The exterior has changed - the front grill is different! Polestar 2 refresh should appeal to buyers who don't like the Tesla Model 3 refresh because of the lack of indicator stalks; lack of parking ultrasonic sensors; lack of fog lights; Lack of buttons; and the added advantage of more practicality of the Polestar 2 being a hatchback. The new RWD Polestar 2 single motor’s has 320-mile EPA range and faster charging speed. Other upgrades include an increase of 69 horsepower (299 total) and 118 extra lb-ft of torque (361 lb-ft in all). Additionally, the 440V platform can charge as high as 220 kW, charging 10-80% in 25-28 mins - a 20% speed increase, according to Polestar. Bjørn Nyland youtube video titled “Polestar 2 LR SM refresh charging test” shows the refresh 2024 Polestar 2 has much better charging speed - better than Tesla Model 3 and VW iD4. Polestar 2 will get the $7500 USA EV Tax credit if you lease the vehicle. The new Polestar 3 will be built in the USA at one of the Volvo factories so will qualify for the EV tax credits. The new 2024 Polestar 4 may also be of interest.

Something not right with the range results. Bjorn Nyland got 300 miles out of the same model and, in those conditions, my dual motors performance would get more than 238 miles.

@marcusbiller867

2 ай бұрын

Miles?! Are you joking, he got 280 Kilometers at 120km/h. 190 miles. Something is wrong with your eyesight

You can also save driver seat positions on the driver profile on the screen, so you can actually have more than 2. When you use the phone as key the seat automatically move to your position.

@TotallyElectric

4 ай бұрын

Great. Thanks for the info

Great review ! One of the best on KZread ! Don’t forget for your range test that you did with 21’ wheels and at 120km/h for me the result is very good ! A question: did you turn on the sport mode to do the 0-100 ?? Currently huge discount ! You can get the your polestar for the price of the model below ! For eg long range at the price of the standard range !! I order mine last week single motor long range with plus & pilot pack on 19’ wheels in your asphalt Color 😊 Whish is Thunder and weave tech state (Grey) ! Don’t understand you have a so low numbers of abonnées !

@darrylskrine7594

4 ай бұрын

Ok Lynn h n I ok ito

Excellent comprehensive review. Thanks.

@TotallyElectric

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it

I have to agree with the first person. Doing a range test at purely 120kp/H highway does skew the figures. 20.9 Kw/H almost doesn’t sound right for the MY24 model. I have the MY24 LRSM 3months old, 2/3 driving highway speeds 100-110Kp/H and my car is sitting at 14.1kw/H after 5000km’s. Some trips as low as 12.9 for the city Generally in good weather conditions it will always achieve around 530 kilometres. A recent You Tube test in New Zealand saw I believe closer to 560 kilometres.

@TotallyElectric

4 ай бұрын

I do the the range test at highway speeds that is where range really matter. 20.9 is about average on the tests I do. I have seen as high as 26 and as low as 16 kWh/100km

@marcusbiller867

2 ай бұрын

It sounds right and it is right and nobody drives 90km/h like Norwegians do. 120km/h is even slow

@unSTEVOED

Ай бұрын

@@TotallyElectric Thats a very good point - Its traveling from City to City where Range really matters

Right now in Germany, a Polestar 2 is a lot lot less than a Tesla 3 to lease over 3 years with 10000 km with pilot and plus. I was just about to lease a Tesla 3 but then they changed the residual value, which meant the payments per month increased by factor of two…mmm…think I might lease a Polestar 2. The Tesla 3 is an outstanding car, if I was buying out right now, a tough decision….but my wife said that it is easy…Polestar 2, and actually she is never wrong.

Great review, I really like your style of presenting and you focused on the right things! I do think it's a weird take to only test the range at 120km/h on the motorway and comparing it to WLTP. Image if you did the same for an ICE-vehicle but the other way around, only drive it around in the city, starting, stopping and top out at 40km/h. When I drive our ICE VW Passat in the city center it consumes about 0.9-1.0l/100km which is waaaay above it's WLPT at 0.58l/100km. When I do the same with our Polestar 2 LRSM I get a range of about 850km which is 35% over the stated WLTP. Of course motorway efficiency is important but the truth is that most people don't drive 100% on the motorway all day so a mixed test to be more fair.

@TotallyElectric

4 ай бұрын

You are right it is not a fair comparison. I think I need to be more clear on that the WLTP is not intended to be the highway range. Thanks for the feedback

I think I’d probably score it higher, but on a LRSM with 19s! Only negative I can see is maybe the tight cabin, especially rear with transmission tunnel.

If only Polestar would update the interior so the center console isn't full of wasted empty space.

@TotallyElectric

Ай бұрын

Good point!

What is annoying with the user interface is that there is no way to see which radio channel one is listening to while using the navigator. One has to click on the radio button, look down to see the radio channel, change to another station and then again click back into the navigator. Must be a more efficient way of doing this.

@buckets_full_of_bacon3821

2 ай бұрын

There is, ask the car...

Thank you for mentioning Volvo and Polestar's preoccupation with being monochromatic. My biggest complaint with both brands is the lack of colour.

@maximusasauluk7359

3 ай бұрын

They are a nordic brand, boring and depressing is their whole design theme

@sailingspark9748

3 ай бұрын

It didn't used to be that way. Volvos came in reds and yellows back in the 90s.

Thanks, great review! The thing for me is the disparity in range, not that range is my most important criteria but there's clearly something wrong here. I like the looks very much and the technology looks good too. The problem is for the price there are a lot of cars in this category and I would have to weigh my options before choosing this over other EV's. I'm wondering how well it holds up over the years, warranties on the drive train and maintenance costs also? Just checked Polestar reliability according to JD Powers is abysmal! I'm out.

@TotallyElectric

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the review.

@volvodashcam

4 ай бұрын

Going 120km/h all the way is affecting it a lot. Just watched another range video from New Zeland where they where going 100km/h in the Polestar 2 and made it 540km with 7% to spare.

@TotallyElectric

4 ай бұрын

Sure, but 120 is highway speeds in Europe (it's even 130 in many places)

@volvodashcam

4 ай бұрын

@@TotallyElectric Absolutly, I do appriciate the test a lot. I just wanted to point out how big the difference can be when going a little slower. That the WLTP isn't unreachable if going on mixed roads with a bit lower average speed. :)

A New Zealand reviewer got about 600km for the same car at highway speeds of around 100km/hr.

@TotallyElectric

Ай бұрын

Speed will indeed change the range significantly

@RodneyW

Ай бұрын

The Polestar 2 is a fun car, but ... rural driving range is fairly short. I recently hired a long range dual motor Polestar 2 from Hertz in Queensland. The battery started at 90% (the Hertz limit) and we did some local driving in the Gold Coast, followed by some spirited mountain highway driving into NSW, then back up into Queensland on the Pacific Motorway at a steady 110 km/h. We covered around 180km, and took the battery down to 36%. This equates to an effective range of around 330km for that journey (assuming you could use the full 100%). Recharging to 90% cost $24 and 1.25 hours at a public charger.

The Polestar 2 and BMW i4 are in the same category, but I don`t think the Tesla model 3 is. The Tesla is cheaper in design and quality, so it`s more comparable to the VW I.D 3 or KIA E-SOUL. For me looking to purchase this Polestar I was also looking at the BMW i4, Mercedes EQA and Mustang MACH-E. Tesla model 3 did not come close to any of these in my opinion.

Buddy, start editing out the word Google when you say "okay Google". I had to skip a whole section of your video because you kept seeing off my home system

@TotallyElectric

Ай бұрын

Haha, sorry

Electric cars that don’t offer single pedal driving are just dumb. I get people have preferences, but make it a software option, it’s not that like there is a mechanical reason for it in an ev.

Good detailed review…but Please do not do say “ Ok, Google” in your reviews without muting the phrase in your audio. We know it works and we don’t need to hear it or have you triggering our Google Assistant in unison with the car! Especially, annoying was you setting my aircon to 16C!🤬 not funny! Hahaha! 🤣 Thanks for your hard work and high quality reviews!

@TotallyElectric

2 ай бұрын

Oh, sorry about the OK google thing :-) Hard to demo it without though

To expensive 💀

I bought a polestar 2. 3 weeks later it lost 5000€... I'd say it's the car of the 90s farmer. It's solid, but otherwise it's not that great. The pluses : - quiet up to 90 km/h - it has controls - the interface is practical and fluid - torquey engine - it's not a tesla Minuses - it's not super comfortable, and not super incisive - much less efficient than the tesla - little storage space - rear seats for children - no car parking (crazy eh) - opening the boot with your foot works one time out of 2 - the 3D camera is useless - the adaptive cruise control makes you puke - the polestar app is ultra slow Clearly, my next car won't be a Polestar.

every car should be to use every gas station. The fact that these 🤡 haven't implemented this == zero resale value in 5 years.

@GZnarg

4 ай бұрын

5 years from now the charging infrastructure will be dramatically improved as the switch from ICE vehicles to EV promotes the conversion of gas stations to charging stations. It took less than 10 years to convert from horses to gas powered vehicles, from stables and feeders to garages and gas stations. ICE vehicle efficiency of about 30% is no longer sustainable.

@richardmesser1091

29 күн бұрын

Opinions are not facts