- 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 automotive. And for a superb few years, it was one of many fiercest rivals to the Tesla Mannequin 3–however then Polestar introduced the one model of the two out there in america from 2025 will price 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 larger when wanting 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 older Wheels purchased a Polestar 2 and have very constructive ideas concerning the Chinese language-made EV. In Dunn’s case, his Polestar 2 has just lately handed the 100,000 miles mark, which implies plenty of stuff had the prospect to go improper–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? Briefly, fairly good.
In relation to battery well being–which is probably crucial metric for EVs–this explicit Polestar 2 is at the moment 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 stated he’s nearly at all times preserving 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 yr, when it received a much bigger battery and a single-motor model that was rear-wheel drive as a substitute of front-wheel drive.
Inside, the automotive nonetheless appears to be like 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 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 instrument plugged into the automotive’s OBD port.
There are a sequence of noises coming from the suspension and probably the rear CV shafts, however they’re not as necessary to warrant a restore, simply not but. Some suspension points have been fastened below guarantee free of charge, 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 automotive, as are the a number of rock chips on the bodywork and windshield.
