Saw a polestar parked the other day -- looks even better in person.

Polestar 2 doesn't get the $7,500 tax credit discount in the US because it's made in China. That makes the value discrepancy even more starker.

Good balanced review 👍 and I say that as a Polestar owner, interesting to see a car without the plus pack and pilot pack.

Wow I rented a polestar (being a model y owner) while traveling for work, and absolutely loved the sound of the Polestar blinker haha. I guess to each his own

Thank you so much for making this video! I’m choosing between the two and your video was so helpful !

Completely enjoy your very frank, honest and candid commentary on your videos.

I would love to mix the best of both into one vehicle. I've always been a fan of the Polestar's exterior aesthetics.

Like the Tesla i think the rear end for both look better than front. I prefer the Tesla's cleaner futuristic front without the grille. Inside screen/software - Tesla by a mile.

This was fantastic dude. Great video.

fabulous review. like your every day style. your candor is refreshing.

Thanks Gjeebs for this informative video. You are doing great as an auto reviewer. Good job. :) You weigh the pros and cons of each car and provide us with an honest review based on your experience. At $50K, the Polestar falls short in my opinion with all of the features lacking in the car that is included as standard in the Model Y with a slightly higher price. The Model Y has safety features included from their experience with the Tesla Vision based FSD Beta software to help automatically prevent accidents. These features will just get better over time. My 2018 Model 3 still drives and feels like a brand new car after a software update. It has the same software features as a 2023 Model 3.

I drove polestar for 3 days in Southern California. At first yes turn signals are going through the speakers. But it grew on me and by the end of day 2 I liked it ) Second thing it was dual motor and oh boi it was nice to drive

As a 2022 Tesla Model Y owner who test drove a Polestar 2 I certainly agree with all your observations. My second car is a 2023 BMW i4 edrive40 which is fun to drive with rear wheel drive, and quick acceleration and classic BMW handling. And, it has a classic sun roof with all the adjustments. I see you have reviewed ICE BMWs, but i didnt see a review of the i4. Would love to see you do that one!

Great video, love that you prayed for your escape on every merge. Like your description of cardboard Tesla. Btw, you get used the turn signal after a few days, drove me nuts at first. Nice job.

I take delivery of my 23 Y on Wednesday! Excited to get the 4680 structural battery car.

Great review 👍🏻 I’ve been driving a Polestar 2 for 2.5 years, the dual motor long range with all the options and love it. For sure, rear space is limited for adults.

Another great video. I enjoy my Model Y. My wife had an Escape as well but it was the 2L Ecoboost and power was alright.

yes over the air updates have worked very well on the Polestar

Polestar also have battery preconditioning if you route to or through a fast charger.

I have a 2021 3SR+ (19" performance wheels) and just bought a 2023 YLR + 20" Induction wheels (Fremont). I've noticed that the fit & finish is better. The doors close & sound solid. The ride is significantly better too. * BTW, you didn't mention the stupidly huge CCS connection system.

My Saab 9-3 had a similar turn signal that sounded like a vinyl record pop. It's actually kind of cool rather than annoying, but also I've never left my turn signal on for a long time in that car.

The turn signal sound for Polestar 2 is a hate or love feature. Personally, I absolutely LOVE IT. It is so futuristic and nice sounding compared to all the other cars I've driven. This may be a thing in Sweden but in Swedish Facebook groups, you'll find how everyone's raving about the nice-sounding turning signal. I find that this review lacks lots of info. Most people who know Polestar recommends not getting the performance package but do get the plus package and dual motor version where the acceleration speed is the same as Tesla Y. The single pedal driving is much more enjoyable in Polestar 2 vs Tesla Y after testing the two cars multiple times. You also get the same acceleration in Polestar 2 with less sea sickness feeling in your stomach. I don't know what magic juice they put into the Polestar 2 but it is much more enjoyable in Polestar 2. The feeling of driving a Polestar 2 is way better than Tesla Y. If you like driving cars, the Polestar 2 is for you. Also, the loudness of the car and the AC is much louder in Tesla Y. I test-drove 10+ EVs before I got my P2, and I had a decibel meter with me. Wow, what a difference. Oh yes, the Polestar 2 has manual buttons and levers for what you expect. No fiddling around with the nipples on the steering wheel that you have on the Tesla. Again, there are so many things to compare between cars that this review does not even touch upon. Look for better comparisons.

nice! awesome review! 🍻

Just got my 23 Model Y and I was very nervous about the ride, noise and build quality. Everything has been great so far. The door feels good when it closes and the build quality is awesome. I did drive a Polestar for a week and the range was terrible plus the charging was an issue. This was before Tesla announced their super charger sharing.

I'm in the UK. I test drove both of these cars and in the end, ordered the Tesla MYLR. The Polestar is impressive but it felt cramped in comparison to the Y.

I just picked up my new MYLR last weekend. I love it! #TeamWhite! Say hi to Jaimie for me 😁

Is funny how much you dislike the turn signal. I love it. Hate the noise normally in many other cars. Good thorough and fair review. Almost impossible to beat Tesla value right now. When I got my Polestar had no problem choosing it over the Y based on the repeated reports of build quality of Tesla and Polestar basically being a Volvo. That price drop (along with improved overall build quality) makes the Tesla hard to skip. Still love my Polestar.

I like how the Polestar sits a little higher than my M3RW and like everyone Apple car play should be added. Tesla dont be like Apple vs Android holding back great features. Great video again 😎

@Gjeebs I know what you mean about the sound when shutting the doors, on my 3 it’s the same. My wife has a 2023 BMW i4 and the doors have that solid cushioned sound that’s nice to hear. The 3 isn’t bad but would be nice if it sounded like the i4, now the trunk lid closing sound is another story, it could be so much better on the 3.

EVDave rented one while his Tesla was in Atlanta getting PPF. He had significant visibility and usability complaints, but he is also taller. My friend that has one complains about infrequent software updates. I don’t like the option list, almost as bad as Porsche, everything you want is extra. I have a late MYLR, doors sound like my Mercedes, but I don’t like frameless windows on the Tesla and I do prefer either real door handles or those on the MachE. From an engineering standpoint, the MY is far superior. I also prefer to buy as little as possible from China.

Nice review. Thanks. I will stick w my 2022 MYLR!

I had a 2022 Model Y. I didn't like it, so I sold it after about 4 months. I might consider purchasing a Polestar 2 however. This size car is more appealing to me and I like the styling. I hope to rent one soon, so I can try it out.

The OTA updates on polestar are so-so. Some require you to go into the shop to get. Also the P2 has a significant problem with their Bluetooth antenna that causes basic functions to fail sometimes (like the ability to unlock the car door). It was the reason I ended up looking at a tesla.

I had a Polestar as rental car. I felt a little bit too snug in the driver’s seat and didn’t really enjoy the closed in feeling, small windshield and low header. Tesla has an open space feeling when in the driver’s seat.

Freakin' awesome golf towel Ben.

Why there is a hump in Polestar? Is it for structural rigidity ? Takes away lot of space in rear

Gjeebs - TESLA has both IR & UV sun coatings and TESLA & aftermatket sell THERMAL Insulated sun shades for ALL models. TESLA also has DOG mode for short trips to keep cabin cool in Summer. you can also add MAX tint to the TESLA glass roof. I added 5% Front window tint and MAX legal rear tint.

I've recently test driven both of these. I wasn't keen on the cramped driving position of the polestar but other than that it was very nice and excellent to drive (i drove the awd version). Loved the MY apart from the poor rear visibility which was a surprise to me. I could live with it though. Also of course recent removal of parking sensors with MY is an issue. End if the day cant get away from utility of the SC network. Still deciding. I think the P2 is selling well in the uk im seeing a lot of them around recently Eta i think the tesla sc network opening up is overstated. If you look at whats been published its only around 15% of sc chargers. That combined with the lower range which i wasmt aware of so thanks for that, i think this settles it for me.

I’ll go for the one which has full access to a fast reliable charging infrastructure and real prospect of fully autonomous driving.

good morning djeebz . love you

Great review and comparison of both cars. I have a Model 3 so I was looking forward to that comparison, but the link at the end (at 18:44) is for the Model Y vs. the Porsche Macan S comparison. I looked through your other videos for the Polestar 2 vs. Model 3 and couldn't find it. Is that in an upcoming video? Thanks!

You need to mention road trips. Polestar need to charge on road trips on ccs charges. Plenty of videos on how bad they are. Yes Tesla is opening up their charging network. But only 10 percent by the end of 2024. Looks like mainly in lightly used locations So don't expect to pull up to any Tesla supercharger and expect to charge For me the only road trip EV is a Tesla. Which is what I bought.

A Tesla customer is asking St Peter. Why am I in a burning hell .. first time I visited your shop I were treated with wine and grapes. St. Peter answers first you were a prospect - now you are a customer 😮

The door sounds different when shutting mainly because the polestar has framed windows and Tesla is frameless.

How did you do a Polestar review and not mention the cup holder situation? Rest of the review was great.

my Model Y from Berlin is perfect, i expected all kinds of gaps etc. the door closing sound is awesome, maybe you should get to a tesla expert to re-align the door thats sounding bad.

Test drove the Polestar, liked it, apart from 2 things. The first was the turn signal sound, couldn’t buy it just because of that. The other deal breaker is the center console. I’m in the UK so the car was right hand drive, that means your left leg (knee) is always resting against the center console and it’s made of hard plastic, very uncomfortable. If it had some soft material on it would be much better.

Gjeebs - the Polestar has a nociable bump in the Center rear seat , which make it uncomfortable. the TESLA does not have a Transmission tunnel battery , all TESLA have Completely FLAT floors.

If you got auto presenting door handles and soft close doors you would not have that problem in your model y Hanshow makes a whole line of cool accessories you should look into it 😢

If Tesla would just add Apple CarPlay then people would have a lot less to complain about. They added Apple Music but it lags a bunch versus Tidal or the other audio options. And the lack of group text message support is awful. Just add CarPlay, Tesla!! Nice comparison. A lot of things to like about the Polestar.

Tesla doesn’t disclose battery pack details because they are constantly changing it. Reset door handles improve efficiency. In a very cold climate traditional pull out door handles are less likely to freeze over, otherwise they are yesterday’s news.

I thought I would miss CarPlay in a Tesla, but you don’t need it. The phone holder in Tesla makes it easy too see the screen on your phone if you want to use Waze or something and Bluetooth audio works fine.

my 2023 model Y rattles a lot in rear area on local rough roads. just need lots of foams a d rubbers in many areas. Runs grest but annoying noise...

The reason why the doors feel different is because Tesla have frameless windows... most cars with frameless windows feel less solid

idk if the drag is minimal from the door handles. There's a reason why the two cars have similar battery capacities, but the Model Y has a much longer range. Not saying it's just because of the door handles, but through an accumulation of aero optimizations

In Scandinavia both AWD and RWD has an 82kw battery.

Just tint the top glass on Tesla. I got ceramic everywhere

Great Video, I had a MYLR for 13 months after a M3SR but MY had to go back and got a PS2 had it for 5 months and is going back for a 2023 MYLR The PS2 has 2 things better and that’s it one is the built quality is absolutely brilliant I can’t fault it in any way its rock solid and feels very premium and the second is the screen behind the wheel I I’ve the nav in that screen it takes up the whole real estate of the screen and changes to Apple Maps if that’s what your using PS2 Issues: Will start with the biggest one as not many people doing these videos live with the cars just test them and that’s range, efficiency and charging speed, I calculated the PS2 uses 11% battery to the MY 3% on a journey I do regularly. charging speed I don’t have a home charger as there is a bank of public ones near my house so if I put my PS2 on charge for 12 hours on the 7kw public at 20% then I would come back to it and it would only be up to 70% maybe where the MY would be at 100% in my case this is annoying as I have to do a long trip once a week in the MY I could put it on that 12 hour charge do my long trip and still have charge for probably rest of my driving week the PS2 need multiple charging through the week this has caused my monthly charging bill to go from £75 a month to £180. The main screen and software are total garbage to the point it’s almost a joke that this is something they find acceptable to be in the car it’s hard to navigate and very very basic. Reversing camera this defaults to 360 overhead camera full screen which is a nice view and full screen but not helpful when seeing what’s actually behind you so you can push the screen to go in to seeing the camera on the back this then goes in to a Split View half screen with the camera view at the bottom then just a black screen at the top with a top view of the car there’s no way to make this full screen or what would be better is a Split View with the camera view at the bottom and 360 view at the top. The app is pointless its never works always reloading or can’t get info only ever use this to double check locked the car other that that total crap. Car doesn’t lock on walk away so if your not using the keys which are bricks then you have to make sure you remember to touch the door handle to lock it. Manual charging flap, the amount of times I have forgotten to close this and had people flashing me or pulling up next to me to tell me it’s open. Break grind on creep, if you town driving and the car isn’t warm the sound from the breaks when creeping is so loud that it actually scares pedestrians. Apple car play, this is great but its wired and considering the position of the UBS C port the wire is pointing straight up all the time restricting even more space as well as having the wire itself taking up even more space. Lastly its so cramped in the cabin, I have the panoramic roof and it doesn’t help I’m only 5’8 and on a long journey I just want to be out of that car my fiat punto when I was 19 had more space in it. The MY isn’t perfect at all but I only really had a few gripes with it one was the windscreen wipers they could go nuts when it was drizzling but in hard rain be so slow The lights on the MY are matrix but not switched on and the auto dimming of high beam just doesn’t work it’s probably the worst I have seen in any car. I did have a few System crashes in my MY but only about 3. I hope this helps someone else out who’s looking to purchase either car

How would you compare the apps?

5:03 I like that the seats are vegan resistant 😄

Polestar will also precondition the battery to a charger in route

Gjeebs - Polestar 2 is INEFFICIENT , its got a 78kwh battery and car only goes 233 miles or LESS. its too HEAVY. made with too many Fastners , and too many Brackets holding up MORE Brackets. Meanwhile TESLA model Y is 326+ miles , its also ULTRA Efficient and AUSTIN model Y is actually LIGHTER Weight & MORE Efficient than FREMONT model Y LR. and UNLIKE Polestar , the MODEL Y has a WORLD CLASS Thermal system , HEAT pump and BMS.

I like the polestars wheels and normal door handles would be nice to have compared to the model S I have. Otherwise I think my Tesla works just fine.

This is an excellent comparison. I appreciate your being upfront about the ways in which Tesla falls short in some areas. One issue that I would be concerned with is service support for the Polestar. Tesla has service centers in most areas. I wonder where you would take a Polestar if something goes wrong - - and how knowledgeable the service people would be about the cinder workings of the car.

Polestar 2 look better in and Outside😉

No front wheel drive for me. FSD + Safety + Access to supercharging stations + resale value + sun roof = Tesla MY!

Do you have front windshield tinted ?

Ein interessanter Vergleich... Tesla mag zwar im Bereich Performance überzeugen - daher kaufen die meisten Leute einen Tesla - aber sonst... keine 360Grad Kamera, keine Matrix-Scheinwerfer, nur Ledersitze (im Sommer zu heiss)...keine USS mehr... sehr magere Innenausstattung... kein AppleCarPlay... daher fahre ich Polestar 2😅

The turn signal is a manufactured sound of a small branch being snapped in a Scandinavian forest.

I have both a 2023 Model 3 SR+ and a 2021 Polestar 2 Long Range Dual Motor w/ Performance Software Upgrade. To my surprise I actually prefer quite a few things about the significanlty less expensive Tesla. It feels much more nimble, the seats are more comfortable, and the cabin is far roomier with more storage cubbies and usable cupholders. It's also far easier to see out of of an has an app that is actually usable unlike the Polestar. With that said, the build quality, acceleration and auto wipers on the Polestar are MUCH better. In an ideal world I would mix the two cars to make the perfect daily driver.

The Polestar has a fully electric adjustable seat if you upgrade to the plus! Of course it gets more expensive than a Tesla if you add all the upgrades, but you also pay for the extra build quality. Tesla is very randomly built, and the parts seem to break often and early.

Proximity Sensors - BTW a sound alarm is a much much more immediate and urgent warning than checking a camera. If Elon can't figure that out he must have some type of an issue.

Where did you get the alcantara back for the front seats?

A little too gimmicky complete power seats should be more important than having to waive your foot in the air to open your trunk

Polestar doesn't look at Tesla as a competitor because Polestar is in the luxury electric market they are more aimed at Porsche as a direct competitor. Let's not mention the fact that all new Tesla's no longer have USS and other safety features, Tesla Vision is not yet ready and will never be the same as sensors because the camera will never be able to detect exact distance from lower end of bumper to objects that aren't poles, cars, etc. Even when a MachE has better build quality than any Tesla there are no disputes to be made.

Recently bought a Polestar 2 for much less than a Tesla Y, the build quality of the Tesla was laughable as was the driving position. 10 secs in the polestar and I was sold, guess it being European designed and me being European 🤷‍♂️

polestar has choose to stay in the past, and tesla is kind of 20 years ahead in any angle.

How does the car know you are going to charge at a Electrify America through Apple car play so it can pre condition the battery for a super charge ? How do you know the car has enough range to even make it to the charger selected, if the car is not integrated absolutely pointless.

Your struggling with the infotainment would be directly compatible to a Polestar driver trying to setup a Tesla

Why would anyone want a closed roof? I was dying to get a panoramic roof for the longest time. And besides if you don’t want that much light you can buy a cover to cover it up.

Gjeebs - TESLA glass roof is 10x stronger than MOST typical METAL roofs and Tesla are MORE aero and Faster as a result. you can put 6 LARGE Female elephants on a TESLA roof.

Quick summary from a Polestar 2 owner- Tesla fugly, esp that melted guppy front, bad build quaility, customer service issues. Polestar 2, handsome, solid, great build quality, Google Automotive (not be be confused with Google Auto) good customer service in my experience. Only advantage with Tesla is ease of charging, but I have a home charger and an ICE car for family use.

The car cannot be very unique. Unique means one off without peer. It does not require a qualifier.

Choice is simple. If you are going to buy an ev for the benefit of it's tech, range, charging network and performance then Tesla is your choice. I dont think I can have another car without the Sentry mode and Dog mode. The tech is amazing in a Tesla. If looks are more important then buy a gasoline powered luxury car for the same price. You will get the same tech of a non tesla EV but more luxury and handling capability and better bang for your buck.

Polestar 2 is too expensive as it is let alone to not add the features of the additional pilot pack as standard.

That wheel turning seat is a Volvo hold over

It’s funny because they don’t sell ford focuses anymore ;)

I've heard the Polestar seat material is really sweaty?

Didn't Tesla improve the build quality significantly over the 2020 version of model Y? Much much better is my understanding.

My understanding was that Polestar has preconditoning.

Gjeebs - the Polestar even has a OUTDATED center Vertical Display from 2012.......lol. the TESLA Branded PREMIUM audio is way better than Polestar & any audio OEM like BOSE, Dolby, Watkins & Bowers.

2:49 😂

The polestar is great if you’re under 5’5” tall

Gjeebs - FWD is less EFFICIENT than RWD , and even the HEAVY Tesla model Y AWD is MORE Efficient than Polestar 2 w/ FWD. the TESLA model 3 RWD LFP is orders magnitude MORE Efficient than Polestar 2. Tesla RWD gets more than 132 mpg. let that SINK in.

Polestar 2 looks great! It also has google OS which is huge plus and better quality build than any Tesla. You only buy the Tesla if u drank their Koolaid and want to have the same EV car 80% on the road.

Good the hear the seats are "100% vegan, dirt and moisture resistant". See video at 5:03. Anything that repels vegans can't be too bad.

Electrify America, good luck!

can the two collaborate and make a polestor y lol

The glass roof in the polestar is brutally hot in Phoenix Summers. I have a model Y and it’s not as hot as the glass in the van polestar. The non glass roof is nice. It would be nicer if it wasn’t black

Harder tires equals less grip. Safety must not be a factor in his decisions.