Purchased this car in January. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Beautiful car, love the ride. The 2024 update was what put me across the line for the purchase.
Guess youre a first time EV owner. We all say this regardless of what EV it is. I said the same when I got my Ioniq5 until the honeymoon ended and I was saddled with the well known 12v battery issue. Move to '23 Polestar 2 and its also buggy and unreliable. Once you put some miles on this thing, you'll no longer have such enthusiasm.
@@Dark_Vader888I have driven the first PS2 (release) for 85000 km (53000 miles) for more than three years. Still rock solid, and just getting better with OTA. updates.
I have a polestar 2 model uear 2022 and now have 20,000 miles on it. 100% local commuting and home garage charging. It's been perfect (and awd worked through multiple snow storms too!). The cupholder is a nonissue. I don't have to drink big gulp coke while driving. Cupholder fits a 500ml plastic water bottle. The range is also a non issue as i charge at home every night. It drives sooo much better than a Tesla 3 or Y. One has to actually drive for a while to tell the difference.
I have my 2023 Polestar 2 PPP now for nearly 18 months and 25000 miles later, it's still one of the best cars I've driven. I just love everything about it. It's been 100% reliable for me and having the dual motor performance pilot plus pack makes it a wonderful daily commuting car. I do nearly 400 miles per week and I charge at home and it just eats miles. I'd buy another Polestar again without hesistation.
Hertz gave me a 2023 Polestar 2 recently and BOY, was it a lot of fun. I still don't love the weirdly cramped interior with all the wasted space in the center console, but it was great to drive.
I've adjusted my dampers like 5 times. A couple to find a setting I was happy with for general road use and then on and off the hardest setting when I went on track. It takes ten minutes tops. Seriously what is wrong with people these days that they are afraid to get their hands dirty adjusting things on a performance car. Would you rather pay another 5-6k to have them be adjustable electronically when it's something you only need to do a handful of times?!
Id either buy Long Ranger Single motor Plus for faster charging speeds or wait until that battery comes to dual motor. Ohlins is nice. Even if you don't adjust it, it'll drive nicer. Just how ohlins do rebound is more refined😊
The passenger can keep the infotainment and climate on by pushing the play button. The driver can also keep the car powered by holding the play button for 3 seconds before leaving. Both only powers the car for 15mins i think.
That center tunnel is there to housing the battery because it is not a skateboard platform. That is why it has a better handling than most EV out there. How do you not know this as an Auto Journalist?
A skateboard or lack of skateboard in design isn’t a key determinant of handling performance. Soure: We are actually auto journalists who drive a bunch of cars.
The chassis comes from the XC40. Instead of designing the car from the ground up, they kept the chassis the same (it's still a cousin of Volvo, as you know). Hence, there is still a tunnel between the rear seats. *which they made use of the space to house the batteries, instead of a driveshaft
@@EVPulse re: "A skateboard or lack of skateboard in design isn’t a key determinant of handling performance." just a heads up EVP (btw love your uploads) but technically Merricho is correct because it IS in fact a "determinant", therein the problems comes in that you (personally) just don't know about it. no worries but bear with me for this comment will be LONG AF and reading it will likely be "unpleasant", for what Merricho expressed is actually "advanced understanding" or "high level knowledge" that unfortunately WON'T be found in the minds of most of today's so called "Auto Journalists", no, it will only be found in the minds of Mechanical Engineers or specifically Auto Engineers with experience in Motorsports/Racing (ref: yours truly). sadly at this late date in Auto Industry History (due to retirements, passing, and the like) there are now very few of us TRUE PROFESSIONALS left in the Industry who ACTUALLY know what the hell it is they are talking about... believe it or not (but i strongly suggest you believe it because it is in fact all true) while Polestar superficially "dresses up" Volvo's CMA platform to look like a 5-door Sedan, unbeknownst to most "lying beneath the skin" is a chassis that has LESS in common with all the other OEM's EV sedans on the road, and MORE in common with full-on Sports Cars like the CORVETTE C8... and wait for it... the mighty 4 motor RIMAC NEVERA (aw crap). admittedly if one's looking for a "Soccer Mom EV"...? or looking to do Ride Share...? then the P2 "ain't" the car for you (hey that rhymes 😀)... that's right, so Auto Journalists aren't alone in driving a "bunch of cars", no, we Motorsports/Racing guys also spend time driving these same "bunch of cars" and as if to make my point, it just so happens that the last 2 cars i tested in the last 60 days (pure coincidence btw) was a Polestar 2 Performance on the road, yeah i even drove it up to the NY Autoshow to see the East Coast debut of the "skateboarded" P3 and P4 back on April 6th. and then the VERY NEXT car i tested back on May 3rd occurred down at the racetrack (NJMP) in the form a sweet 2024 Nissan R35 GTR NISMO with Carbon Ceramic Brakes (got the pics and video on my phone)... yeah that's a hell of a "back to back" comparison right...? but guess what, i tell you with certainty (because again, i just got finished driving them) is the handling of that $60-$70K P2 you've got there is actually MORE THAN A MATCH for the handling of a $200K Nismo. while i don't love the car any less, admittedly it "pains me" to say that considering i'm very much a JDM/GTR fanboy. now while one might be tempted to attribute this "performance delta" to the P2 being a Dual Motor EV (yes that's certainly a "part" of the equation) but the reality is that's actually not the WHOLE equation. no, the other 50% of the equation lies in the fact that the Swedes not only had the "intelligence" to "stuff" both 80 kWh worth Batteries and Dual Motors up underneath THAT PARTICULAR CHASSIS with a tunnel...? but they expressly designed a chassis (with a tunnel) to ALSO have a relatively "short" wheelbase (108 inches) and let's be clear they DIDN'T have to do this, no, for they could've "succumbed to pressure" from "no-nothing consumers" with the P2, and just went out copied what the other Manufacturers were doing/planning to do, which is what they've basically now done with the aforementioned P3/P4 models... hint #1: in addition to having a "tunnel" with in which to place heavy batteries, the fancy all aluminum chassis of the Corvette (think: the new Corvette E-Ray, think Fisker's original Karma) and the fancy all carbon fiber chassis of the Rimac, they ADDITIONALLY both share this same wheelbase of 108 inches (+/- 1").
Leased a '23 Performance. Drives good but the tech is trash. The app is unusable, the TCAM has been in the shop 3 times and always disconnects from the network leaving you with no data. I also get propulsion issue warnings. I really cannot wait to return this thing, It looks and handles great but it is a very buggy car. It's no surprise when I heard the CEO say the Polestar is on an outdated platform and will be discontinued in two years.
You got the wrong/old numbers for charging. It's up to 205kW now and official numbers say it takes 28 minutes between 10-80%. Edit: Or is this the American version with the smaller 78kWh battery? For Europe the 2024 upgrade comes with a 82kWh battery.
The downsides of this car greatly outweigh its good sides. The car shuts off if there's no one in the driver's seat, even if there are passengers? That's a no-go. The center console is ugly, and the cupholder design is impractical-a deal breaker. It feels so claustrophobic in the back seat, with that giant tunnel running through the middle of an electric car! I love Volvo, but this isn't good enough.
Just done 1000 miles in my PS2 RWD LR 2024. All good ,will never buy an ICE car again. Acceleration is great fun, running cost almost nothing and loving the app which allows me to start deicing and warming the cabin whilst I'm still in bed before driving to work, and the reverse is true during hot weather. EV's are fab, very happy they've now arrived.
They either refuse to admit the problem or don't want to spend the money to fix it, but either way I would never buy one with that cupholder setup. It may be the case that cupholders are less used in other countries but if you're gonna sell in the US you gotta cater to the market... eventually. I can appreciate that they didn't get it right in the first year or two but now it's been four, and they still have the exact same design. I think they're putting their eggs into the Polestar 3 and 4 and are gonna let the 2 languish. There's no reason to buy this IMO.
I was extremely excited about it when it came out a few years back. Unfortunately, it is only now coming into a performance range that for real can compete with Tesla. And yes, I agree that Polestar seem to put minimum efforts into the 2 and take the money they earn from it (although sales are way lower than they'd expected) and focus on 3, 5 and the further future. The 2 is an older Volvo concept car, essentially, that they decided to use to get the new brand going.
What a vacuous superficial country! Forget performance, engineering, handling, build quality - all that matters are the cup holders! Explains why everyone except Americans wouldn’t be seen dead in an American car
@@sailingspark9748 You. But hundreds or thousands of other car drivers actually do use them. Especially when they have someone on the passenger seat. I got to break it to you: You're not the centre of the world.
The P2 Performance is priced out at $80k at my local space. Over $10k more than Ioniq5 N, Model 3 Performance, EV6GT and MacheGT. But its much slower, has a cheaper outdated interior and tech. Looks are plain and uninspiring. I see Polestar is barely selling any because its way overpriced. They think this is a BMW competitor but its not even close in all metrics and the sales reflect this. Too many overpriced packs.
Mostly first time EV owners and boomers buy this car. Looks so old and boring. The color choices are so boring as well. CEO said its being replaced with a completely new Polestar 7 on the modern SEA platform. The Polestar 2 CMA platform is already 8 years old and is at end of life. They said 2 more years at most. So much potential to make a cool EV but it failed.
The styling looks so old like a Chrysler. Sits too high and had a lot of unpainted trim like an economy car. Why did they cheap out so badly. The interior isnt even close to BMW standards. Those scuba material seats are so cheap looking. The tablet has huge bezels like a chinese tablet from 2015. No wonder why not many people buy these for $70k. The Performance model is a joke compared to EV6GT and Model Y Performance.
What Chrysler are you thinking of? Sits to high? What BMW has better interior other then maybe i7? BMW does do some fantastic interior but the old brands are kinda shooting them self in the foot with their own software.
Ok, this car is a piece of crap. I don’t know why this guy is saying is a great car. Seats are horribly uncomfortable. Screen is laggy as hell. Sound is horrible. Quality material is horribly cheap. My 2018 Nissan versa has a better quality. Performance is nothing compare to a Tesla. Ohhh and the charge is worst than a leaf. Also the car vibrates. Overall car is loud when over 60 mph. Garbage of a car. It makes me never wanting to get an electric car.
Purchased this car in January. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Beautiful car, love the ride. The 2024 update was what put me across the line for the purchase.
Me too. Got my car in late January too! Mine is SM Long Range thunder.
2.5 years in and I love it so much, would only maybe trade it in for a Polestar 4
Guess youre a first time EV owner. We all say this regardless of what EV it is. I said the same when I got my Ioniq5 until the honeymoon ended and I was saddled with the well known 12v battery issue. Move to '23 Polestar 2 and its also buggy and unreliable. Once you put some miles on this thing, you'll no longer have such enthusiasm.
@@Dark_Vader888disagree. Have you considered you may be rough on your purchases?
@@Dark_Vader888I have driven the first PS2 (release) for 85000 km (53000 miles) for more than three years. Still rock solid, and just getting better with OTA. updates.
I have a polestar 2 model uear 2022 and now have 20,000 miles on it. 100% local commuting and home garage charging. It's been perfect (and awd worked through multiple snow storms too!). The cupholder is a nonissue. I don't have to drink big gulp coke while driving. Cupholder fits a 500ml plastic water bottle. The range is also a non issue as i charge at home every night. It drives sooo much better than a Tesla 3 or Y. One has to actually drive for a while to tell the difference.
Ditto!
I have a MY22 P2. Does anyone know if Polestar updated the on board processor? My P2’s infotainment isn’t nearly as responsive.
The Polestar 2 is based off XC40 ICE based SUV. So there is a center tunnel, less aerodynamic than it could be, and on the heavy side.
Yeah the center tunnel is an ICE carryover limitation but it’s not always negative. Depends on packaging.
Which EV is lightweight
I have my 2023 Polestar 2 PPP now for nearly 18 months and 25000 miles later, it's still one of the best cars I've driven. I just love everything about it. It's been 100% reliable for me and having the dual motor performance pilot plus pack makes it a wonderful daily commuting car. I do nearly 400 miles per week and I charge at home and it just eats miles. I'd buy another Polestar again without hesistation.
Hit the button before exiting to keep it on.
Hertz gave me a 2023 Polestar 2 recently and BOY, was it a lot of fun. I still don't love the weirdly cramped interior with all the wasted space in the center console, but it was great to drive.
I've adjusted my dampers like 5 times. A couple to find a setting I was happy with for general road use and then on and off the hardest setting when I went on track. It takes ten minutes tops.
Seriously what is wrong with people these days that they are afraid to get their hands dirty adjusting things on a performance car. Would you rather pay another 5-6k to have them be adjustable electronically when it's something you only need to do a handful of times?!
Id either buy Long Ranger Single motor Plus for faster charging speeds or wait until that battery comes to dual motor. Ohlins is nice. Even if you don't adjust it, it'll drive nicer. Just how ohlins do rebound is more refined😊
Great review. Ill wait for the Polestar 3.
The passenger can keep the infotainment and climate on by pushing the play button. The driver can also keep the car powered by holding the play button for 3 seconds before leaving. Both only powers the car for 15mins i think.
I can't unsee that half-open hood lol
Your so fragile
cause it was
Close your eyes
Gonna buy my mom one of these someday.
One of the best if not the best looking EV out there!
That center tunnel is there to housing the battery because it is not a skateboard platform. That is why it has a better handling than most EV out there. How do you not know this as an Auto Journalist?
A skateboard or lack of skateboard in design isn’t a key determinant of handling performance. Soure: We are actually auto journalists who drive a bunch of cars.
The chassis comes from the XC40. Instead of designing the car from the ground up, they kept the chassis the same (it's still a cousin of Volvo, as you know). Hence, there is still a tunnel between the rear seats. *which they made use of the space to house the batteries, instead of a driveshaft
@@EVPulse re: "A skateboard or lack of skateboard in design isn’t a key determinant of handling performance." just a heads up EVP (btw love your uploads) but technically Merricho is correct because it IS in fact a "determinant", therein the problems comes in that you (personally) just don't know about it. no worries but bear with me for this comment will be LONG AF and reading it will likely be "unpleasant", for what Merricho expressed is actually "advanced understanding" or "high level knowledge" that unfortunately WON'T be found in the minds of most of today's so called "Auto Journalists", no, it will only be found in the minds of Mechanical Engineers or specifically Auto Engineers with experience in Motorsports/Racing (ref: yours truly). sadly at this late date in Auto Industry History (due to retirements, passing, and the like) there are now very few of us TRUE PROFESSIONALS left in the Industry who ACTUALLY know what the hell it is they are talking about...
believe it or not (but i strongly suggest you believe it because it is in fact all true) while Polestar superficially "dresses up" Volvo's CMA platform to look like a 5-door Sedan, unbeknownst to most "lying beneath the skin" is a chassis that has LESS in common with all the other OEM's EV sedans on the road, and MORE in common with full-on Sports Cars like the CORVETTE C8... and wait for it... the mighty 4 motor RIMAC NEVERA (aw crap). admittedly if one's looking for a "Soccer Mom EV"...? or looking to do Ride Share...? then the P2 "ain't" the car for you (hey that rhymes 😀)...
that's right, so Auto Journalists aren't alone in driving a "bunch of cars", no, we Motorsports/Racing guys also spend time driving these same "bunch of cars" and as if to make my point, it just so happens that the last 2 cars i tested in the last 60 days (pure coincidence btw) was a Polestar 2 Performance on the road, yeah i even drove it up to the NY Autoshow to see the East Coast debut of the "skateboarded" P3 and P4 back on April 6th. and then the VERY NEXT car i tested back on May 3rd occurred down at the racetrack (NJMP) in the form a sweet 2024 Nissan R35 GTR NISMO with Carbon Ceramic Brakes (got the pics and video on my phone)...
yeah that's a hell of a "back to back" comparison right...? but guess what, i tell you with certainty (because again, i just got finished driving them) is the handling of that $60-$70K P2 you've got there is actually MORE THAN A MATCH for the handling of a $200K Nismo. while i don't love the car any less, admittedly it "pains me" to say that considering i'm very much a JDM/GTR fanboy. now while one might be tempted to attribute this "performance delta" to the P2 being a Dual Motor EV (yes that's certainly a "part" of the equation) but the reality is that's actually not the WHOLE equation. no, the other 50% of the equation lies in the fact that the Swedes not only had the "intelligence" to "stuff" both 80 kWh worth Batteries and Dual Motors up underneath THAT PARTICULAR CHASSIS with a tunnel...? but they expressly designed a chassis (with a tunnel) to ALSO have a relatively "short" wheelbase (108 inches) and let's be clear they DIDN'T have to do this, no, for they could've "succumbed to pressure" from "no-nothing consumers" with the P2, and just went out copied what the other Manufacturers were doing/planning to do, which is what they've basically now done with the aforementioned P3/P4 models...
hint #1: in addition to having a "tunnel" with in which to place heavy batteries, the fancy all aluminum chassis of the Corvette (think: the new Corvette E-Ray, think Fisker's original Karma) and the fancy all carbon fiber chassis of the Rimac, they ADDITIONALLY both share this same wheelbase of 108 inches (+/- 1").
What is the drag coefficient of this Polestar? 😁
Leased a '23 Performance. Drives good but the tech is trash. The app is unusable, the TCAM has been in the shop 3 times and always disconnects from the network leaving you with no data. I also get propulsion issue warnings. I really cannot wait to return this thing, It looks and handles great but it is a very buggy car. It's no surprise when I heard the CEO say the Polestar is on an outdated platform and will be discontinued in two years.
Love it. It looks like a real car, or I should say a car we are used to.
There are so many hurdles with condo garages / charging! That is what keeps many people from taking that step to EVs.
You got the wrong/old numbers for charging. It's up to 205kW now and official numbers say it takes 28 minutes between 10-80%.
Edit: Or is this the American version with the smaller 78kWh battery? For Europe the 2024 upgrade comes with a 82kWh battery.
The RWD model has the new battery, motor and charge speed in NA. AWD still carries the old battery and charging but have the new motors.
@@mathieulavallee624 That's different here in Europe. I just got the LRDM and has the new battery with 82kWh and better charging speed.
I saw it for leasing for $300 with $2000 dollar down so i might snag it.
Was it snagged?
@@verynick😂
I did ! Best deal ever !
#1 heated/ ventilated/ massage seats
#2 autonomous driving
#3 make it more spacious (It’s cramped)
#4 price parity with Model Y
This leases less than Tesla. Also cheaper used too!
I want a real sunroof and real colours. Tired of cars coming in black, white, and shades of gray.
@@sailingspark9748welp...thats why ppl wrap their cars ( for other colors)
The downsides of this car greatly outweigh its good sides. The car shuts off if there's no one in the driver's seat, even if there are passengers? That's a no-go. The center console is ugly, and the cupholder design is impractical-a deal breaker. It feels so claustrophobic in the back seat, with that giant tunnel running through the middle of an electric car! I love Volvo, but this isn't good enough.
Just done 1000 miles in my PS2 RWD LR 2024. All good ,will never buy an ICE car again. Acceleration is great fun, running cost almost nothing and loving the app which allows me to start deicing and warming the cabin whilst I'm still in bed before driving to work, and the reverse is true during hot weather. EV's are fab, very happy they've now arrived.
You made me smile. “I will never buy an ICE car again.” Me too. Had my PD2 over two years. I’ll never go back.
They either refuse to admit the problem or don't want to spend the money to fix it, but either way I would never buy one with that cupholder setup. It may be the case that cupholders are less used in other countries but if you're gonna sell in the US you gotta cater to the market... eventually. I can appreciate that they didn't get it right in the first year or two but now it's been four, and they still have the exact same design. I think they're putting their eggs into the Polestar 3 and 4 and are gonna let the 2 languish. There's no reason to buy this IMO.
Used for you?
I was extremely excited about it when it came out a few years back. Unfortunately, it is only now coming into a performance range that for real can compete with Tesla. And yes, I agree that Polestar seem to put minimum efforts into the 2 and take the money they earn from it (although sales are way lower than they'd expected) and focus on 3, 5 and the further future. The 2 is an older Volvo concept car, essentially, that they decided to use to get the new brand going.
What a vacuous superficial country! Forget performance, engineering, handling, build quality - all that matters are the cup holders! Explains why everyone except Americans wouldn’t be seen dead in an American car
I only ever use my cup holders to store stuff. I don't drink or eat in the car.
@@sailingspark9748 You. But hundreds or thousands of other car drivers actually do use them. Especially when they have someone on the passenger seat. I got to break it to you: You're not the centre of the world.
The P2 Performance is priced out at $80k at my local space. Over $10k more than Ioniq5 N, Model 3 Performance, EV6GT and MacheGT. But its much slower, has a cheaper outdated interior and tech. Looks are plain and uninspiring. I see Polestar is barely selling any because its way overpriced. They think this is a BMW competitor but its not even close in all metrics and the sales reflect this. Too many overpriced packs.
Polestar 4 looks better. Unique.
Opinions are not facts
Apart from when you're selling it and it loses 70% of it's value.
No ones buying it. Just lease for one year and return 😂
How much do you lose on your gas car?
time for a new pair of jeans bud
Total garbage! Had it for 4 days thru Thrifty… what a terrible car… i was shocked! Way far from Tesla…
Great looking car. Terrible to live with. Hopefully they improve in future.
Why is it terrible to live with ?
?
Mine is easy to live with, nice handling , fast, quite, well built.
Why is it terrible to live with? I do 400 miles per week for my work commute and it's an awesome car to drive and be in.
Mostly first time EV owners and boomers buy this car. Looks so old and boring. The color choices are so boring as well. CEO said its being replaced with a completely new Polestar 7 on the modern SEA platform. The Polestar 2 CMA platform is already 8 years old and is at end of life. They said 2 more years at most. So much potential to make a cool EV but it failed.
CCP
Duhh. Your smart phone, computer, almost everything electronic you own is made by capitalist CCP companies. Tesla batteries too.
Every electronic device you own is manufactured in China. It’s called Capitalism.
I.m sure you shop at Walmart where everything is Chinese
@@richardmesser1091 Sorry I. (Not sure why you use a period after I )do not shop at Walmart.
The styling looks so old like a Chrysler. Sits too high and had a lot of unpainted trim like an economy car. Why did they cheap out so badly. The interior isnt even close to BMW standards. Those scuba material seats are so cheap looking. The tablet has huge bezels like a chinese tablet from 2015. No wonder why not many people buy these for $70k. The Performance model is a joke compared to EV6GT and Model Y Performance.
What Chrysler are you thinking of? Sits to high? What BMW has better interior other then maybe i7? BMW does do some fantastic interior but the old brands are kinda shooting them self in the foot with their own software.
Ok, this car is a piece of crap. I don’t know why this guy is saying is a great car. Seats are horribly uncomfortable. Screen is laggy as hell. Sound is horrible. Quality material is horribly cheap. My 2018 Nissan versa has a better quality. Performance is nothing compare to a Tesla. Ohhh and the charge is worst than a leaf. Also the car vibrates. Overall car is loud when over 60 mph. Garbage of a car. It makes me never wanting to get an electric car.