- Proprietor reveals the great and the dangerous after 100,000 miles in a Polestar 2.
- The Polestar 2 is a Chinese language-made, Swedish-designed electrical sedan.
The Polestar 2 was the Swedish-based automaker’s first all-electric mass-market automobile. And for a great few years, it was one of many fiercest rivals to the Tesla Mannequin 3–however then Polestar introduced the one model of the two out there in the USA from 2025 will value over $65,000.
In contrast, the quickest Tesla Mannequin 3, the Efficiency All-Wheel Drive, prices $10,000 much less, which is some huge cash. The distinction is even larger when wanting on the base Mannequin 3, which retails for $42,490 with out vacation spot charges.
However, individuals like Robert Dunn from the YouTube channel Ageing Wheels purchased a Polestar 2 and have very optimistic ideas concerning the Chinese language-made EV. In Dunn’s case, his Polestar 2 has just lately handed the 100,000 miles mark, which implies a number of stuff had the possibility to go unsuitable–and the battery guarantee has ended.
So, how did this Chinese language-made, Swedish-designed electrical sedan maintain up after two and a half years and so many miles? Briefly, fairly good.
With regards to battery well being–which is presumably crucial metric for EVs–this explicit Polestar 2 is at the moment at 88.8% battery well being, based on the diagnostics software program utilized by Robert Dunn. When the automobile had 77,000 miles on the clock, the battery state of well being was at 91.5%.
In actuality, the degradation led to a variety lack of round 20 miles when driving from 100% to 0% state of cost, however Dunn hardly ever does that. As a substitute, he stated he’s nearly at all times maintaining the battery between 10% and 80%, and the vary loss isn’t actually a giant deal.
When new, this Polestar 2 Twin Motor Lengthy-Vary had an EPA-rated driving vary of 249 miles. It has a 75-kilowatt-hour (usable) battery pack and two 150-kilowatt electrical motors on every axle. Polestar up to date the two for the 2024 mannequin yr, when it bought an even bigger battery and a single-motor model that was rear-wheel drive as an alternative of front-wheel drive.
Inside, the automobile nonetheless appears just about like new, offered it’s clear. There’s a little bit of discoloration on the driving force’s aspect speaker grille, the place the driving force’s knee rests. Additionally, the cushion on the driving force’s aspect door isn’t a cushion anymore as a result of he at all times rests his elbow there when driving.
The yellow seatbelts are getting soiled, and the air-con is intermittently performing up. when that occurs, a easy restart of the automobile often solves it. The automobile additionally misplaced the GPS sign as soon as, and it might solely be mounted through a diagnostics device plugged into the automobile’s OBD port.
There are a collection of noises coming from the suspension and presumably the rear CV shafts, however they’re not as essential to warrant a restore, simply not but. Some suspension points had been mounted beneath guarantee at no cost, however that’s just about it. Tires and windshield wiper blades had been additionally modified a few occasions, however that’s completely regular for any automobile, as are the a number of rock chips on the bodywork and windshield.
