I Bought a Polestar 2 and Immediately Took it on a 4,000 Mile Road Trip!
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Join us on our epic cross country adventure in our new 2022 Polestar 2 Dual Motor from Denver to San Diego to Louisville to Chicago. We journey over 4,000 miles and encounter extreme heat that puts the new Polestar to the test! This is Episode 1 of 3. In this episode, we drive from the Polestar Delivery Center in Denver to San Diego.
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Just purchased the P2 with all the packs. Your videos are the equivalent of the owners manual. This is an outstanding car top to bottom. Knowing Volvos history of building safe reliable cars, no surprise.
man i want one so bad
I love mine. 2022 and it has been a joy to drive and own. On a couple of longer range trips down the east coast, it has been a simple and swift charging experience at Electrify America chargers with the Polestar 2 free year plan.
Charging at home is similarly easy and fast with a Level 2 charging system in the garage. A joy!
@@Sl1pstreams How is the app? I've heard that it's Polestar's achilles heel. It's not that good.
What's been your experience?
@@Superman-xr1ohthe app is the best!
People get so stressed doing something new like this. Thanks for showing people how charging up and getting on the road is really not as bad as they think.
Having to stop every 100 miles for 20 minutes is insanity.
The nature in USA is really amazing, I love it! The car is nice too. :) Thanks for the great video!
Congrats on your new vehicle, Joe! Some lovely footage from this inaugural voyage.
Thanks! I’m very happy with it so far
relaxing music and video congrats! I want the Polestar 3
Drove one for a week. Awesome car. The only problem we had was finding suitable charging stations. Tesla still owns the game on that score, but hopefully that changes.
And it has. Polestar along with most other car manufacturers will be using Tesla charging network starting in 2024
I have this exact model---very happy
Thank you very much Joe. Great job. This was a very valuable video to a newbie getting his iX soon and going across country a few months later. Thank you!!!
Very good quality of your vid bro! Great job
Mine is arriving this month...apparently...excited!! :D
Thanks for the video! I look forward to hearing what you prefer or not over your ID.4.
I didn't have the same experience renting a 2023 Polestar 2. I rented one through Hertz at the Oakland Airport to do an overnight drive to San Diego, CA. They gave the last Tesla to someone else and I was stuck with a Polestar. Tesla usually has a supercharger station map where Polestar has a EV station map. I go to an EV station 60 miles from the Oak Airport to do my first charge. The EV charge kiosk couldn't read my credit card. I called Hertz roadside assistance and I was advised to trade in the Polestar 2 for a Tesla Model 3 at the SFO airport. That was about an hour. They exchanged my rental for a Tesla and even though the situation delayed my trip by 4 hours, I didn't know how impractical a non-Tesla EV is, especially when the charging limit on a Polestar 2 is 150 kwh. My Tesla rebill ends up being $72.00 using the superchargers at the Tesla charging stations. The lesson I learned is any EV that is driven for a long road trip, if it's a Tesla, Rivian, Polestar, Kia, etc, has to be planned because the learning curve for someone to get used to planning routes, and finding charge stations is a challenge if you have never driven a an EV.
The only upside that the Polestar 2 had was that it looked more like a regular car. There were too many Teslas in Northern California. The other thing is the Polestar 2 has more analog buttons when the Tesla is a learning curve, since almost everything operates on the touch screen. Since I was familiar with the Tesla settings, Polestar 2 settings weren't difficult even though I had the car for 2 1/2 hours.
Best car for sure! Enjoy your car it’s great ❤ I got mine 2024, P2. Already orderd a Polestar 3 also😊
The drive through the Rafael Swell... one of the most scenic stretches of highway in the US.
Congrats on the new Polestar. Great car for what I can see. I have a 21 ID.4 and I’ll miss watching your roadtrips with the ID.4 I learned a lot watching your roadtrips. Keep it up.
I still have to produce a $30k ID.4 video as well as why I sold so the ID.4 content isn’t done yet!
Glad you're liking your Polestar2. I love mine. It's also a Snow with 19 inch wheels but I got it with the Plus and Pilot packs.
I regret not getting the Pilot pack
I let the video play by itself while doing some household chores. come back to around 45:00 mark. I was like..why are there bird poop on my monitor? LOL 😅😅😅
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Nice. I was thinking of a Polestar 2 as well, but family found it too small (as is the XC40 Recharge sadly), so eventually ended up with an Audi Q4 e-tron.
Did a 400km little trip immediately after. First time in an EV and nowhere near as brave as you, but looking forward to more EV adventures.
Crazy those dealer markups you have there. In Europe its illegal for dealers to do that.
We’re going that route from Grand Junction to St. George UT in late February. There is no Plan B public charging option, DC or AC, within 50 miles of Green River. Fingers crossed the EA is functioning. It always has been working on our two previous stops. Unfortunately the coffee shop was closed both times.
That coffee house always has weird hours but I like the place across the street and they carry some bakery items from the coffee shop.
Good choice over the ioniq 5. I owned an i5 as well as a Tesla model y and currently own a gv60 performance and Polestar 2 dual motor with pilot. I prefer the Polestar over the ioniq hands down.
This is how I'd list my car's least favorite to favorite
Tesla model y
Ioniq 5
Gv60 performance
Polestar 2
The gv60 is the only one that I'd say I like almost as much as my Polestar. Still prefer the Polestar tho.
I’m glad to hear that. I want to own an e-gmp EV at some point to run all my tests on and do a trip to see how it handles cannonball charging
it is a lovely car to drive.
Hey Joe, Congrats on the new car. I'm still rocking the ID.4 on my channel. As an old photographer let me give a little helpful hint. Your windshield camera is a little over exposed because too much of the dark dashboard is in the shot. Just tilt up a little and you should have a better exposure on those beautiful vistas you're recording. Keep up the great work! 😊
Thanks for the tip!
Nice video, and i love that Polestar 2 :)
Cool car, congrats!
Thanks for the report mate, very interesting. I think you could have done this trip much faster with more efficient use of chargers and skipping some of your stops. For example, pulling into Baker with 64% charge, you could have easily made it to Barstow, even Victorville, and then charged at a much higher speed.
I have done this many times in my PS2, as I do the LV trip from SoCal every couple of months. I normally leave from Home in OC with 90% and reach Baker (177 miles) with 15-20%. I only then need a 10 minute charge to easily reach LV.
On my return, if I leave LV with 90%, I'll reach Victorville with 10% left. Again, a quick 10 minute charge would easily get me home (270 miles from LV to home), although I normally have a meal there at Panda Express next to the charger and get home with plenty of battery. I always get to LV in 4 hours, same on my return.
If I had been making your trip from LV to SD, I would have made only 1 stop in Victorville for 30 mins charge and would have arrived in SD with over 30% battery, plenty to run around. All in, that would have taken 5 hours 5 minutes.
I agree I didn’t properly charger hop
@iscadean ideally the next step is google having access to Charger reliability and availability
I had to FFWD to about where I thought it cut off last time. Exciting to see the upgraded Baker station! EA used to limit most of the Baker chargers to 50kW, hopefully they're all 150kW at a minimum.
I'm interested to hear more on your thoughts of the Polestar 2's charge curve vs. the FE ID.4. The Polestar 2's current curve is so much better than it used to be and it looks like it takes a lot more power than your ID4 does at higher states of charge.
Sorry about the error in the 1st video that was posted. I talk more about the charging in the next episode.
@@EVMotoring Is that 260 miles of range rated? How much of it do you actually get?
@@Superman-xr1oh 200-220 on the highway
dude those are some fire glasses what brand and style are they? i literally dont wear sunglasses but yours i need the silhouette is perfect
How much was your total charge cost for this trip
Hello and greetings from germany :)
I will miss the ID.4.
I really like your videos and your trips with the car. Also the informations and tips about it.
Your videos inspired me, and i bought an ID.4, too :)
Wish a good time with the Polstar. Hope the next will be a VW again.
I want the Buzz whenever it comes to the US!
VW LOLOL are far behind a polestar 2 PERIOD!!!
The only advantage Tesla has is the charge station
In Illinois, they also have a service advantage since Illinois Volvo Dealers won’t touch Polestars.
In Sweden the Tesla-chargers are open to everyone. A bit more expensive compared to if you own a Tesla.
The connectors are standardized, so Tesla and others have the same.
I have the same exact car with Pilot and Performance packages. Drives like a dream but efficiency is not that great, around 2.8-3.
I love it so far! I kinda wish I added the pilot pack.
Pilot pack should be standard. Pilot assist works well on highways but not good in city driving.
@@rahamohan5213 I agree! Safety should never be an option
I gotta try this car out
@@thatevchick I see you reviewed the car already!!!
Subbed to your channel. I cannot wait to try this car out for my channel. Really nice looking car here. Def a tesla rival.
I think it’s an outstanding car and the Google operating system takes it to the top level of EV’s with Tesla and other cars that have great route planning.
@@EVMotoring Ahhh I gotta find one to borrow/rent. Yes it's crazy how fast the Tesla can navigate with charging planning a route across the country. About 2 seconds. The charging network for the tesla is amazing too. How did you find the fast charging for the Polestar? Did you mostly use electrify america?
@@thatevchick it does route planning just like a Tesla. It uses google maps to find and make a plan and even tells how long to charge and what the soc will be on arrival
@@EVMotoring Ahh just like. the Tesla! Awesome. I'll try too get in one in the next few weeks!!!!
My wife likes to keep charge receipts. Since you don’t get receipts at charging stations. Do you get some notifications of charging sessions? Thanks. Love the Polestar.
Hey bud, good video, thanks. How much did you spend on the charging for a trip?seems like you stopped every 100 miles?
I included that in the video. It was
Every time I use the built in Google Maps it crashes the whole Polestar console system. It's been in for service a number of time and they can't figure out how to fix it. Polestar blames Galpin service and Galpin blames Polestar. So fun.
I’m sorry to hear that. I would be happy to hear more about your polestar experience. Model year, trim, mileage, software etc. Polestar Denver and I had a hard time getting mine linked to my Google account but then it was smooth sailing. Once every couple weeks it would lose satellite coverage tho.
@@EVMotoring Thanks. It’s a 2022 Dual motor with Plus and Pilot packs. It’s on the current software. I get around the problem by using the Apple CarPlay maps. Unfortunately you don’t get trip planning for charging doing that. You also don’t get battery pre-conditioning. The earliest they can look at it again is March. Ugh. Love the car but I’d have to rate the service a 1 out of 10.
@@Dave-626 have you tried the ABRP app?
@@EVMotoring No, but I'll give it a try. But that still won't enable the battery pre-conditioning feature. That only works if you have a charging station destination in the built-in Google maps app from my understanding.
@@Dave-626 for sure I understand that. I wish there was just a way to turn on preconditioning in the menu. Also I wish the Polestar made it more obvious when it was preconditioning
Great first episode. Does the Polestar have battery pre-conditioning when you route to a charger?
According to Polestar yes, but there is no way to tell in the infotainment. What I can say is that it still pulls over 100 kW in below freezing temps when I route to a charger so I think it works behind the scenes
It does, I believe it’s shown by a battery with + icon and WiFi icon around it which shows up next time the time on the top right of the infotainment display
Always love your videos! Long time viewer, glad to see you in a polestar 2, makes me wanna trade in my ID4 up here in Milwaukee
A little less cargo room, harder to get in and out of, and stiffer ride. Everything else is better tho
nice,, did you get a tesla tap mini so you can use tesla chargers are well ??
Is that a good car , it would do my head in stopping to charge al the time lol
What app are you using to find out which plugs are faster than others? You mentioned others are leaving comments or feedback for each station?
It’s called PlugShare
@@EVMotoring thank you!
I happily hesitated on my id4 purchase. Canceled my order. I'm curious as to how your experience has been. Polestar vs. Id4
I like the Polestar more but the ID is more comfortable, comes with a 3 year charging plan, and has more cargo room.
@@EVMotoring so the id4 with a good ui would be a great car?....unfortunately lol
@@nuevogenisis better ui and better charging. Both are supposedly on the way.
2021 polestar 2 for $39k? Recommended?
Polestar has very heavy discounts on 23’s on their website (link below) a dealer has my 22 for sale for $37k
@EVMotoring can you please share the link. Or name of polestar space(dealership). Thanks a lot.
@@RUclipsuseritis www.polestar.com/us/referral-program/validation?referralId=29c362b6-e2e3-41a4-836f-c61b28d6c5a4&
Now that you have lived with it for a little while how do you like the Polestar compared to the ID4? I was deciding between those 2 but my Girlfriend didn't like the way the Polestar looks so we went with the ID4.
Both are great in different ways. I love the performance of the P2 but the ID is more comfortable and practical.
Ya, why is that?
Hi I am also located in greater Chicagoland. I found several at a local Nissan dealer in Northen suburbs. They have 2022 P2 used base and 2021 launch addition with Pilot Package. Is it safe to buy it used? And which one would you go for personally?
I think the launch edition is better. The only risk is servicing them as Illinois Volvo dealers won’t touch them.
@EV Motoring does lunch edition has route planning? Also, what are you plans on service since Illinois does not have Polestar showroom?
@@vmagroup1 yes, they both have route planning and Apple CarPlay as that was a software update. I traded in my car as it was just temporary for me.
@@EVMotoring does it also has android auto?
@@vmagroup1 yes, I believe it always had that as it’s an android car. It just took a while for apple support.
That is a nice car
Free charging the worst thing a manufacturer could offer. Agree with Tom from State of Charge about it. If charger reliability was close to 99% maybe and there was 10+ charger units at every site perhaps but not now. But not in this world of charger hogs getting their free juice and unreliable broken chargers everywhere.
I'd be afraid to drive anything but tesla, because of awful charging infrastructure.
Hopefully you’re subscribed if you like Tesla content 😉
Tesla-chargers are open to everyone.
@@Delight82us not that I know of yet
you probably could have completed the trip faster in a 1973 Mercedes Benz 240D automatic.. diesel
What a pain charging every hour
EV are good grocery getter and commuter cars. HORRIBLE road trip cars.
Every fam should have 2 cars
I don't know if you mentioned it but a couple of questions, is that a dual motor model and did you use one pedal driving? Great video
Yes dual motor non performance and 1 pedal mode on
Well done! I have to say, it seems to me that driving an EV is like driving an ICE car with a half size tank. My Barney basic 2017 Camry has a highway of 400 miles, and in city of 300 miles. I love the tech, and lower maintenance costs, but for most people, that’s not a reasonable trade off.
I watch a lot of EV videos but don’t own an EV. Obviously, Tesla currently has a huge lead due in no small part to its strong, reliable, charging network. I’m excited for you and your new vehicle! Keep cranking the videos.
The biggest convenience is leaving the house with a full tank every day
Yes EV's aren't for everyone, it depends on your driving habits and location plays a big part with DC fast charging capabilities. Also weather is a big factor as well. I live in a moderate climate with plenty of DC fast charging available and I only drive about 8 - 10 k a year so I can live with the lesser mileage since I also can charge at home. My last ICE vehicle gave me close to 400 miles a tank and as for maintenance cost, they were basically non existent in the 3 years that I owned it since I had lifetime oil and filter changes and 4 years complimentary maintenance which a lot of car manufacturers offer now. Fuel cost are down now as well $2.68 as of today in Virginia so charging cost vs fuel cost if you don't get free charging is comparable. I love my id4 Awd and really enjoy driving it and have had zero problems with it for almost a year now knock on wood. For me in 2 more years when I will upgrade to a new EV or go back to an ICE vehicle depends solely on infrastructure along the Eastern Coastlines, DELMARVA, Myrtle Beach, Outer Banks which right now are basically non-existent.
I thought it was odd that the video last night just abruptly ended.
Sorry about that. This one is fixed.
Congrats brother. Very happy for you and glad you got something better. We’re still struggling to decide between the Pulsar and Model Y. The price were almost the same when spec. Anyway thanks for the great video. Love the car
The Model Y should start getting a tax credit as of January 1st.
I've owned both and my vote is Polestar, hands down.
@@ty2007 I like the Polestar a lot. One of my favorite cars I’ve ever owned. With that said the ease of road trips in the Tesla is amazing (sorry to sound like a broken record)
Model y anytime over this, much better range efficiency, standard heat pump, and the best charging infrastructure, you couldn't pay me to buy this over y.
Im looking to replace my current EV end of this year. Most likely a MY though i did test drive a P2 and liked it. In the UK theres no discount for EVs while in US that now must make M3 and MY substantially more competitive against the P2 maybe cheaper esp for M3 .
Here in UK the P2 is expensive same price as MY and hard to turn down the space performance and seamless no hassle charging network of Tesla even though P2 is a nice car.
I LOVE my Polestar 2. Only car I’ve ever owned that I’m still excited about driving 1 year later. I used to live in Breckenridge, a long, long time ago. Before there were any chain stores (including supermarket) in Frisco or any other area. LOL.