- 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 automotive. And for an excellent 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 the US from 2025 will value over $65,000.
Against this, 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 trying on the base Mannequin 3, which retails for $42,490 with out vacation spot charges.
Nonetheless, folks like Robert Dunn from the YouTube channel Getting old Wheels purchased a Polestar 2 and have very constructive ideas in regards to the Chinese language-made EV. In Dunn’s case, his Polestar 2 has lately handed the 100,000 miles mark, which suggests plenty of stuff had the prospect to go mistaken–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 crucial metric for EVs–this explicit Polestar 2 is presently at 88.8% battery well being, in keeping with the diagnostics software program utilized by Robert Dunn. When the automotive 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 hardly ever does that. As a substitute, he mentioned he’s virtually at all times 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 a much bigger battery and a single-motor model that was rear-wheel drive as an alternative of front-wheel drive.
Inside, the automotive nonetheless seems just about like new, supplied 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 automotive often solves it. The automotive additionally misplaced the GPS sign as soon as, and it might solely be fastened by way of a diagnostics software plugged into the automotive’s OBD port.
There are a collection of noises coming from the suspension and probably the rear CV shafts, however they’re not as vital to warrant a restore, simply not but. Some suspension points had been fastened underneath guarantee without 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 automotive, as are the a number of rock chips on the bodywork and windshield.
