{"id":33456,"date":"2022-06-02T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/polestars-experimental-ev-nicknamed-beast-is-getting-a-limited-production-run\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:10:00","slug":"polestars-experimental-ev-nicknamed-beast-is-getting-a-limited-production-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/polestars-experimental-ev-nicknamed-beast-is-getting-a-limited-production-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Polestar&#8217;s experimental EV, nicknamed &#8216;Beast,&#8217; is getting a limited production run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"wcRxzC\">Polestar&#8217;s experimental, high-performance one-off for the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed \u200b\u200b- nicknamed \u201cBeast\u201d &#8211; is going into limited production. <\/p>\n<p id=\"Fwz4gR\">The Swedish EV maker announced plans to make and sell 270 units of the 476-horsepower fastback sedans, with 47 of those vehicles intended for the US market.  The Polestar 2 \u201cBST edition 270,\u201d named for the number of vehicles that will be built, will be available exclusively in Europe, China, and North America. <\/p>\n<p id=\"X5e6Iu\">The modified Polestar 2 features a dual-motor configuration that&#8217;s been tuned to pump out 476 horsepower, compared to 408 horsepower in the production version.  The vehicle&#8217;s stance has also been widened by 10 millimeters on both sides, and the ride height was lowered by 2mm to improve its track handling. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"vTji8m\"><q>476 horsepower, compared to 408 horsepower in the production version<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"4haGkG\">It&#8217;s even carried over a few features from Polestar&#8217;s first vehicle, the defunct plug-in hybrid Polestar 1, including 9 x 21 inch wheels and 275 \/ 30R21 Pirelli PZero Rosso performance tires.  But, while the Goodwood version featured 6-piston Akebono front brakes, this version will include the standard 4-piston Brembo brakes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"h4x6Lm\">\n<section class=\"c-image-gallery\" data-cid=\"apps\/image_gallery-1654171205_6196_194020\" data-cdata=\"{\" routing=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-image-gallery__body\">\n<p>\n      <button data-ui=\"grid\"><br \/>\n        <svg role=\"img\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-grid\"\/><\/svg> <span>Grid View<\/span><br \/>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-image-gallery__viewer\" data-ui=\"viewer\">\n<div class=\"c-image-gallery__image\" data-ui=\"next-image\">\n        <img src=\"\" alt=\"\"\/>\n      <\/div>\n<p>      <button class=\"c-image-gallery__viewer-prev\" data-ui=\"prev-image\" aria-label=\"Previous image\"><br \/>\n        <svg role=\"img\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-left\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/button><br \/>\n      <button class=\"c-image-gallery__viewer-next\" data-ui=\"next-image\" aria-label=\"Next image\"><br \/>\n        <svg role=\"img\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-right\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"awOgQb\">Other add-ons include specially developed and unique \u00d6hlins 2-way adjustable dampers with auxiliary adjustment chambers mounted under the bonnet for improved traction and responsiveness.  There&#8217;s also a front strut bar for increased rigidity and 20 percent stiffer springs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"kCp7nA\">The available exterior colors are Thunder or Snow (which sound like different shades of white, but what do we know).  You can even request a center matte black racing stripe if you really want to go for the full experience. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"3UgtMU\"><q>The Polestar 2 BST edition 270 will start production in mid-2022<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"HfzCqy\">The Polestar 2 BST edition 270 will start production in mid-2022, with deliveries planned for the fourth quarter of the year.  Interested buyers can join the waiting list at Polestar&#8217;s website, and the lucky few who get picked will go through a &#8220;personalized sales process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"WtloDY\">Polestar, which started out as the performance sub-brand of Volvo, has emerged as one of the more interesting EV companies on the market in recent years.  The company &#8211; which is jointly owned by Volvo and Volvo&#8217;s parent company, Geely &#8211; recently announced plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.  That merger is expected to close \u201cin the first half of 2022,\u201d after which Polestar will be a publicly traded company. <\/p>\n<p id=\"CzelTF\">Polestar has only released two vehicles so far: the $ 155,000 hybrid coupe Polestar 1 and the Polestar 2 fastback sedan.  That lineup will grow with the release of the Polestar 3 SUV in 2022, the Polestar 4 compact SUV in 2023, and the Polestar 5 (n\u00e9e Precept) sports sedan in 2024. The company also unveiled a sleek roadster concept called the Polestar O2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polestar&#8217;s experimental, high-performance one-off for the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed \u200b\u200b- nicknamed \u201cBeast\u201d &#8211; is going into limited production. The Swedish EV maker announced plans to make and sell 270 units of the 476-horsepower fastback sedans, with 47 of those vehicles intended for the US market. The Polestar 2 \u201cBST edition 270,\u201d named for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/polestars-experimental-ev-nicknamed-beast-is-getting-a-limited-production-run\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Polestar&#8217;s experimental EV, nicknamed &#8216;Beast,&#8217; is getting a limited production run<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/dOma_BG81STamUz3_l73lKe-CU0=\/0x140:1280x810\/fit-in\/1200x630\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23601579\/Polestar__BST_edition_270__Hero_Image_copy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}