So excited I just last night got the VIN for my LRSM that's now been built and is due at Polestar Adelaide in a few weeks! This is my dream car for sure!

20 inch rims with no spare tire and on Australian roads - Good luck with that

Thank you for the review, great content. I have some acquaintances who just received the new 2024 Polestar 2, and they are thrilled with it, whether it's in Jupiter or Blue color. They absolutely love it. And, most importantly, what is everyone talking about with this car? lol As for me, I'm waiting to be able to test and potentially order either the Polestar 3 or 4.

Its a fail for me, an extra $3000 to upgrade to the pack with adaptive cruise control and a staggering extra $6000 for the pack with the heat pack. Adaptive cruise control and the heat pump should be standard. No LFP batteries is a big disappointment for me, nice looking car so it's a shame. Just my opinion.

Excellent upgrades, to a already, excellent vehicle. Thank you for the review. 👍👍

Drove one recently and it felt great. Vision out the back was quite limited though. This will make my shortlist for sure.

Comparing Tesla to Polestar is comparing apples to oranges; I like both cars but despite the similarities they see themselves as different. Polestar see themselves as a niche luxury brand so they are always going to be expensive and produced in limited numbers. Tesla aspires to be a mass market brand (like Ford or Toyota) and want to maximise production and bring their prices lower.

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Great review keep it up 👍

Thank you so much for the review. ❤

Overall Polestar is cheaper when you factor in crazy Tesla insurance cost.

You’re saying that it’s 17.2 kWh/100km for LR DM. How is that such an improvement, as Polestar claims for new 2024 model?. I see they have bigger battery comparing to 2023 model with only 4 kWh more. I am an owner of the 2023 model in which I am on 18.9 kWh avg and I live where the conditions are similar to UK. That puts me into the thought that it can’t be too much difference in battery then. The other question is how efficiently did you drive this car to come up with 17.2 kWh difference. I love that car, so that comment it is just for a debate as my curiosity towards 2024 model.

whats typical delivery times for the new version?

too expensive for a new brand with unproven track record.

For a Chinese car , most of the items in the add on packs should be standard, in other words your being ripped off for a brand name .

“Truly great” but couldn’t crack an 8 😅

It's far too expensive for the base model. A RWD with adaptive cruise control costs $74,452 (drive away) in NSW and is over the NSW EV rebate threshold so no rebate. A base model Tesla RWD is $60,314 but it's easy to apply a $750 referral that brings that to $59,564, also it's below the NSW EV rebate cap to another $3000 that's effectively $56,564 drive away. Comparing the base models like for like the Polestar is $17,888 more expensive. Not only is the Polestar not an $18k better car than the base model Tesla it's not a better car at all even if it was the same price, it's heavier, it's slower, has a much poorer user interface with fewer features, is less efficient, has poorer seating / cabin layout, is built on an ICE platform with a huge transmission tunnel, will get less range real world, has a NMC battery which needs to be managed between 80-20% charge on a daily basis (Telsa's base LFP can be charged regularly to 100%), and despite the hatch configuration has less usable storage than a model 3, does not drive or handle any better, has no better build quality than the Shanghai built model 3, and we haven't even got to the charger network yet. There will be a handful of buyers that just want something that is not a Tesla and want a more familiar ICE-like cabin layout but they are paying a huge premium for an inferior product.

The Chinese are really great at manufacturing. No active cruise standard is surprising. Sounds like a money grab by Polestar. I had the fwd as a hire car for about a week. And i loved it. The range was not near what was advertised but the trip computer was very accurate with the realistic range.

I love the look. But poor packaging was the reason I stuck with Tesla. With its fully electric interior and heated seats allround. Also for the money they’re asking the Polestar is too pokey inside. No adaptive cruise, Poor efficiency.

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Just too expensive for us average Joes. Maybe in 20 years time when I'm to old to drive.

Still Adaptive Cruise not standard ??? Out of touch!

Volvo ex30

No two cup holder and arm side support is bad

Nice car but still toooooooooo dear!

It is probably" good" now.but it is because the new model 3 is not out yet. just saying.

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.

Don't get excited - only suboptimal NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) battery offered; NMC battery's life time span is 3-4x less than Li-Phophate batteries. How come the reviewer "forgot" to mention this?

How on Earth can you compare to Tesla Model 3 when it does not have at the very least the software and technology and let alone the charging infrastructure? Aren't you ashamed of yourself to compare to Tesla? Do not even try to compare anything to Tesla you are shaming the other cars.... Oh I almost forgot to compare the price

Great to see they have improved each model, but still too "Volvo" looking for me, especially at the front. I think I still prefer the functionality of the touchscreen in the Tesla despite them missing the centre dash.

Polestars are no better than Volvos means Polestar 2 is an electric sedan with liftback trunk and Sport Utility Vehicle suspension. Then go take the bus🚌 made by Volvo or go back and find an ancient trolleybus🚎rides under tram cables with cheap electricity and so-called zero emission than battery electric buses.

Knockoff Tesla

Polestar was always better than Tesla in terms of designs, reliability and driving dynamics. Tesla is similar to Apple - people buy them for no reason, only the quality and designs are far inferior to Apple