Polestar 2 vs Tesla Model S
Official fuel use, running costs and specs, side by side.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $846
- $816 (better)
- Australia
- $722
- $696 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £548
- £529 (better)
- United States
- $771
- $743 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 19.7 kWh/100km
- 19.0 kWh/100km (better)
- Range
- 447 km
- 592 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 405 L
- 793 L (better)
- Length
- 4,606 mm
- 5,021 mm
- Weight
- –
- 2,069 kg
Engine
- Engine
- Single motor
- Dual motor
- Power
- 170 kW
- 500 kW (better)
- Torque
- 330 Nm
- 440 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- Single-speed
- Single-speed
- Drive
- FWD
- AWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 8
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
2 or Model S?
Which has the bigger boot, the Polestar 2 or the Tesla Model S?
The Tesla Model S, at 793 L to the Polestar 2's 405 L, for their newest versions.
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