The electric Polestar 2 has achieved a rather distressing result in the US EPA consumption measurement. According to this measurement method, which is mandatory and leading in the US, the car will go more than 100 km less than what is promised in Europe.
It is not our custom to compare the result of the American measurement with the European one, but in this case the difference is very large. InsideEVs reports that the Polestar 2 has a range of 233 miles, or 374 km, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the European WLTP cycle, where the ‘W’ ironically stands for ‘Worldwide harmonized’, the Swedish / Chinese newcomer scores a maximum range of 470 km. American buyers are thus presented with a range that is almost 100 km, or more than 20 percent, lower.
The major competitor of the Polestar 2, the Tesla Model 3, also scores better in Europe than in the US. Yet the figures here are a lot closer to each other. The Model 3 Long Range is good for 322 miles, or 518 km, in the US. In the Netherlands, 560 km is reported for the same car, incidentally with a battery capacity roughly equal to that of the Polestar.
The American measurement method almost always turns out to be stricter, or more realistic if you like, than the renewed European method. This does not only apply to EVs, although the difference with electric cars is immediately noticeable. Earlier, the Porsche Taycan came out of the test with some damage. Where Porsche can promise a range of 452 km for the Taycan Turbo in Europe, American buyers are only promised (converted) 323 km thanks to the EPA measurement.