How good is the updated Polestar 2? RAY MASSEY 運動s the electric car through Denmark and Sweden to find out

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There's nothing like a proper road-trip to really put a car through its paces.

Which is how, に引き続いて an informal 雑談（する） over dinner at the Goodwood Festival of 速度(を上げる）, I 設立する myself 運動ing a new uprated UK-spec Polestar 2 ? 権利-手渡す 運動 and on British plates ? on a relaxed three day trip from Copenhagen in Denmark to the company's （警察，軍隊などの）本部 in Gothenburg Sweden, where I also spent a fascinating hour with 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Thomas Ingenlath.

Always a fan of those award-ワインing dark Scandinavian 'Scandi Noir' mysteries, I took a わずかに circuitous 大勝する to take in 重要な 場所s that have featured on our British TV 審査するs and 達成するd ? rather like Polestar ? a 教団 に引き続いて, 含むing: 'The 殺人，大当り', 'The 橋（渡しをする）', 'Wallander' and also my favourite Scandi political 演劇 'Borgen'.

But as my 無-放出／発行s electric car was in white, it was more a 'Scandi Blanc' than a 'Scandi Noir' ex perience.

Although the 初めの all-electric Polestar 2 was 最初 明かすd in 2019 and first 開始する，打ち上げるd to 顧客s in 2020, I was 運動ing the recently 再発進するd and 意味ありげに 昇格d model which has received a number of 重要な updates, 含むing new and more efficient electric モーターs.

Propulsion has switched from 前線-wheel to 後部-wheel for a more engaging 運動 for the 選び出す／独身 モーター variants. The 力／強力にする 配達／演説／出産 利益s from 負わせる 転換ing over the driven wheels.

範囲 has 増加するd by around a fifth (up to 22 per cent) to up to 406 miles (654 km). That should just about get you from London to Edinburgh on a 選び出す／独身 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, though to 避ける sweaty palms I'd recommend a booster 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 somewhere around Newcastle (at about 300 miles and a 歴史的に favourite 目的地 for Viking '訪問者s') just to be on the 安全な 味方する.

Faster 非難する - up to 34 per cent quicker - is another 利益 with the 最大限 DC 非難する 速度(を上げる） now up to 205kW for 見解／翻訳／版s with the new 82kWh 殴打／砲列.

The design has been tweaked ? 特に on the '直面する' ? to 除去する the earlier 取調べ／厳しく尋問する-like 前線 and 取って代わる it with a an all-encompassing solid, aerodynamic nose. As there is no engine to 冷静な／正味の, there's no ned for a 取調べ／厳しく尋問する. And the new nose 行為／法令／行動するs as a 'smart zone' behind which all manner of sensors and scanners can be hidden out of sight.

It also 約束s a more 包括的な 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of 器具／備品 as 基準, 重要な ソフトウェア updates, and a 減ずるd 製造業の 炭素 足跡.

My own car, in a fetching Magnesium white with a zinc-coloured 'Animal 福利事業' Nappa leather 内部の with a light ash 削減する, was the Long-範囲 選び出す／独身 モーター Polestar 2 which costs from £48,950. But optional 20-インチ 黒人／ボイコット alloy wheels (up from 19 インチ 基準 but costing £900) and the 操縦する Pack (£2,000) bumped that up to £51,850.

力／強力にするd by a 220kW (295bhp) electric モーター linked to a 選び出す／独身-速度(を上げる） gearbox and an 82kWh lithium イオン 殴打／砲列 , my 後部-wheel 運動 Polestar 2 加速するs from 0 to 60mph in 5.9 seconds up to a 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 127mph.

I used one-pedal 運動ing which meant 簡単に taking my foot off the accelerator slowed me 負かす／撃墜する and helped 生成する 付加 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金.

非難する to 80 per cent takes 35 minutes on a DC 急速な／放蕩な charger or 8 hours on a 国内の AC 塀で囲む-charger.

I 始める，決める off from delightful Copenhagen ? setting for the Danish TV 演劇 'The 殺人，大当り' featuring 探偵，刑事 視察官 Sarah Lund, who became a 攻撃する，衝突する with her knitted jumpers, and for the political 演劇 'Borgen', charting the adventures of woman 総理大臣 Birgitte Nyborg filmed around the city's main 議会 buildings at the Christiansborg 城.

Copenhagen is a 楽しみ to 運動 around and the comfortable Polestar 2 with its minimalist 内部の and exterior styling 追加するs to that serene sense of 静める even in what is a 普通は stressful 都市の setting.

The city is 十分な of 普通は-dressed cyclists with good manners ? rather than an axe to grind - who 現実に stop at red traffic lights to let 歩行者s cross. So 運転者s 答える／応じる in 肉親，親類d. It's all very good-natured. There's 非，不，無 of that 'us and them' lycra 戦争 which blights inner city 運動ing in Britain. But good 後部 mirror visibility and 警告 sensors on my car help keep everyone 安全な.

Out of town and on open roads and motorways, I could open up. Acceleration is swift, powerful but not extreme.

Before long I was 巡航するing across the epic 5-mile long Oresund 橋（渡しをする） that （期間が）わたるs a stretch of the Baltic to link Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmo in Sweden and which featured in the series 'The 橋（渡しをする）', beginning with a dismembered 団体／死体 設立する 正確に／まさに halfway across, necessitating police from both countries to 調査／捜査する.

A search for a decent vantage point from which to photograph the car and the 橋（渡しをする） took me through a 沿岸の 郊外 of Malmo, 十分な of family homes and a ぱらぱら雨ing of schools, and 最高潮の場面d the car's 静かな, low-速度(を上げる） manners.

Then it was a 転換 along some splendid country and 沿岸の roads to the town of Ystad, famed for its 中世 buildings and small working port, and the setting for the 罪，犯罪 演劇 'Wallander', starring our own Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous brooding 探偵，刑事. En 大勝する I was able to enjoy navigating some rolling and 急速な／放蕩な flowing 田舎の 主要道路s and curves to experience my car's swift acceleration and 正確な, 工場／植物d steering.

Next day it was a few hours of relaxed motorway and 主要道路 巡航するing most of the way up to Gothenburg and Polestar's chic minimalist 立方（体）の （警察，軍隊などの）本部 and my scheduled 会合 with Ingenlath, who said: 'The 昇格d Polestar 2 is the best 見解／翻訳／版 to date. With 改善するd ソフトウェア, better 質, longer 範囲 and faster 非難する, it is the basis from which we continue to grow our 商売／仕事.'

Although on a 十分な 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 I could have covered the 160-半端物 mile trip ? which 含むd lots of sight-seeing 転換s - on a 選び出す／独身 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, for 緩和する, I 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 夜通し at the hotels in Copenhagen and Ystad, and gave it a 慰安-一面に覆う／毛布 booster at a motorway services 駅／配置する south of Gothenburg replete with lots of chargers.

Swedish-based Polestar ? once the 業績／成果 arm of Volvo but spun off as a standalone upmarket electric car brand - is owned by the Chinese car 巨大（な） Geely which also owns Volvo, Norfolk-based sports car 製造者 Lotus, Coventry-based electric London taxi and 先頭 製造者 LEVC, and Smart.

Polestar 計画（する）s to have a line-up of five 業績／成果 electric 乗り物s by 2026.

Polestar 2, the electric 業績／成果 fastback first 明かすd in 2019 and 開始する，打ち上げるd to 顧客s the に引き続いて year, and just updated, is produced in a 株d 生産／産物 施設 in Taizhou, 中国.

It is joined by the Polestar 3 SUV which made its debut at this summer's Goodwood Festival of 速度(を上げる） and goes into 生産／産物 in the first ４半期/4分の1 of 2024. The crossover SUV-クーデター Polestar 4 will 開始する，打ち上げる in 段階s throughout 2023 and into 2024 while Polestar 5, an electric four-door GT, and the feisty Polestar 6 electric roadster are to follow.

The 会社／堅い's first car ? Polestar 1 ? was a plug-in hybrid.

The 'Polestar 0' 事業／計画（する） is the company's ambitious goal of creating a truly 気候-中立の 生産／産物 car by 2030.

Polestar in the UK is based at Bicester in Oxfordshire. All cars are sold online-only but the company 現在／一般に ha s boutique-like 小売 場所s known as 'Polestar Spaces' in Manchester, Birmingham, London, Bicester, and Bristol, with Glasgow to follow on 跡をつける to eight by the end of the year - for 顧客s to 肉体的に engage with the cars while 存在 helped with advice and 実験（する）-運動s by 非，不，無-（売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d staff whose 支払う／賃金 is not 決定するd by how many cars they sell.

New '73' plate arrives?

The 最新の six-月毎の '73' plate arrived on new cars from yesterday as September 1 示すd a new 一時期／支部 for car sales.

It comes as Volkswagen 明かすd the new 世代 Passat ― 発表するing that it will be sold from next year only as an 広い地所 見解／翻訳／版.?

With prices 推定する／予想するd to start from under £40,000, it's also likely to be the last practical family car it 開始する，打ち上げるs with 石油 or ディーゼル 燃焼 engines before VW's switch to all-electric.?

The car was 明かすd ahead of next week's IAA international モーター show in Munich which has 取って代わるd the Frankfurt モーター Show.

運動 選択s in the UK 含む a new 穏やかな hybrid eTSI 石油 engine, two new plug-in eHybrids and a TSI turbo 石油 見解／翻訳／版, all 連合させるd with a dir ect 転換 gearbox as 基準.

力／強力にする 生産（高）s 範囲 from 150 to 272 horsepower. More than 34 million Passats have been sold 世界的な.

Goodwood 復活 celebrates 25th 周年記念日

Get your vintage 衣装s ready as the Goodwood 復活 celebrates its 25th 周年記念日 next week (September 8 to 10).

It's a 広大な／多数の／重要な chance to dress up in 衣装s that 反映する the glory years of the Goodwood モーター racing heyday from 1947 to 1966, and comes as the Goodwood race 回路・連盟 celebrates its 75th birthday.

It's one of a flurry of 自動推進の events 含むing the IAA Mobility international モーター show in Munich (iaa-mobility.com/en).

Closer to home, it's the last chance this week to visit Salon Priv? at Blenheim Palace (salonpriveconcours.com) which ends today, and The Concours of Elegance (concoursofelegance.co.uk) which runs until tomorrow at Hampton 法廷，裁判所 Palace, showing some of the world's rarest and most expensive cars.

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