A New Kid In Town: Polestar 2 To Retail For $59,900 - Should Tesla Be Worried?

The Polestar 2 began production in China in March, with a planned release here in the U.S. by late summer, Polestar said today. The company also revealed its price in the States after saying in October it would start around $65,000 in Europe.

Here that number is $59,900, or just under the $60,000 threshold New York and California have set for electric car buyers to get a $2,000 rebate. Polestar’s previous estimate for the U.S. price was $63,000, though moving it to $59,900 means that in theory buyers in those two states can get a discount of up to $9,500, including the $7,500 federal tax credit, leaving the total price at $50,400.

MDarringer - 4/24/2020 10:25:37 AM

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That's a Volvo. Why do they insist naming the car after someone with good oral skills? Granted polestars are a good thing for society, but to name your brand after those people, not so much.

Tiberius1701A - 4/24/2020 10:39:35 AM

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It is a Volvo so the quality will be galaxies better than St. Elon's product. Should Tesla be worried?? You can take that to the ban

SanJoseDriver - 4/24/2020 11:31:07 AM

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$49k will get you an AWD Model 3, which is faster and has an extra 50 miles of range. It doesn't have the yellow seat belts though, that's probably worth an extra $10k.

scenicbyway12 - 4/24/2020 5:40:54 PM

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Well, how much is build quality worth?

SanJoseDriver - 4/25/2020 2:33:17 AM

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A lot, but I think the Model 3 is pretty similar in build quality at this point, especially the powertrain.

MDarringer - 4/25/2020 9:14:47 PM

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Volvo build quality isn't exceptional. It's rather mainstream and not in keeping with the premium price point.

dlin - 4/24/2020 1:46:36 PM

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This and Cybertruck deserve to die

Foncool - 4/24/2020 4:10:09 PM

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It’s better looking than anything from Tesla, but the Chinese connection is going to see backlash.

carloslassiter - 4/24/2020 4:40:16 PM

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Sorry, can't get past the name.

MDarringer - 4/24/2020 8:21:11 PM

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If these cars were Volvos, it would be a magical transformation for Volvo, but yeah...the name.

runninglogan1 - 4/25/2020 5:18:55 AM

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Get past it. Nobody cares.

MDarringer - 4/25/2020 10:08:56 AM

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Clearly you do because you feel duty bound to bitch about other's freedom of speech.

1lostVW - 4/27/2020 9:24:53 AM

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Volvo Dealers should be worried, Polestar is a volvo that the greedy F)#*$s at Volvo want to keep from the dealer network so they can sell straight to the consumer. The dealers are like idiots quietly sitting and letting it happen. Dealer council is useless and the Volvo factory people are liars and cheats, attempting to create a factory direct sales channel to the consumer.
I hope Tesla burys the Polestar in a shallow grave.

MDarringer - 4/27/2020 9:55:36 AM

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Volvo has been losing dealers due to customers not being thrilled with the grossly overpriced and dull new products. Volvo desperately needs to go down market to gain traction.

1lostVW - 4/27/2020 5:17:14 PM

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MDarringer
Fact check, Volvo sales are up, way up... not losing ground like you say, do you fact check anything before you start typing... grow brain or shut TF up.

MDarringer - 4/27/2020 6:54:15 PM

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Not in all markets they aren't. Volvo dealers folded in more than a few markets. Volvo is leg humping madly at the moment to get the foolish to reopen or to open dealers.