{"id":37731,"date":"2022-12-07T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37731"},"modified":"2022-12-07T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:04:05","slug":"1138067_polestar-2-s-68-hp-performance-upgrade-priced-at-1-195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37731","title":{"rendered":"Polestar 2&#8217;s 68-hp performance upgrade priced at $1,195"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polestar in May announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1135759_2023-polestar-2-price-specs-review-photos-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">round of updates for the Polestar 2<\/a> for the 2023 model year.<\/p>\n<p>Among the updates was an available power upgrade for the Long Range Dual Motor grade, which ups output by 68 hp and 15 lb-ft of torque, bringing the new totals to 476 hp and 502 lb-ft.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Polestar on Tuesday announced the power upgrade, installed via an over-the-air update, will cost $1,195, which brings the total price of a Polestar 2 with the upgrade to $54,495, including a $1,400 destination charge. The Swedish performance marque also said the cost is a one-time payment, as a opposed to a \u201chassle\u201d like a subscription\u2014a dig at Mercedes-Benz&#8217;s recent decision to offer a power boost on some of its EVs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137925_mercedes-benz-ev-1-200-acceleration-increase-subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via a $1,200 annual subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The extra horsepower means the Polestar 2 will reach 60 mph from rest in 4.2 seconds, down from 4.5 seconds. Polestar said mid-range acceleration also gets a boost, with acceleration from 50-75 mph taking 2.2 seconds, or 0.5 seconds quicker than stock.<\/p>\n<p>For buyers seeking more performance in their Polestar 2, the compact electric hatch can also be fitted with a Performance Pack that adds key chassis mods like \u00d6hlins dampers and upgraded wheels, tires and brakes. The Performance Pack costs $5,500.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1129372_first-drive-review-2021-polestar-2-courses-with-a-different-kind-of-luxury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polestar 2 arrived for 2021<\/a> and saw the lineup expanded with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1131901_2022-polestar-2-price-specs-review-photos-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">single-motor grade for 2022<\/a>. Taking a leaf out of Tesla&#8217;s playbook, Polestar plans to offer continual updates to its lineup, with the 2023 Polestar 2&#8217;s changes also including new design options and more range on some grades. More significant changes are in the pipeline, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137036_2024-polestar-2-spy-shots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent sighting of a camouflaged prototype<\/a> points to some styling tweaks being readied, possibly for 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polestar in May announced a round of updates for the Polestar 2 for the 2023 model year. Among the updates was an available power upgrade for the Long Range Dual Motor grade, which ups output by 68 hp and 15 lb-ft of torque, bringing the new totals to 476 hp and 502 lb-ft. Polestar on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}