Polestar 2

Polestar Polestar isn't a mass-market name in electric vehicles, but Volvo and Geely's collaboration would sure like to be. For its first Super Bowl spot, the EV-maker skips the melodrama in favor of a distinctly minimalistic flavor. Still, that doesn't mean it can't throw a little snark in Tesla's direction,…

Tributes are being paid across the world to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has died at the age of 90. He dedicated much of his life to campaigning against apartheid in South Africa and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work. Read More

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the world has lost one of the strongest moral voices with the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Flowers are placed alongside a photo of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. Tutu…

News Clint Chan Tack Sunday 26 December 2021 The late South African archbishop Desmond Tutu. (AP) - ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu, who described Trinidad and Tobago as a rainbow country similar to his own beloved South Africa, has died. News of his death came on Sunday. He was 90. Tutu, a…

World 25 Dec, 2021 07:46 PM3 minutes to read Pope Francis looks at the crowd after delivering the Urbi et Orbi Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Photo / AP Pope Francis prayed on Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic,…

Chromium-based browser Vivaldi has ported its eponymous Android Tablet browser to Android Automotive, making it the first web browser on the operating system and available in the Polestar 2 electric car. Electric cars and browsers have been a thing for a while; a Chromium-based browser has lurked within Teslas, but…

When I reviewed the Polestar 2 last month, I highlighted that the car ran Android Automotive and this represented a great opportunity for additional functionality in the future. It seems we didn’t need to wait long with a major addition to the Play Store, being announced today – The Vivaldi…

Vivaldi has now officially launched the first full-featured web browser for the Android Automotive platform and is available now on the Polestar 2. The third-party web browser becomes the first such app to arrive on the Google Play Store for Android Automotive after a partnership with Polestar. In an announcement…

Polestar has released an over-the-air update that boosts the Polestar 2's torque and horsepower. It bumps up the EV's oomph to 469 horsepower (an increase of 67hp) and 502 lb. ft of torque, an increase of 15. In practical terms, Polestar says those upgrades shave around a tenth of a…

The dual-motor version of the 2 can be given a near-70bhp boost using a simple remote software patch When Polestar put together an experimental, 469bhp Polestar 2 prototype for the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this year, it seemed like only a matter of time before some of the car’s…