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So many cars today use a front- or all-wheel drive layout, but the updated Polestar 2 now uses a rear-wheel-drive setup
When the Polestar 2 first launched, its single-motor variant came only with power going to the front wheels.
But now, the MY24 Polestar 2 has ditched front-drive for a rear-wheel drive layout.
At the Australian launch of the updated 2 sedan, Polestar Australia’s senior manager of customer service Matt McCroarey said that the reason behind the change came down to a few factors.
“We looked at the Polestar heritage that we have come from. It’s better efficiency, better range, better charge capabilities. It becomes more of a driver’s car.
“A lot of people like rear wheel drive in a sedan model. We’ve listened to the feedback from customers”.
But it’s not just about driving dynamics, but weight, too, with McCroarey confirming that a rear-drive setup removes a lot of the weight from the front of the car.
Polestar’s drastic change of drivetrain positioning now comes up to match its biggest competitor, the Tesla Model 3, which is also rear-drive in base guise.
Outputs for the single motor, long-range rear-drive Polestar 2 have now increased to 220kW/490Nm.
Polestar Australia isn’t giving too much away just yet about an even more powerful version of its 2 sedan.
“What the engineers have planned for the future, we don’t know. We’ll find out in due course.
“I would say in the transition through Polestar 3 to Polestar 4, [Polestar 2] will maintain that 350kW and progress from there,” McCroarey said.
Currently, the performance pack dual-motor variant makes 350kW/740Nm, but there is the potential for more.
The upcoming Polestar 3 will be able to achieve figures as high as 380kW/910Nm in performance guise, or in the case of the Polestar 4, up to 400kW/686Nm.
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