Polestar is bolstering the incentives with its new Flexible Lease program. Through the program, the 2024 Polestar 2 is available to lease for $349 per month. The best part is that you can end the lease after five months with no penalty.
Launched in 2019, the Polestar 2 set the premium Swedish automaker on a new all-electric journey.
Since its debut, the electric performance fastback has continued to evolve, gaining new features and improved range through OTA updates and model refreshes. For example, the Polestar 2’s latest updates added YouTube and Amazon Prime Video.
Polestar’s electric car has been a hit, propelling the brand into a market leader in Norway, Sweden, Germany, the UK, and others.
The 2024 Polestar 2 has several new upgrades, including a bigger battery, enhanced motors, RWD options, and Polestar’s SmartZone. The SmartZone feature acts as a “third eye” for the driver.
Polestar says rather than a traditional grille designed for “breathing,” the SmartZone enables the car to “see” with various radars and cameras.
Now, Polestar is making it easier than ever to get your hands on its electric performance car. The Flexible Lease program eliminates the worst part of leasing a vehicle – being locked in.
2024 Polestar 2 (Source: Polestar)
2024 Polestar 2 gains flexible lease option
Polestar’s new Flexible Lease program gives customers the option of either keeping or ending their lease after five months (and five payments). If you choose to end the lease after the period ends, there will be no early termination penalty.
Through the program, the 2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor is available to lease for $349 per month (up to 24 months), with $5,349 due at signing.
2024 Polestar 2 (Source: Polestar)
The Single Motor variant includes 82 kWh battery capacity for up to 320 miles EPA range. It also has faster charging with up to 205 kW DC.
The payment is based on an adjusted cost of $38,795 with an included $8,500 Polestar Clean Vehicle credit.
2024 Polestar 2 (Source: Polestar)
Meanwhile, lessees will be responsible for excess wear and mileage of over 12,000 miles/year. The offer is valid until November 30, 2023. If you plan to take advantage of the deal, you must take delivery by that date.
2024 Polestar 2 variant
Drivetrain
Battery capacity
Max Charging Speed
Estimated Combined EPA Range
Power
0 to 60 mph
Price (including dest fee)
Long range Dual motor
AWD
78 kWh
155 kW
276 miles
421 hp
4.3s
$56,700
Long range Single motor
RWD
82 kWh
205 kW
320 miles
299 hp
5.9s
$51,300
2024 Polestar 2 prices and specs (source: Polestar)
Polestar says the flexible leasing will extend to its upcoming Polestar 3 and 4 models. The Polestar 3, the brand’s first electric SUV, will begin production in the first quarter of 2024.
Today was the official start of racing at the Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix 2025! There was a tremendous energy (and heat) on the ground at NCM Motorsports Park as nearly a dozen teams took to the track. Currently, as of writing, Stanford is ranked #1 in the SOV (Single-Occupant Vehicle) class with 68 registered laps. However, the fastest lap so far belongs to UC Berkeley, which clocked a 4:45 on the 3.15-mile track. That’s an average speed of just under 40 mph on nothing but solar energy. Not bad!
In the MOV (Multi-Occupant Vehicle) class, Polytechnique Montréal is narrowly ahead of Appalachian State by just 4 laps. At last year’s formula sun race, Polytechnique Montréal took first place overall in this class, and the team hopes to repeat that success. It’s still too early for prediction though, and anything can happen between now and the final day of racing on Saturday.
Congrats to the teams that made it on track today. We look forward to seeing even more out there tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some shots from today via the event’s wonderful photographer Cora Kennedy.
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Tesla has launched its new Oasis Supercharger, the long-promised EV charging station of the future, with a solar farm and off-grid batteries.
Early in the deployment of the Supercharger network, Tesla promised to add solar arrays and batteries to the Supercharger stations, and CEO Elon Musk even said that most stations would be able to operate off-grid.
While Tesla did add solar and batteries to a few stations, the vast majority of them don’t have their own power system or have only minimal solar canopies.
Back in 2016, I asked Musk about this, and he said that it would now happen as Tesla had the “pieces now in place” with Supercharger V3, Powerpack V2, and SolarCity:
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All of these pieces have been in place for years, and Tesla has now discontinued the Powerpack in favor of the Megapack. The Supercharger network is also transitioning to V4 stations.
Yet, solar and battery deployment haven’t accelerated much in the decade since Musk made that comment, but it is finally happening.
Tesla has now unveiled the project and turned on most of the Supercharger stalls:
The project consists of 168 chargers, with half of them currently operational, making it one of the largest Supercharger stations in the world. However, that’s not even the most notable aspect of it.
The station is equipped with 11 MW of ground-mounted solar panels and canopies, spanning 30 acres of land, and 10 Tesla Megapacks with a total energy storage capacity of 39 MWh.
It can be operated off-grid, which is the case right now, according to Tesla.
With off-grid operations, Tesla was about to bring 84 stalls online just in time for the Fourth of July travel weekend. The rest of the stalls and a lounge are going to open later this year.
Electrek’s Take
This is awesome. A bit late, but awesome. This is what charging stations should be like: fully powered by renewable energy.
Unfortunately, it will be much harder to open those stations in the future due to legislation that Trump and the Republican Party have just passed, which removes incentives for solar and energy storage, adds taxes on them, and removes incentives to build batteries – all things that have helped Tesla considerably over the last few years.
The US is likely going to have a few tough years for EV adoption and renewable energy deployment.
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