the day, these SUVs are providing significant financial support for already existing sports car brands like Porsche, for example.

02/07/2018 - 16:34 |
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Callum O'Brien

In reply to by Jakob

However, this is polestar’s car. While they are linked to Volvo the upcoming cars will only have switchgear etc from Volvos. Polestar is in charge of design.

02/07/2018 - 17:21 |
4 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Jakob

The Rovers pulled it off

02/08/2018 - 13:11 |
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Mandalore the Ultimate

Coupe means it has 2 doors. It will never, ever mean anything about the roofline. That’s stupid bs and I hope all automakers stop trying to feed everyone this toxic bullshit

02/07/2018 - 13:19 |
4 | 0

Call it SUV sedan then, still looks stupid.

02/07/2018 - 16:49 |
3 | 0

4 door coupes?

02/08/2018 - 07:49 |
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ThatDudeThatFapsToSupras

Well as long as they get out the door they’ll have a fighting chance, oh wait

02/07/2018 - 14:55 |
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ThatMercFan🅱️oi (EDM ftw) (Likes Aventadors) (O

Atleast, this one has FM.

02/07/2018 - 15:28 |
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LoneWolfer

next brand wagon eletric SUV, not the big ones

02/07/2018 - 15:46 |
0 | 0
RWB Dude

Well it already won the fight cuz the Model 3 is sh!t

02/07/2018 - 16:15 |
0 | 0

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