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Back in May of this year we traded in my wife’s 8 month old ‘20 Tesla Model Y (LR AWD) for a ‘21 XC40 P8 Recharge. She has been madly in love with the XC40, and I always enjoy driving it. When we did our 1,000+ round trip journey from Ohio to the Smokey Mountains, I did 99.9% of that driving, and when we go out as a family I drive. So of the 10k+ miles on the car now, more than half of those were with my piloting the Volvo. Needless to say, I’ve loved it too!
Tomorrow I’m picking up the cousin to the XC40 P8, on the same platform — a 2022 Polestar 2. This one is a dual motor AWD fully loaded (Pilot, Plus, Performance packs). It is “Thunder“ gray over charcoal black interior. I’ll share a few photos here in the coming days for anyone interested. NOTE: The Polestar is NOT replacing the Volvo, but will instead be my car, to park along side my wife’s XC40 P8.
But the reason for this thread as follows:
Having been a lurker on the Polestar forums, but an active member here (as an XC40 household), I’ve been well aware of many of the features that the Polestar has gotten first. For example, the PaaK (phone as a key) functions, or the fact that apps like A Better Route Planner can be downloaded on the Polestar (but not yet our XC40). Little tidbits like that should be interesting, as well as the fact that OTA updates were working on the P*2 long before the XC40.
Bottom line: if you have any questions feel free to ask in this thread. I’d be glad to share my thoughts. Since I won’t actually be picking the car up for 26 hours, I’ll refrain from any comparison until I’ve had a chance to drive/enjoy it. But since the nearest Polestar “Space” (store) is 180 miles away, I’ll be getting an instant 3 hour drive home (including 1x DC fast charging stop). So it should be a great way to really throw myself into the thick of it.
We’ve had plenty of BEVs before… looking forward to having a Polestar, and putting it through the paces. Ciao!
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Tomorrow I’m picking up the cousin to the XC40 P8, on the same platform — a 2022 Polestar 2. This one is a dual motor AWD fully loaded (Pilot, Plus, Performance packs). It is “Thunder“ gray over charcoal black interior. I’ll share a few photos here in the coming days for anyone interested. NOTE: The Polestar is NOT replacing the Volvo, but will instead be my car, to park along side my wife’s XC40 P8.
But the reason for this thread as follows:
Having been a lurker on the Polestar forums, but an active member here (as an XC40 household), I’ve been well aware of many of the features that the Polestar has gotten first. For example, the PaaK (phone as a key) functions, or the fact that apps like A Better Route Planner can be downloaded on the Polestar (but not yet our XC40). Little tidbits like that should be interesting, as well as the fact that OTA updates were working on the P*2 long before the XC40.
Bottom line: if you have any questions feel free to ask in this thread. I’d be glad to share my thoughts. Since I won’t actually be picking the car up for 26 hours, I’ll refrain from any comparison until I’ve had a chance to drive/enjoy it. But since the nearest Polestar “Space” (store) is 180 miles away, I’ll be getting an instant 3 hour drive home (including 1x DC fast charging stop). So it should be a great way to really throw myself into the thick of it.
We’ve had plenty of BEVs before… looking forward to having a Polestar, and putting it through the paces. Ciao!
