POLESTAR 2 LONG RANGE SINGLE MOTOR RANGE TEST AND FAST CHARGING TEST

I will first test the range at higher average highway speeds. I want to know what the minimum range of this car could be. At the beginning of this part of the test, the battery is at 90%. I base my estimated range on average consumption and net battery capacity. I did the test in November and it was between 6 and 9 degrees.

For this test, I drove from Brussels to Namur and back, for a total ride of 145 km. The battery dropped to 51% and the estimated range based on 20.2 kWh consumption was 371 km.

Now let’s do a charging test at a fast charger. The Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor is equipped with a combined charging system. With this system, the Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor can be charged with either AC or DC. For this test, I am going to charge the car at a DC Fast Charger. The Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor can fast charge at up to 155 kW. Polestar says it takes 35 minutes to charge from 10% to 80% at 155 kW.

At the beginning of the test, the battery is down to 20%. It’s 7 degrees outside. The car indicated that it would take about 90 minutes to fully charge the battery. I’m going to do a 30-minute charging test. After 10 minutes, I was charging at 99.2 kW. The battery increased to 39% and we gained about 95 km on the range indicator. After 20 minutes, I noticed that we were charging at a speed of 80.2 Kw. I gained another 70 km of range and the battery is now at 56%. After 30 minutes, the battery is at 71%. The charging speed is still at 62.6 kw. So we went from 20% to 71% in 30 minutes, and we gained 235 km of range.

I haven’t done an AC charging test with this car, but let’s look at some theoretical information. The charging speed of the on-board charger is 11 kw. According to Polestar, charging from 0% to 100% takes 8h.

I will now test the range at lower speeds in the city. I want to know what the maximum range of this car could be. At the beginning of this part of the test, the battery is at 71%. The temperature was between 5 and 6 degrees. I did a 65 km test drive, first in Brussels. Then I left the city and drove on small town roads. It was in an urban area, sometimes a little more rural, but with plenty of opportunities for continuous driving, usually between 50-70 km/h.

Let’s take a look at my results. After a test drive for a total of 65 km, I drained the battery to 55%. The average consumption ended up at 17.2 kWh and the estimated range is 436 km.

As a conclusion, I can say that the range of the Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor is somewhere between 371 km and 436 km, based on similar driving conditions and measured in fairly cold temperatures between 5 and 9 degrees. I suspect that in much higher temperatures you will probably get more range and in winter at much lower temperatures you will get lower range.