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Swedish electric car maker Polestar has announced pricing and specs of the 2026 version of its Polestar 2 sedan with upgrades seen on the inside and out, with faster charging speeds and more range – and without a change in current pricing.
The entry level single motor standard range, which starts at $62,400 before on-roads, features a new 70 kWh battery pack from CATL. This battery pack delivers up to 554 km of WLTP range, up from 546 km.
Along with that, the new battery adds faster charging speeds and now features up to 180 kW of DC charging, up from 135 kW. This means a 10-80% charge time of just 26 minutes, which would help with road trips.
In the long range, the single motor, dual motor and the performance variants are also offered with the larger battery. Their pricing are $66,400, $71,400 and $85,080 plus on roads, respectively.
Multiple add-on packs are also available as was the case with the previous model but with updates.
These are Climate, Pro, Performance and Plus packs and start at $1,500 before going up to $8,980 for the Performance pack. See full inclusions below.
A new exterior colour is also brought in with the new model which the company calls Dune. This will replace Jupiter which was offered in previous model years.
Tint is now applied to rear side windows, in addition to the tailgate window.
The entire 2026 range receives an upgrade to the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor chip, helping with better in car experience.
All Polestar 2s come with a five-year vehicle warranty, complimentary roadside assist, and five years of scheduled servicing.
MY26 cars can now be configured on Polestar’s local website.
Plus pack: Fixed panoramic glass roof with projected Polestar symbol, fully powered front seats including 4-way power lumbar, driver seat memory, front cushion leg extension, backrest storage nets, Harman/Kardon 600W sound system – $4700
Performance pack: Performance software upgrade, 20-inch Performance wheels, Polestar Engineered chassis tuning, Brembo brakes, Ohlins Dual Flow Valve dampers, Swedish gold accents – $8980 (requires Plus pack)
Pro pack: 20-inch graphite Pro alloy wheels, black seatbelt with Swedish Gold stripe, gold valve caps – $1900
Climate pack: Heated rear seats, wiper nozzles, and steering wheel, plus heat pump – $1500
Pilot pack: Pilot Assist, Emergency Stop Assist (Standard inclusion)
Pixel LED adaptive headlights – $1600
Bowers & Wilkins for Polestar – $3500 (Requires Plus pack)
Privacy glass on rear windows – $500
Bridge of Weir animal welfare-secured leather in Zinc with light ash deco – $4800 (Requires Plus pack)
Bridge of Weir animal welfare-secured leather in Charcoal with light ash deco – $4400 (Requires Plus pack)
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.
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I'd love to know how many Polestar 2s are sold to private buyers - nearly every P2 around Sydney is a rideshare, the Splend number plates give them away.
(Jumps onto the NSW RMS registration dashboard…)
Assuming Polestar is included under Volvo, then there are 3442 battery electric Volvos/Polestars registered in NSW as of yesterday, and 2560 of those, or 74.3%, are privately registered.
Tell Polestar we don't car about their Hardon Kardon sound system.....does it have V2G
My Kona has a Hardon Kardon sound system. Is it good? I don't know. Does it provide suitable sound?. Yes, quite clear to my septuagenarian ears.
Only 5 year warranty.
Polestar still playing the option pack extortion game. An optional heat pump that everyone else has standard - bundled with other crap you may not need or want to justify a "package" price. Time to abandon the old petrol sales strategies and design a platform that is cheaper to build, instead of extracting a profit with option packs.