2:35. I imagine giving you a 900HP Ford Escape would probably be against the Geneva Convention.

Kaskaskia is the first place I ever drove a car. My dad took me there and let me drive around the empty village.

I want Robert to do history videos now. I liked how he did that

Similar thing as happened to Kaskaskia happend in the middle ages in Poland. There was a city with a huge castle which would've ended up as the capital of Poland... but the river changed its course by 400 meters so instead of flowing right under the castle you'd have to go through 400 metres of swamp to get to it. Subsequently the court moved to Warsaw and the would be capital barely exists now as a small village with an impressive castle ruin.

I love how you make these videos entertaining to watch and not just sit and talk about a car. The coal barge was a nice touch!

I nearly had a heart attack driving a Polestar 2 as a rental car because I was backing out of a parking spot and the car stopped so suddenly I was certain I had backed into another car or a post. I got out and there was nothing there. The car must have slammed on the brakes by itself. Glad it's not just me!

It's good to know that as an Alfa Romeo owner considering a Polestar 2, the ownership experience won't change much. Random weird stuff being inaccurate or not quite working correctly, but also not quite broken, few dealerships, lighting money on fire in depreciation -- all the same.

So in summary, a 1 year old Polestar 2 is the bargain of the century

Finland mentioned! To the market! 🥳🇫🇮 BTW Volvo dealers DO service Polestars here.

Not having it in Drive is a little bit like when you’re lining up the circular saw to the workpiece, carefully squeezing the trigger and then nothing happens because you didn’t put a battery in it. I’d buy this over a Model 3 because I like Volvos and the guy that runs Tesla is such a basket case that I couldn’t bring myself to buy a car from him. Oh and the Polestar has proper door handles.

This has to be one of the most entertaining reviews I’ve ever heard. The sticker part was hilarious!

6:13 A noise that kind of sounds like tire noise that developed soon after a big shock load could be a damaged wheel bearing (Brinelling damage). If the rotor is warped again, the hub part of it could be bent as well.

I HATE the new trend of having no start procedure. I should be able to turn the car OFF and ON. Even my Bolt (which DOES have a start button) doesn't FULLY turn off, so if it's doing some glitchy bullshit there is no way of rebooting the system other than walking away from it for an unspecified amount of time or disconnecting the auxiliary battery.

In this episode: learning firsthand the sorrow of a car loan‘s remaining value staying above the depreciation costs.

I've had my P*2 (2022, dual motor, LR, but not performance pkg) for a bit over a year now and apart from occasionally staying offline for the whole duration of a drive, I've never experienced any issues, but I've only driven 15000km. I love this car!

Really enjoyed the little bits of history and scenery in this one. Makes it not just a video about a car.

Polestar: it's an electric vehicle so it saves the planet! Also Polestar: Oh you want a simple service? We'll just needlessly ship it across the country and then ship it back. No big deal

Your ads are the only ones I don't skip through. You always make them fun!

I am so glad I found your channel many years ago. A real person speaking about their doubt, concerns, experience and first of all joy of cars, and everything else. I have to admit you can make even the sponsored parts watchable.

on 10:22 you made me do a double take and a proper laugh with the warm countries comment. Well played mr @AgingWheels

It's wild to me that your nice weather efficiency is less than my winter efficiency in my MachE. I didn't realize the Mustang was particularly efficient for an EV.

For anyone wondering the one petal driving braking at high SOC/low battery temp Tesla USED TO limit the regen braking with no compensation from the actual brakes. Fairly recently they updated and now you can turn on the option to use the physical brake pads to have a consistent braking experience like he describes having with the Polestar.

On the steering sticking point... my Volt does this, too. I attribute it to the electric power steering. It's not on all the time like a traditional powre steering system, so you HAVE to cross some sort of threshold for the power steering to kick on. And you can feel that little gap between no power assist, and power assist.

Greetings from the UK - I just want to say that I love watching your videos. You make me laugh out loud, you really do. My best LOL moment other than "...it's not drive", is definitely "shut up! It's my money!" You genius man! All the very best to you and your family and Happy Easter, while we're at it. 🙂

4:20 you're describing the exact problem I have with my Volvo XC40 Recharge. It's not a permanent problem but it happens from time to time and it's super annoying. So this is definitely a Volvo thing, not just Polestar.

regarding the usage metric, the reason most countries don't do mpgs or the electric equivalent is that the math is misleading. as per engineering explained on youtube via motorauthority, "Increasing the mpg of two cars by the same amount ... doesn't mean they save the same amount of fuel. A gain of 1 mpg will equate to more fuel savings in a car that started out getting 5 mpg than a car that started out getting 50 mpg."

So glad you're back to releasing videos more regularly, I'm always hoping there's a video of yours waiting in my queue.

A week ago, I'd have argued that the pilot package is silly. I drove a rental Pasaat from Connecticut to Maine and back in one day yesterday, and while the lane keeping was irritating, the adaptive cruise control was utterly priceless, I want to retrofit it into my 2002 Outback now. I loved it.

Re. the over-the-air performance boost, I totally agree it's your own money to spend, but the business model isn't one I want to be normalized. This is legitimately one of the things that's making it harder for me to want to buy a Polestar later this year. I won't buy a crippled product if I have a choice in the matter. But I realize that's my choice...

I love the shipstation logo drifting to the right on the screen lol. I hate ads but damn that got me laughing. Lol nice

Those tires really matter on these things when it comes to efficiency. I went from having generic all seasons get 4 mi/kwh on my LEAF to cross climate 2's getting 2.5-3 mi/kwh. Not making that mistake again. Probs going for a low RR, or regular all season for my next set of tires to get 4 mi/kwh again, or higher.

I feel the highway stealth thing, while not as significant I've humbled a few people with a 12 year old v6 accord, those things are always overlooked lmao.

As an Ohioan who is looking at electric cars, knowing the service center is near me this is good news for me.

For the steering 'look -up', it happens to my Hyundai Kona electric too. Thought I was crazy, Thank You Dr. Dunn.

I bought a new Victory motorcycle for $23,000 and 4 years and 38k mi later I sold it for $6,000. You made me feel better about my purchase, thank you Robert.

Really appreciate this real world review. My wife and I have always found Volvos (and now Polestars) attractive but they've always been plagued by electrical gremlins! Sometimes the ignition wouldn't work (at all) or power windows would or wouldn't operate etc so I always had a small box of assorted fuses in the car and became quite adept at changing them. The dealers were never of any help in tracking down the source. Still, we test drove an XC 60 with autostart/stop and during the test drive (brand new!) the car refused to restart at a stop light, finally did in limp mode that allowed us to crawl back to the dealer. The soon-to-be unhappy salesman asked how the drive went....

Our family were early Kaskaskia residents. During one of the floods, they moved a bunch of the graves across the river, and that is where some of them are buried now.

Got my Ioniq 5 about the same time you got your Polestar, put just over 28,000 miles. It's my favorite car I've ever owned. I've seen some real savings and am very pleased with it. Not saying everyone should go EV but you should definitely look into it if you are in the market to buy a new car.

I rented a polestar two for a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego because my Fiat 500 E would’ve been a ridiculous choice for that trip with only roughly 80 miles of range. I agree with most of what is being said here from that trip. First of all, going from 40 mph to 80 mph in the pole star is ridiculously enjoyable. I have never driven a car that is so confident and surging in highway traffic, it’s just fantastic. 0 to 30 acceleration is also very good, and so far from a pure driving perspective. It’s pretty great. I also agree with the criticism of the seat as button function of the car. I sort of got used to it. But it is not confidence building, and it’s disheartening to hear that that has other problems. I also agree with the assessment that , the trip planning system is excellent. I almost didn’t have to think about it, and even when there were problems with some of the charging stations that I encountered along the way, the system still was able to assist me. The only feature I wish it had was the ability for Folks who were using it to let you know that some of the charging stations have problems. That function, alone, if done, accurately and consistently, would make a huge difference to using Evies and charging them. I imagine getting to a gas station and finding it’s closed, or that it has fewer working pumps, would be just as useful. But for gas vehicles, these days, there are so many gas stations, then in most instances, it’s not an issue. And by the way, when people complain that there aren’t enough, EV, charging stations in certain places, I would just point out that there are portions of the country where they are one or possibly two gas stations at the most remote location that you might have to get to. I have just as often had an issue where I had to make sure to stop at one particular gas station going between California and Arizona or California, Nevada, and if that gas station had not been open, I would’ve been screwed. The issue exists no matter what kind of vehicle you’re driving, but the evidence of the structure has not been built out enough yet. The only thing I would add to this assessment is that I find invisibility in a pole star, not to be great, and it also feels like a very bottom heavy Vehicle. On the one hand, that can feel cozy and safe. On the other hand, much like a lot of today’s vehicles unfortunately, I feel like I’m somewhat less aware or able to see the vehicles around me. The back up camera was quite good, but I still much prefer the ability to see around with my own eyes rather than through cameras. I know that with current safety standards, AB and C pillars are thicker, and it’s much harder to have rollover protection, and still have a lot of window glass. But I’m really hoping that sometime in the near future, some manufacture works out how to get the same kind of strength with a lot less material, so that we can go back to being able to see out the back of our vehicles. A back up camera is not a panacea, and brings with it. It’s own challenges.

I have a Polestar 2 at 23,000 miles and completely agree with all your pros and cons. When it comes down to it, the PS2 is gorgeously designed and I really enjoy supporting the lesser-known EVs.

The window when the Polestar was the optimal choice was really super narrow and you happened to land right on that local maximum. That said, it is currently *THE* play for a used EV.

We have a polestar in the family (from Norway), and i am pleased to say that we have not had any of problems you've faced, except the advertised range. And range when the battery is cold (below 0°c outside). And the different range estimates. Here, tesla has opened a lot of their chargers, but you can't rely on any kind of charger being spaced evenly apart. There are also alot of slow chargers set up around 8-10 years ago, so road tripping may not be very fun.

Thanks for pointing out that you're driving a coal powered car. And I mean this in the most non-snarky way possible. Love you videos...and your humor...and your honesty. So, I had a '77 240D for a while, great car...you should get one of those.

this could very well be the nicest video you have done, i loved the nature and history you shared

Thank you for sharing your real-world experience!!!!

Interesting little bit about Kaskaskia, I never noticed that little bit of IL sticking out on the map. Fun video as usual.

My new car has that weird steering wheel stiffness as well at times. Just randomly happens for a while. I think it's maybe the electric power steering not being sensitive enough to kick in until you push hard enough in a direction. It's really annoying at times when you're just one handing the wheel and want to turn it very slightly

Man I just love the variety of content. Please don't stop uploading and being you lol. 😂

Electric things spontaneously turning themselves on will never NOT freak me out. (I say this having been awakened at 2 AM this morning by my cat stepping on a series of keys to launch Euro Truck Simulator 2 and the music rousing me from sleep.)

We saw a Polestar in the wild yesterday! So cool. We still love our Bolt EUV.

Good info. I rented a Polestar in Dallas in January and was getting about 30.0 kWh/100mi. Temperatures were between 60 and 80F and I did a mix of local and highway. I was impressed. I also just bought an XC40 Recharge (same battery and motors as this) and it’s not as efficient as this, but it also hasn’t really warmed up yet where I live. I’ll have to wait until the later spring and summer to pass judgment on the efficiency.

Was introduced to you from your roadtrip with Alex. Really some great editing and interesting interjections. Certainly earned a subscribe.

Still a cool car. Always nice to get a look at how they wear in.

Starts playing music in the middle of the night... did you name your car "Christine"?

The number of EV’s in Norway is crazy. I travel there a few times a month and a few years ago it was unusual if I didn’t see a couple of EV’s in my short 10 minute walk from the railway station to the office. Now I count the petrol cars, yeah it’s that much of a difference, the ratio is close to 50/50 now and I reckon in a couple of years it’ll be 80/20 in the EV’s favour. Some countries lead, others follow…

Great job on the video! Thanks for making it.

That is a lot of mileage in one year, wow. Great review, interesting comparison to Tesla. And yes, lane-keeping (et al) SHOULD be standard.

Best KZfaq channel period! I always smile when watching.

Great video, entertaining, and informative. It doesn't get any better than that, thanks.

Great video all around, Thanks!

Fantastic video! I really appreciate that you got into the details, and highlight what is important in a car. Range really doesn't matter when you got fast charging, and the integration with navigation and battery state is very important that most people don't think about (planned charging time, and preconditioning). I've been sharing the same thoughts as you when people have asked about my Model S. Really looking forward to the bus EV :-)

I LOVED that intro. I don't know why, but it was great with a bit of US history to start with!

Thank you for sharing your valuable honest experience.

I got one of those plaques I was amazed how quickly it arrived! Thanks shipstation

In no way disparaging to your other videos, this is the best intro to any of your videos.

Brilliant video- first time viewer and your humorous, self-deprecating yet informative review of this car had me learning and chuckling the entire time. Subbed! As someone who made a purchase of an EV that makes almost zero sense on paper I feel I can relate. Our 2021 Mini Cooper SE, bought used for just about full MSRP at the height of COVID supply chain problems, has an unbelievably pitiful range of ~200 km, didn’t qualify for any incentives, is so rare the dealer can’t even service it properly and has such a small cargo area you have to put the seats down if you’ve bought more than 4 bags of groceries…. Luckily it’s so much fun to drive I can’t wipe the grin off my face. Plus, well, it isn’t like every other EV on the road - I.e. Hyundai or Tesla..so its throwback styling is oddly refreshing. Plus it costs about $3/ day to drive. In other words I absolutely love this dumb little car. Maybe our next EV will be more practical.

These videos are terrific! Way more people should subscribe to this channel. My Mach-E is jealous of your mapping with integrated SoC data.

7:54 best advert ever, a ad fer shipping services and with a tugboat shipping barges up the great Mississippi river, 👌 Not skipping this ad, can't help it, I love shipping 🤣

I had a business trip to Austin, TX two weeks ago. When I got to the rental car lot at the airport, they had a Polestar available that I could take for the week. That was so tempting. I just didn't think I could do that one without the accountants complaining about my expense report.

4:30 have you looked at the strut mounts? Sometimes they bind up when the bearing goes bad in the top, put it on a lift and swing to wheels back and forth and see if the spring is moving freely with the wheels

I loved everything about this video! awesome job!

Love your upbeat humour your posting are always entertaining 😁😁👍👍

This is fascinating. I own a Jaguar Ipace. It continually surpasses the EPA estimate of 234 unless it’s dead of winter and cold as a witches you know what, and I precondition it for a long period of time. I guess this is where the saying “you get what you pay for” comes from. 40k miles in, and only been for one non required service interval. That was minor for the 12v accessory battery. Just replaced tires, and we’re back racking up miles and driving by gas stations.

Saw my first Polestar 2 last week in the back water where I live , Beautiful car & YES one pedal driving is the absolute shizz 😎 I have a MG ZS EV.

literally the only guy i can listen to talk about electric cars without cringing. funny, informative and factual. good job

Awesome car. I drove one for two years and I sort of miss it. But it had lots of (minor) software issues. Cost per km was a lot higher because electricity is 10 times more expensive here. Best thing about my Polestar were the pixel headlights which yours does not have, I think.

Probably should have gotten the 300dollar mudflap option by the looks of those sidepanels

Thank you for this video. Changed my mind and probably saved me a lot of time and money.

Great video. Very helpful. Thank you.

Love your videos. I've been to Kaskaskia and have seen the eagles there!

i had audi that kept warping one rotor it turned out to be bent hub flange

Great video, man! Lots of fun info.

Love your style of reviewing this car. Thank you

wow.. its been a year already??

Great year-in-review for ownership of the Polestar. Valid criticisms, but it seems like overall a positive experience? It's easy to look at "the road not taken" and only compare it to the complaints you have about the choice you made, because often the things you'd complain about in the other alternative aren't obvious until you've lived it.

I think this has to be my favorite KZfaq video

Great commentary and super self awareness! Good job!

Thanks Robert. Entertaining as usual, though as a 60 plus guy who's never had to grapple with anything other than metric, every time you said kw/h per 100 miles, my brain tried to explode 😊

0-60 is great to write on paper. 40-70 is useful every time you drive.

Quite informative, and very funny video! Love the sense of humor, thanks for sharing.

17:00: "Not a Tesla" is a HUGE selling point, though.

Well, you've convinced me. My next new car is going to be a Jeep Wrangler with a V6 and manual transmission and no electric drive. However, I will keep my Prius C as a daily since it is so cheap to run. And yes, AC is the range killer.

Love the history facts btw, you should start every video with a little bit of fun trivia.

Love your videos Robert!!

Most informational talk I've seen in ages. And entertaining!

I agree 100% with you about not liking the way Teslas look - the only one that I personally like is the Model S.

Wheel bearing damage maybe? Causing heat and warping rotar?

I never comment, but wanted to tell you to keep up the great work. Very thorough and honest review with your great personality peppered throughout.

So in other words this car is perfect, it contains all the little faults and issues you've come to expect from all of your cars.

Especially doing 38k miles in just a year would probably have a hard hit on its value, thought the depreciation would bite on this one.