Volvo also owns a sub-brand known as Polestar. At this year’s Geneva auto show, the company introduced its Polestar 1, an all electric coupe that features 600 horsepower. Priced at over $150,000, that car is meant to be a “halo car.”
“Halo cars” are not meant to sell in high numbers, they are intended to get people excited about a brand so they when they go shopping for a new car, they consider the high volume offerings from that company.
The Polestar 2 will be one of those high volume offerings from Volvo. Based closely on the 40.2 concept, it will be an all electric sedan intended to compete head to head with the Tesla Model 3.
It will come with two available battery sizes, the largest of which will provide the car with 400 horsepower and 350 miles of range. There are no details available yet on the range or horsepower. The Polestar 2 is expect to sell for between $40,000 and $60,000 and is expected to give a much needed access to the volume end of the EV market.
The car will be based on its new Compact Modular Architecture EV chassis.
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