We know it's not likely you'll be getting a Polestar Arctic Circle any time soon, but what about the Polestar 2? could it be the EV for you? tell us below..
No. Why? Because of the ownership conditions. Google: "I industriklenodens innersta maktrum" That will bring you to a news article from one of Swedens most reputable news papers - Svenska Dagbladet. In short: When Geely bought Volvo Cars (who owns Polestar) back in ~2009 - guess who shelled out more than 85% of the cash? You guessed it! The Chinese Military Dictatorship... Surreal? Yes. Very...
Robert, you said if you want to subscribe the button is there; I have been subscribed to Fully Charged since 2016 and I still love the videos and enthusiasm that you bring to the channel.
When doubters tell me "oh yeah, they all go very well in the summer, but they won't work in the winter. The cold will bugger up the batteries!" I just reply, "go tell that to the Norwegians..!"
I didn't know this video would be some of the best motoring content I've seen this year. The cinematography was superb and the drone shots with the car sliding made me feel like I was watching Top Gear back when it was the best motoring content you could ask for. It was informative, entertaining and a pleasure to watch. Impressed with Joakim's dedication to reducing suspension bushing noise as well, such commitment! Thank you Fully Charged Show for great content.
That was was a great episode. Polestar could offer this as an experience in conjunction with Fully Charged. " The Fully Charged Ice Racing Experience at the Arctic Circle" powered by Polestar
OK, Jack was great as usual, but I've got to say Joakim stole the show with his awesome driving, his knowledge and his fun attitude. And of course his wisdom: "s**t happens" Joakim needs to be a regular on Fully Charged now!
I’ll take two please! What a glorious bit of beautifully shot, perfect (much needed) escapism - not to mention vital & valid scientific research. Jammy Jack on top form & Joakim may be my instant most favourite person ever! Really enjoyed that! Well done all 👏 👏👏👏 .
Jack's commitment to streetwear shows no signs of slowing down, while most of us might have gone for a pair of Adidas Terrex or a some Salomons to climb up a snowy slope at -18C, he's still wearing AF1 lows (I think the winterised ones, but still) and showing off his freezing ankles. Good work sir, good work.
I live at the bottom of New Zealand, which isn't quite as cold as the arctic, or the antarctic, but it gets pretty damn chilly down here. It's full of stale, pale and male people who dis EVs with every breath, so seeing this car run rings around an ice lake makes me warm inside. Thank you!
By far my favorite video from Fully Charged. That's quite a high bar to surpass given the quality of the content on this channel. Great work Jack and team!
Joakim, you are really enjoyable to watch and listen to here and also on the Nurnburg Ring, Polestar should give you a marketing promotion since you’re a great marketing resource for the brand! We want to see more special Polestar footage! 👍😀👍
Jack, I'm going to wait until this time next year in Sydney to hopefully tell you to your face "you are one of the luckiest guys in the world"! Great videos thanks.
I’d recon I’m a pretty normal person but my cars see -35 at least a couple days a year because I’m in Canada. Their extensive cold weather testing would make me very confident to purchase one for use here in Canada.
As a Canadian fan of the channel, this kind of testing is what I care about. When you are in that snow storm heading home some place plow and salt truck won't get too for a couple hours you want your car to handle on ice. (without the studs) We take new rural drivers out to ice covered parking lots to get the "feel" of ice. Perhaps we can we borrow that Polestar this year?
That looked like so much fun. Jack you really are the luckiest git alive! When my Polestar 2 lands in Australia next month, I don't imagine I'll find much snow to go drifting in.
I also want to say that of all the not quite SUV SUV’s - the CUV’s, crossovers, elevated ride height sedan/hatch body styles this is the most successful
Well, I'm sold. My one concern with EVs was cold weather performance as my friends with Teslas have had horrible experiences with them in the cold. I actually saw this thing in the wild about a month ago and couldn't figure out what it was called. I just gave up looking for and wrote it off as a European import. That was untill I was forced to look at EVs as I drive long distances for my company and happened to see it. I was sold when I saw it; it has vibes straight out of the 80s and is very reminiscent of my old 240DL. Now I'm definitely sold. That thing looks like a blast!
As a Saskatchewan resident who desperately wants to get an electric car but whose main concern with one is the effects of extreme winter on the vehicle, I'm glad to see a company actually doing winter testing in temperatures that I will most certainly see.
Things like this are what turn a brand from one you respect into one you really like. I love that Polestar can just have fun with things like this, as you'd expect from a former racing team. Very eccentric, very beautiful, very Swedish.
Some say he was born under a crescent moon all we know he's called The Jacksicle! So when is he heading out for some electric rally driving in the forests of Sweden or Finland. Fantastic cinematography as well good test for your drones.
So jealous that you got to do this! Particularly loved when you yawned as you were being driven around sideways by Joakim ☺️ A really enjoyable episode!
Jack you are the jammiest... Lol... But really it doesn't get any more real than this. Your expression gave away what all was going on!!! Yes the whole experience does show /give away through your expressions and your well... expressive self! Thank you for a brilliant review...
Brilliant production and content lads. Mix of everything. A sexy EV with superb visual identity and detailing. Funny host. Confident (brave!) instructor. Stunning location. Great driving, by both really considering. Drama! Intense sound track. Pro grade videography. And a very good pitch for Polestar, the less hyped but very well designed EV with few flaws.
Great episode! I am English, but live in Southern Canada which redefines winter! We regularly go below -15c, This year we hit -24c on a number of days and have had over 5 ft of snow… so thanks Polestar we need the winter testing where the winters are… a little bit more wintery! Polestar is setting up nicely for North America. Btw -24 is not unusual, we have had -43c lol.
Brilliant episode, looks like Jack got it to dance in the end! Would love to know what impact the cold has on range etc., even though -30° is not a temperature I’d ever expect to see on the dashboard!
I learnt car control like this, in winter on un-plowed roads! The seeds are waaay lower and the car is super sensitive and responsive in its communication. Later, when you get into a slippery situation in rain, at higher speed, your muscle memory will save your (and potentially others') life!
Unless the power steering belt slips, and you’re not able to counter the rotating car, which was the cause of a snowbank shunt for me - many years back.
@@dennislyon5412 o.O Which car was it? That is such a freak accident, I only heard of Fiat's EPS switching off during driving, so I guess the same would happen. I hope you didn't get hurt or wreck your car!
@@Noukz37 - no, didn’t get hurt, and just stuffed the car into a tall snowbank (relatively soft) on a sharp curve, similar to what Jack did in this video. My car at that time was my favorite beater car from years ago, a FWD Olds Toronado. It was a blast on snowy roads, until the steering belt slipped, at least. At that point, there was no steering - vs armstrong steering, but I was always screwing off when the belt slip occurred, so no high speed crash risk. That car was heavy! Cheers!
Very nice. The test-track looks just like every road in a midwestern American winter, only we aren’t allowed studded tyres, and there are other cars out there on baldies! I’ve pulled many a 4wd truck and suv out of the ditch with my old Volvo V70XC.
Cool, so its all good the on i35 freeway through Minneapolis when it's 0F outside (-18C), snowed last night and the roads are slick and to varying extents the other drivers have forgot how to drive in that weather. I'm also dreaming of taking it for a spin around a frozen Lake of the Isles or cedar lake. Alright, I probably won't do that (not least because even a low end Polestar 2 is a dream right now), but testing in those low temps are not just for middle of nowhere type stuff. There's plenty of frigid folks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Canadian cities like Winnipeg too. And seriously, there's probably a fair few who would love to take one of these around some if the 10,000+ very frozen lakes we get. Looks like a lot of fun.
We know it's not likely you'll be getting a Polestar Arctic Circle any time soon, but what about the Polestar 2? could it be the EV for you? tell us below..
No. Why? Because of the ownership conditions. Google: "I industriklenodens innersta maktrum" That will bring you to a news article from one of Swedens most reputable news papers - Svenska Dagbladet. In short: When Geely bought Volvo Cars (who owns Polestar) back in ~2009 - guess who shelled out more than 85% of the cash? You guessed it! The Chinese Military Dictatorship... Surreal? Yes. Very...
Robert, you said if you want to subscribe the button is there; I have been subscribed to Fully Charged since 2016 and I still love the videos and enthusiasm that you bring to the channel.
@@angela1984a True and also its not a kombi and looks like a SAAB
Polestar 2 is top of my list for an EV car. Gorgeous looking and practical.
@@randomreviewzYou're right, that makes up for the ownership part. ;)
Jack, you are the jammiest GIT who ever lived. It really does help
He's also unnecessarily tall 😅
What Mr Skippy said.
… the channel
Doubters: These things won't work in the cold. Polstar: Shhhh i'm in the boot listening for odd noises while we drift this thing round the arctic.
Joakim gonna Joakim.
Best comment I've ever read on the internet. Almost made me smile more than the video 🤣
When doubters tell me "oh yeah, they all go very well in the summer, but they won't work in the winter. The cold will bugger up the batteries!" I just reply, "go tell that to the Norwegians..!"
I didn't know this video would be some of the best motoring content I've seen this year. The cinematography was superb and the drone shots with the car sliding made me feel like I was watching Top Gear back when it was the best motoring content you could ask for. It was informative, entertaining and a pleasure to watch. Impressed with Joakim's dedication to reducing suspension bushing noise as well, such commitment! Thank you Fully Charged Show for great content.
And yet they managed to miss Jack gobbing it into a snow drift? As if THAT wasn't going to happen! 🤣
Was going to give your comment a like, as I agree 100% with you, but you had 69 likes and it wouldn't feel right...
The production quality of this was outstanding! Props to the team and, of course, Jack's Oscar worthy performance... well until he crashed lol
Yes -- this. Cinematic and just brilliant.
Great man! Even you crashed his car, he was so calm)))
He made me do it!
Love this video. Production quality is wonderful. The attention to detail from Polestar team is typically Scandinavian.
That was was a great episode. Polestar could offer this as an experience in conjunction with Fully Charged. " The Fully Charged Ice Racing Experience at the Arctic Circle" powered by Polestar
Great idea...Many would drop by 😀
OK, Jack was great as usual, but I've got to say Joakim stole the show with his awesome driving, his knowledge and his fun attitude.
And of course his wisdom: "s**t happens"
Joakim needs to be a regular on Fully Charged now!
I’ll take two please!
What a glorious bit of beautifully shot, perfect (much needed) escapism - not to mention vital & valid scientific research. Jammy Jack on top form & Joakim may be my instant most favourite person ever! Really enjoyed that! Well done all 👏 👏👏👏 .
One of my favourite episodes to date. The Jackster on sublime form and a very slick production. Funny and fun. AND I WANT TO HAVE A GO!
Jack, you are the jammiest GIT who ever lived. It really does help!
Hi Jack, I said on the plane, and had to leave for using improber languese
Brilliantly entertaining. The production values are off-the-scale good.
Jack's commitment to streetwear shows no signs of slowing down, while most of us might have gone for a pair of Adidas Terrex or a some Salomons to climb up a snowy slope at -18C, he's still wearing AF1 lows (I think the winterised ones, but still) and showing off his freezing ankles. Good work sir, good work.
It would be really cool if polestar made a few of these as a limited edition, with the current SUV craze, they might even sell pretty well.
There's a rumour there will be a Polestar 2 BST with some special upgrades, based on "The Beast" which is a special one-off development car.
I live at the bottom of New Zealand, which isn't quite as cold as the arctic, or the antarctic, but it gets pretty damn chilly down here. It's full of stale, pale and male people who dis EVs with every breath, so seeing this car run rings around an ice lake makes me warm inside. Thank you!
Loved it! The prettiest EV content on the interwebs. Also got to love a bit of Swedish winter rallying in a Polestar, so nice 👌💜
As a Polestar 2 owner living in South Florida, I'll have to drift in snow vicariously through this fine video.
Perhaps we could make you a track out of... alligators?
@@JackScarlett1 Or out of slow drivers on the highway? I've already played that game.
Is there anything more satisfying than when a Swedish man says “shliding”?
VIDEOGRAPHY: 10, EDITING: 10, SCRIPT: 10, TALENT: 10!
Hi Jack, another excellent video. I particularly liked watching you improve on the ice and get so much pleasure from doing it.
Very well done...
Jack, your eyes are SENSATIONAL! 😜 That's got to be better than being called a GIT. 🤭 Love you channel and your reviews. Thanks
In a world that is changing so fast right now, these are really beautiful images of something good that will soon come to us.
Wow, Top Gear eat your heart out! That was outstanding - production quality, presentation, Jack's quirky humour. Loved it!
This guy is my absolute favourite Fully Charged guest. Joachim.? I love him!
By far my favorite video from Fully Charged. That's quite a high bar to surpass given the quality of the content on this channel. Great work Jack and team!
Great story, great images, great conversation! Thank you!
Joakim, you are really enjoyable to watch and listen to here and also on the Nurnburg Ring, Polestar should give you a marketing promotion since you’re a great marketing resource for the brand! We want to see more special Polestar footage! 👍😀👍
Joakim is the man. We'll get him back on the channel as soon as we get another excuse to!
@@JackScarlett1 Well, they are forecasting snow this week...
What a Gent, Jack smacks his new toy and research project into a snow drift, shrugs it off like it was a spilt drink!
Jack, amazing show as always and an amazing vehicle.
The camera work in this video is incredible. Some absolutely amazing shots 😍😍😍
What absolute fun that would be. And it is the perfect car to be hacking around in the Article Circle. No noise and no fumes.
Informative and entertaining consumer TV, as usual!
Jack, I'm going to wait until this time next year in Sydney to hopefully tell you to your face "you are one of the luckiest guys in the world"! Great videos thanks.
I’d recon I’m a pretty normal person but my cars see -35 at least a couple days a year because I’m in Canada. Their extensive cold weather testing would make me very confident to purchase one for use here in Canada.
Jack you are the jammiest git who ever lived. It really does help.
Jack, you are the jammiest GIT who ever lived. It really does help. You did it Jack, - and it Matters.
As a Canadian fan of the channel, this kind of testing is what I care about. When you are in that snow storm heading home some place plow and salt truck won't get too for a couple hours you want your car to handle on ice. (without the studs) We take new rural drivers out to ice covered parking lots to get the "feel" of ice. Perhaps we can we borrow that Polestar this year?
Jack, you really are the jammiest git that ever did live. It really does help.
Love your work 👍
A very enjoyable video, thanks.
That looked like so much fun. Jack you really are the luckiest git alive! When my Polestar 2 lands in Australia next month, I don't imagine I'll find much snow to go drifting in.
I was waiting to see the fine print across the bottom, "Professional host. Closed course. Do not try this at home." Well done Jack!
I don't know about professional host but it was definitely a closed course!
@@JackScarlett1 Either way, we knew we were drawing the line at professional driver... :-P
As a Canadian still dealing with several feet of snow in late-March, bring this to market, Polestar!
I also want to say that of all the not quite SUV SUV’s - the CUV’s, crossovers, elevated ride height sedan/hatch body styles this is the most successful
They should name Cars more like the ARTIC Circle edition. Sounds Cooool. 🥶🥶
Another light-hearted report from Jack. Breath of fresh air without the ranting :)
This is Polestar and this is how you design a true performance EV. No other EV company goes to this extremes. That's why I bought one!
Jack - a real asset, especially the clothing style - I´m absolutely into it
Jack! You are the grittiest JAM that ever lived. 😏😆
Adore a great and funny Jack video. Happy to be a FC member. 🥰❄️☃️
Well, I'm sold. My one concern with EVs was cold weather performance as my friends with Teslas have had horrible experiences with them in the cold. I actually saw this thing in the wild about a month ago and couldn't figure out what it was called. I just gave up looking for and wrote it off as a European import. That was untill I was forced to look at EVs as I drive long distances for my company and happened to see it. I was sold when I saw it; it has vibes straight out of the 80s and is very reminiscent of my old 240DL. Now I'm definitely sold. That thing looks like a blast!
Fin filmatisering av Car review i makalösa nordliga Sverige! Thanks Fully Charged keep up the this quality, marvellous!
I want a beautiful quality electric car that does well in every imaginable circumstance.
The Polestar 2 honestly is my dream car.
Good way to show these things really work up here.
What fun, I mean what a great technical and mechanical test sequence for diagnostic purposes and product improvement!
Jack you have way too much fun. I'm jealous. Hope you are planning to be at the in person event in the US.
Used to love snow and ice driving. Must be amazing in an EV. Nicely done Jack 🖖
Not 100% convinced on fully electric vehicles yet, but you guys are certainly driving me in that direction - it is getting very close.
Jack, brilliant. You are ready for WRC!
Brilliant camera work, fantastic location!! Well done Jack!!
As a Saskatchewan resident who desperately wants to get an electric car but whose main concern with one is the effects of extreme winter on the vehicle, I'm glad to see a company actually doing winter testing in temperatures that I will most certainly see.
Jack, you are the jammiest GIT who ever lived. It really does help 🤪
What a couple of days that must have been. Superb video. Loved it.
Great show every episode very informative Thank you to all the team
He’s a damn mad man and I love him for it. Polestar is the best of the best. It’s people like “the chassis mad man” who make polestar great.
Best Fully Charged episode to date? I think so!
That looks so much fun.
It was!
Things like this are what turn a brand from one you respect into one you really like. I love that Polestar can just have fun with things like this, as you'd expect from a former racing team. Very eccentric, very beautiful, very Swedish.
I really want to see the paddles and a HUD added. I really appreciate the cold-weather driving exposition given here.
So, Robert goes to sunny Spain, and Jack goes to northern Europe. Someone was definitely pulling rank!! Great videos, as always!
😂 I'm not complaining
I'm in love with the design of that car. A very refined rally car. Jeg elsker dit!
This is one of the best if not the best car video I have ever seen. I almost never put likes on videos becuase I forgot but god does this deserve it.
this is a dream. the car the presentation the cinematography
I have never been so envious. Such great video and what a experience!
Some say he was born under a crescent moon all we know he's called The Jacksicle! So when is he heading out for some electric rally driving in the forests of Sweden or Finland.
Fantastic cinematography as well good test for your drones.
🥶
So jealous that you got to do this! Particularly loved when you yawned as you were being driven around sideways by Joakim ☺️ A really enjoyable episode!
It was more of a silent scream. Glad you enjoyed!
It reminded me of a dog's nervous yawn 😜
Jack you are the jammiest... Lol... But really it doesn't get any more real than this. Your expression gave away what all was going on!!! Yes the whole experience does show /give away through your expressions and your well... expressive self!
Thank you for a brilliant review...
More videos like this please.
Brilliant production and content lads. Mix of everything. A sexy EV with superb visual identity and detailing. Funny host. Confident (brave!) instructor. Stunning location. Great driving, by both really considering. Drama! Intense sound track. Pro grade videography. And a very good pitch for Polestar, the less hyped but very well designed EV with few flaws.
Great episode! I am English, but live in Southern Canada which redefines winter! We regularly go below -15c, This year we hit -24c on a number of days and have had over 5 ft of snow… so thanks Polestar we need the winter testing where the winters are… a little bit more wintery! Polestar is setting up nicely for North America. Btw -24 is not unusual, we have had -43c lol.
"Drain the battery" - sounds like the evil twin channel of fully charged - I'd subscribe
Fantastic video! Thanks a million!
It's refreshing to see this amont of detail and driving enthusiast features on an electric car, Polestar are clear ahead.
Brilliant episode, looks like Jack got it to dance in the end! Would love to know what impact the cold has on range etc., even though -30° is not a temperature I’d ever expect to see on the dashboard!
Great video and a welcome reprieve to the current misery in the world, if even just for a moment. Well done Jack and crew.
Thanks 👍
That's really great to hear mate
This is absolutely the best thing since the”old” classic Top Gear! Who says electric cars are boring? Thank you.
Its really cool that the channel is getting these opportunities
It was a well made video. Another entertaining episode. Awesome job for entire crew and host.
Jack
Ow and yes i'd love a polestar 2, hopefully in a few years time
I learnt car control like this, in winter on un-plowed roads! The seeds are waaay lower and the car is super sensitive and responsive in its communication. Later, when you get into a slippery situation in rain, at higher speed, your muscle memory will save your (and potentially others') life!
Unless the power steering belt slips, and you’re not able to counter the rotating car, which was the cause of a snowbank shunt for me - many years back.
@@dennislyon5412 o.O Which car was it? That is such a freak accident, I only heard of Fiat's EPS switching off during driving, so I guess the same would happen. I hope you didn't get hurt or wreck your car!
@@Noukz37 - no, didn’t get hurt, and just stuffed the car into a tall snowbank (relatively soft) on a sharp curve, similar to what Jack did in this video. My car at that time was my favorite beater car from years ago, a FWD Olds Toronado. It was a blast on snowy roads, until the steering belt slipped, at least. At that point, there was no steering - vs armstrong steering, but I was always screwing off when the belt slip occurred, so no high speed crash risk. That car was heavy! Cheers!
Jack, you are the GITTIEST JAM. Learned and laughed a lot from your video 👍😄
Very nice. The test-track looks just like every road in a midwestern American winter, only we aren’t allowed studded tyres, and there are other cars out there on baldies! I’ve pulled many a 4wd truck and suv out of the ditch with my old Volvo V70XC.
Jack, you are the jammiest GIT who ever lived 😁 and I want to drive on that track! 🤪
Have one ordered for delivery in September. This and the laps around the Nürburgring have got me very excited.
Great show in the very cold weather, also good driving
it is cold, but not very cold for that area.
These cars are for sale in Canada. We want to know how they will react to typical Canadian winter weather.
I do enjoy hearing about that car. Hope to get one this year or next
Cool, so its all good the on i35 freeway through Minneapolis when it's 0F outside (-18C), snowed last night and the roads are slick and to varying extents the other drivers have forgot how to drive in that weather. I'm also dreaming of taking it for a spin around a frozen Lake of the Isles or cedar lake.
Alright, I probably won't do that (not least because even a low end Polestar 2 is a dream right now), but testing in those low temps are not just for middle of nowhere type stuff. There's plenty of frigid folks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Canadian cities like Winnipeg too. And seriously, there's probably a fair few who would love to take one of these around some if the 10,000+ very frozen lakes we get. Looks like a lot of fun.
Great to see Jack back racing a Polestar 2 in the snow but strangely Robert was in sunny Spain 🤔
"Jack, you are the jammiest GIT who ever lived."
Great fun! Thanks
Some people get all the fun!..... Lucky Jack!!!