What an experience! One of my favorite cars on some incredible roads. I love that Polestar held this event celebrating their electric future with a nod to the car that started it all for them. Will never forget this insane day!
Polestar is going to make monstrously great vehicles. The 1 and 2 were just appetizers for what is to come. I just hope they continue to make lower cars beyond the crossovers. But I understand why that had to make them.
Polestar is a Swedish automotive brand established in 1996 by Volvo Cars' partner Flash/Polestar Racing and acquired in 2015 by Volvo, which itself was acquired by Geely from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China in 2010. It is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with vehicle production taking place in China.
Great review! I think you misunderstood the "we have no heritage" phrase. They said that they aren't tied down to a long history of heritage meaning they can make bold design/performance moves that Volvo couldn't. Not so much that they're throwing away thier sister relationship to Volvo nor thier racing heritage.
An ICE will always react much slower than an electric motor, and a turbocharged even slower. It is a really good accomplishment if they have managed to get both kind of synchronous. 👍
This is gonna be a reliability nightmare in 5 years. Small displacement, high compression, turbocharged, supercharged 4 cylinder with a ISG, and 2x electric motors w/ batteries. Good luck finding someone who is even willing to look at the thing imao.
Know a few friends that have the volvo hybrids (xc90 and 60) never heard them complain about reliability. Wonder how the new xc90 electric will turn out.
This car seems really cool even for the price as good as it looks I would not care it’s only 4 cylinder under some conditions if u run out of electric power the car is so good looking it doesn’t matter. But I have never seen one of these on the road ever have they sold all of them or are they sitting unsold
What an experience! One of my favorite cars on some incredible roads. I love that Polestar held this event celebrating their electric future with a nod to the car that started it all for them. Will never forget this insane day!
Would be soo cool to se you drive a Gemera one day, speaking of Swede Speed ❤️
Polestar is going to make monstrously great vehicles. The 1 and 2 were just appetizers for what is to come. I just hope they continue to make lower cars beyond the crossovers. But I understand why that had to make them.
Kyle, you’re such a genuine gear head!
Loving your love for the car - awesome review :)
Polestar is a Swedish automotive brand established in 1996 by
Volvo Cars' partner Flash/Polestar Racing and acquired in 2015 by Volvo,
which itself was acquired by Geely from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China in
2010. It is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with vehicle production
taking place in China.
That is indeed a very good looking car!
Wow!! You always drive such nice cars!!! Let me know if you need any additional drivers?
Great review! I think you misunderstood the "we have no heritage" phrase. They said that they aren't tied down to a long history of heritage meaning they can make bold design/performance moves that Volvo couldn't. Not so much that they're throwing away thier sister relationship to Volvo nor thier racing heritage.
An ICE will always react much slower than an electric motor, and a turbocharged even slower. It is a really good accomplishment if they have managed to get both kind of synchronous. 👍
This is gonna be a reliability nightmare in 5 years. Small displacement, high compression, turbocharged, supercharged 4 cylinder with a ISG, and 2x electric motors w/ batteries. Good luck finding someone who is even willing to look at the thing imao.
Volvo engineer: Here’s a great platform drivers can do a Polestar software tune.
Polestar engineer: Hold my Svedka 🇸🇪
Its quickly becoming my favorite part of these videos of where kyle has to figure out how to turn nav off lol what a dad
So much fun!
Heico is in Germany. they do only Volvos and Polestars
Love it!
Dam. I would drive that car until the day I die.
Know a few friends that have the volvo hybrids (xc90 and 60) never heard them complain about reliability.
Wonder how the new xc90 electric will turn out.
My exact concerns regarding an internal combustion engine coming to life and being at high load without any warmup. Not a good idea at all.
I hope to drive that one day!
This car seems really cool even for the price as good as it looks I would not care it’s only 4 cylinder under some conditions if u run out of electric power the car is so good looking it doesn’t matter. But I have never seen one of these on the road ever have they sold all of them or are they sitting unsold
All electric V90 of some type tricked out by polestar yep sign me up
Santa Barbara :o)
Highwaytest and chargingcurve here: th-cam.com/video/r8V2qwNOdC8/w-d-xo.html
Geely makes the worst scooters in the world. Let's hope they let the Swedes design and keep up with build quality.
You lost me when learning there is an ice. Hybrids make no sense. I want only one power train and it must be electric.