I didn't know that car was coming out, thanks for the link it looks pretty cool.

My son and I just took about a 12-15 minute test drive by ourselves in this car, I know it’s not a Tesla but it is fully electric so I posted it here.

It is pretty cool car, good acceleration, still pushes your head back due to the instant electric acceleration and overall a really cool car.

It has a regular dashboard and also an iPad like screen in the middle. It is not as fast as the model 3 but the power is good. It doesn’t have the cool feature of seeing the cars around you like the Tesla and I actually like the idea of no dashboard in front of the driver in the model 3 Compared to having the dashboard like this car has.

Strange thing is you buy it from a Polestar dealer (not really a dealer but a rep from what I understand) but all service is done by Volvo who btw does not sell the vehicle

One other note, it felt like a drivers car, nice steering which is adjustable in heaviness and it handled the curves really well.

This electric thing is really growing on me !!

One other note, it is a hatchback and looks much better in person then the pictures, I thought it would be X6 looking but it is much more car like in person

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Polestar:kekeke:

infotainment is the first car running the google version

Because Polestar is Volvo. Even if it’s not it is. China-ownership notwithstanding.

Leaving the Chinese part aside, the Polestar 2 is a much more interesting proposition to me than the Tesla. Don’t see myself buying one, but maybe the next version?

Yep. Interesting to note that you can’t actually buy them through a volvo dealer (if I understood correctly from Alan’s post). Maybe it’s a clever way to circumvent dealer franchise laws and sell direct?


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Yes you can only buy them from an authorized Polestar dealer and it looks like there are only 4 in the US.

Interesting. Based on this article, it looks like the "Polestar spaces" are still franchises; not company owned like Tesla. So i guess my theory was wrong.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2...ied-sub-brand/

It's a neat looking car, but the whole Polestar thing is kind of weird, especially since there's just SO MUCH Volvo in the design language.

I saw one of these driving down I-95 today, except it clearly said "Volvo" and "T5" on the trunk. I has confuse.

A) this has standard Volvo styling cues, so if you look really quick it kinda looks like a regular Volvo

B) Volvo offers a “polestar” package & dealer accessories for their regular models which is basically a performance kit, kind of like BMW M Performance - which makes it confusing when they use the same name for what is supposed to be a totally different brand. https://www.volvocars.com/us/cars/ne...&redirect=true