THE arrival of a brand new model is all the time a second of intrigue, nevertheless, there’s one thing else past Polestar’s freshness to the market that sparks curiosity.
An all-EV offspring of Volvo and Geely, Polestar fuses acquainted Swedish virtues with clean-slate fascinated with what automobiles needs to be, how they need to be constructed and the way a lot they need to pollute.
Certainly, the corporate goals to construct a very carbon-neutral automotive by the tip of this decade, a automobile whose whole production-related CO2 output is zero – and even destructive – and Polestar’s holistic method to reaching that encompasses all the pieces from how its factories are powered and the place its uncooked supplies come from, to how a lot recycled materials it may make use of in every automotive it builds.
However does pursuing the final word eco-car result in compromises? Polestar’s company ethos is noble, however its longevity out there received’t be decided by how inexperienced it’s however how good its merchandise are. We Australians missed out on Polestar’s first effort, the very unique Polestar 1 sportscar, however its extra related stablemate, the Polestar 2, is lastly with us and on sale. It’s time to search out out whether or not the Polestar hype is justified.
The pricing is definitely sharp, aimed squarely at Tesla’s Mannequin 3 with a beginning worth of $59,900 earlier than on-road prices, however our first style of the Polestar 2 is within the $69,900 flagship.
Nevertheless, even on the high finish the Polestar 2 feels very very like a finely-honed product that not solely poses an attractive – and extra mature – various to the Tesla Mannequin 3, however must also make everybody who drives it query whether or not there actually is a must burn hydrocarbons any extra.
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