> On Jun 24, 2024, at 01:23, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
>
> I got to see my first Polestar 2 EV today. The owner lives in Minneapolis,
> but was visiting friends here in Sartell MN (about 75 miles away).
>
> He loves it! The controls seem a lot more "normal" than Tesla's. The car is
> sold and serviced by Volvo. Apparently some rental agencies are dumping used
> ones at low prices (same as Teslas). It seems like a very nice EV, with over
> double the range of my Leaf. Does anyone have any experience or comments with
> Polestars?
I’ve had them as rentals several times, for an aggregate of probably two weeks
of driving. Yes, in general they’re less quirky than Teslas. The self-driving
is like Ford’s, less twitchy but less aggressive than Tesla’s. The interior
and user interface are ok. The rental ones I’ve had have felt very
under-powered to me, but that may be a setting the rental car agencies are
using. Volvo ergonomics have always been a puzzlement to me… on the old
1970s-1990s ones, the foot-pedals always seemed too close and the steering
wheel too far away. On the Polestars, that’s fine, but the top of the
windshield seems insanely low to me, so I have to crouch down to see stoplights.
Overall, nowhere near as nice as my old Model X was, but a lot more likable
than a Model 3, if you can get past the under-powered bit.
-Bill
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