- Proprietor reveals the nice 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 few years, it was one of many fiercest rivals to the Tesla Mannequin 3–however then Polestar introduced the one model of the two accessible in america 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 greater when trying on the base Mannequin 3, which retails for $42,490 with out vacation spot charges.
However, folks like Robert Dunn from the YouTube channel Growing older Wheels purchased a Polestar 2 and have very optimistic ideas concerning the Chinese language-made EV. In Dunn’s case, his Polestar 2 has not too long ago handed the 100,000 miles mark, which implies a whole lot of stuff had the prospect to go fallacious–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? In brief, fairly good.
With regards to battery well being–which is probably an important metric for EVs–this specific Polestar 2 is at present at 88.8% battery well being, in accordance with 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 spread lack of round 20 miles when driving from 100% to 0% state of cost, however Dunn not often does that. As an alternative, he mentioned he’s nearly all the time conserving the battery between 10% and 80%, and the vary loss isn’t actually an enormous 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 12 months, when it obtained 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 seems just about like new, supplied it’s clear. There’s a little bit of discoloration on the motive force’s aspect speaker grille, the place the motive force’s knee rests. Additionally, the cushion on the motive force’s aspect door isn’t a cushion anymore as a result of he all the time rests his elbow there when driving.
The yellow seatbelts are getting soiled, and the air-con is intermittently appearing up. when that occurs, a easy restart of the automobile normally solves it. The automobile additionally misplaced the GPS sign as soon as, and it may solely be mounted by way of a diagnostics device plugged into the automobile’s OBD port.
There are a sequence of noises coming from the suspension and probably the rear CV shafts, however they’re not as essential to warrant a restore, simply not but. Some suspension points have been mounted below guarantee at no cost, however that’s just about it. Tires and windshield wiper blades have been additionally modified a few instances, however that’s completely regular for any automobile, as are the a number of rock chips on the bodywork and windshield.
