- Polestar’s 2 electric sedan has been mildly updated for 2025 with new colors and extra EV miles.
- Revised option structure includes Pro Pack with Swedish Gold detailing on seatbelts and valve caps.
- Base, single motor car gets new 70 kWh CATL battery and 344-mile WLTP range; Long Range can do 410 miles.
The compact electric sedan market is more crowded now than when Polestar launched its 2 in 2020, and Tesla’s recent Model 3 refresh has only added pressure on the Sino-Swedish EV. That sounds like grounds for a facelift, but for now Polestar has opted for a more subtle MY25 enhancement program.
EV driving range was hardly a weak area for the 2, but Polestar has boosted it anyway, dropping a new 70 kWh CATL battery into the Standard Range Single Motor model, lifting the WLTP distance between charges from 339 miles (546 km) to 344 miles (554 km).
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There’s no mention of a new power pack for the Long Range Single Motor version, but it also gains, and can now cover 410 miles (659 km) on a charge, an increase of 406 miles (653 km). Not huge improvements, we’ll admit, but when it comes to EV range every mile counts and both versions of the 2 can deliver around 5 percent more distance from a charge than the equivalent Model 3.
Polestar has left the 2’s basic design alone, opting to freshen it up with a couple of new colors and new 19- and 20-inch alloy wheel designs. A light metallic called Vapour replaces Magnesium as the default pain finish, and Storm, which you might have seen on the Polestar 4, replaces Thunder on the 2 configurator.
Also borrowed from the Polestar 4 is a revised option pack structure and expanded option lineup that the firm says makes it easier for customers to personalize their EVs. Most interesting to our eyes and ears is the Pro Pack, which adds a Swedish Gold stripe to the seatbelts and more of the same coloring to the valve caps on the 20-inch wheels.
The Climate pack includes heat pump, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel and heating for the washer fluid nozzles, and Polestar says the Charcoal Nappa leather upholstery from posh Scottish cow skinners Bridge of Weir, comes only from animals that are treated well – right up until the moment they aren’t.
Europe and Canada get access to the updated Polestar 2s from today, but other markets, including the US, will get their cars later in 2024.
