FIRST DRIVE: Polestar 3 - worth the wait? | Electrifying
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It’s been a long time coming, but Polestar’s mission to make the electric car world a more stylish and sustainable place takes another step forward with the new Polestar 3. Having dipped a toe in the water with the plug-in hybrid Polestar 1, gone fully electric with the 2020 Polestar 2, Volvo’s all-electric, design-savvy spin-off will launch its flagship model later this year. Designed with the lucrative (and vast) American market in mind, Polestar is gunning for rivals such as the Tesla Model X and BMW iX.
Here’s the deal: the Polestar 3 is a big car. At 4,900mm long and 1,614mm tall, the 3 is 136mm shorter than the behemoth Tesla Model X and just 53mm shorter than a BMW iX. It’s also a heavy car, tipping the scales at up to 2,670kg.
However, despite being a large SUV, the Polestar 3 has been designed to be as aero-friendly as possible. The roofline is almost estate-like in its flatness, while the front end features a unique aero wing integrated into the bonnet. A second aero wing is integrated into the rear spoiler, while rear aero blades on the bumper ensure that the Polestar 3 is as slippery as possible.
The Polestar 3 launches with a big 107kWh battery pack (usable) as standard, which, according to Polestar, can deliver a driving range of up to 379 miles on the WLTP cycle.
The pack, which sits beneath the floor and runs at 400 volts, features a prismatic cell design housed in a protective aluminium case with boron steel reinforcement and liquid cooling. A heat pump is included as standard and utilises ambient heat for climate and battery pre-conditioning. The Polestar 3 is also equipped for bidirectional charging, enabling future potential for vehicle-to-grid and plug-and-charge capabilities.
In terms of charging, Polestar claims that the 3 can DC rapid charge at speeds of up to 250kW, which makes it one of the fastest charging electric cars on the market. As a result, the 3 should be able to charge from 10-80% in around 30 minutes - adding just over 265 miles of range in the process. Based on these figures, the Polestar 3 will be able to add 100 miles of range in a whisker over 10 minutes when connected to a 350kW rapid charger. AC charging peaks at 11kW, which is slightly disappointing given that many of Polestar’s rivals are now offering 22kW AC onboard chargers.
Join Tom as he takes the new Polestar 3 out on the road for the first time. Has Polestar built a winner? Let us know in the comments below.
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The battery size of 107 kWh is impressive. It contains some interesting features. Unfortunately, this car is too big for me. And the price is quite high.
Hi, I like the review & your style - not super hyped, calm, giving the facts. A few points from me on things that could be improved going forward: I'm not a native English speaker, sometimes when you say too many figures quickly, it gets lost. Perhaps including a post-processing graphics on the screen (range, price, consumption, ..) whenever you mention them? Secondly, the sound seems to be low; the friggin adverts scream at me whenever they pop up, because I have to bring the volume up.
On the car itself: I like the interior. And I'm with you, why the hell do they put those idiotic stickers everywhere? Why on the seats? I don't care if it's recycled or not - or better put I mildly care while spec-ing the car, not after - and I don't need to be reminded of the fact for perpetuity. I'm not paying 79k to push your company's ESR BS, Polestar! And, sadly, the car is too late. I was really excited about it when they unveiled it, but the price is totally out and there's now better alternatives; not to mention Polestar's struggles - will the company survive? Will my warranty stand? I think I'll go for a hybrid this time around and in two years time I'll be back to pick this or the Q6 up for about 40% of it's current price.
Beloved by rich architects. Very rich.
Not that rich, it's only £75k chap.
@@AR-rs2dy He's a poor man I'm afraid.
£75k is a rip off. A car like this should be sub £50k. It's a nice looking Volvo
@@bodrulm1 - A slow Skoda Kodiak costs over £50k though !
Brilliant review. I can’t afford one of those but I enjoyed watching the review. Very smoothly done. Thank you.
Excellent presentation Tom, Thank you. Not likely to replace my Kia Niro EV with this though!
Has big depreciation written all over it. Buy used after 1 year if you want one.
Wouldn't even consider buy an EV brand new! Used one, or two year old is 100% the way to go 👍
Totally enjoyed the review. I enjoyed the presentation more then appreciate the car rather. I would like to know the name of this man. Thank you
I like the brand Polestar (Especially the union of styling and handling) and thanks for talking from the top about the naming - unfortunately I just realised the aero at the front reminds me of a heated towel rail - is that an option ?
I like the design language polestar have, a bit fresher from all other cookie cutters out there.
One hopes this age well in price and quality, time will tell.
Would definitely choose this over any BMW, Audi, Tesla or do I dear say it, MB🤔
2:28 You know what would be even more aerodynamic? Not having a pointless wing on top of the bonnet.
Jaguar already did the flattened SUV thing with the i-Pace. The Polestar 3 is 62mm (2.5 inches) taller. Also the bonnet spoiler gap.
since Jaguar is going to abandon the iPace soon, this is a great replacement for those (like me) who will miss the iPace when it's gone.
I agree. If Jaguar had continued development of the I-Pace with longer range and faster charging then it would be better than the Polestar. They’ve had 6 years to do it but have made a massive mistake in my opinion
@@richardgilyead7640 apparently Magna had continued to do refinements on their inhouse prototypes with new motors etc. but JLR never signed on to those. Instead focusing on their new JEA platform for Jaguar instead.
That’s even more annoying!
Missed a trick doing a Polestar 2 touring/estate.
Will tune in for the Polestar 4 review, think I prefer the look of that one. Not that I can afford either! 😅
This looks like the adult brother of the EX30
Looking forward to (hopefully) seeing some of these in person!
The price is totally insane! Vast majority of people don’t know the Polestar brand and wont spend that kind of money on one.
Agreed. If you look at BYD Song L, it's cheaper than Tesla MY, and looks oddly similar to Polestar 4.
Polestar 2s sell very well. Folks know the brand.
@@stephen300o6 high information EV owners do yes, if I ask my Parents, of friends who are at best ambivalent about EV’s they don’t know, it’s not about the quality of the car you have to get market penetration and more so than being just a Tesla protest which is basically what the P2 was.
@@yorkshirejags7410 That's why they have sellers in the store, it's built on the volvo base, easy sell if you like it
@@stephen300o6 the car has been on the market for a few years, yes. It's not a problem for brand recognition - the EV brands are going bust, no way of knowing if these guys are gonna be here in a few years since Volvo went out of it
Looks a bit like a bigger posher EX30 to me... I wish they'd make a full electric Polestar 1... And I wish I could afford it!
Finally Polestar 3 and 4 are coming can't wait for Polestar 2 on dedicated EV platform ❤❤❤
I have a Polestar 2. Brilliant car. Unfortunately Polestar have said it will be discontinued at some point ... maybe get 1 final minor facelift. It will then be replaced by a dedicated EV platform car that will be called the Polestar 7.
BTW, don't knock the ICE/EV platform. They are monocoque construction, rather than skateboard like EV only platforms. My guess is that in 10 to 15 years the monocoque will still feel solid while the skateboard will be a bit loose and full of rattles. Cars used to be chassis frame and bodywork added (very similar to EV skateboard) but went to a better construction a few decades back.
Good review, I personally like the shape, but starting price is silly at 75k. Not a Tesla fan, but model Y performance is 15k cheaper, more practical boot space/shape, is quicker and Kwh is better. As others have said EX30 like of vibes aswell and dare I say, save yourself a bundle.
This is not comparable to a Model Y. This is in a higher rung. I don't know why people don't get that this is the flagship SUV from Polestar and it carries the price of a flagship. Polestar is a sporty Volvo and how much does the flagship Volvo EX90 cost?
I liked and subscribed from the joke you made at 0:30 😅
its not a joke, its a sad truth, and as he said the truth, and not lied as others, we liked him, and subscribed also.
How much!!!!
good looking but when you sit you feel squashed cause of thes small windows poor visability it's all volvo problem
I like the almost-estate idea too and I hope this car succeeds. But the 3 has been ‘coming soon’ for ages and the 4 almost as long, and here we are still with homemade pre-production paint and ‘When the car comes to the UK…’ Polestar needs to stop promising and start delivering some product.
Either the 3 or the 4 might have been great for me. But I ordered a BMW instead.
Curios to understand why two wheel drive is via the front wheels & not the rear?
Front motors draw less power so it's more efficient.
It's the smaller motor and takes less power... it is just for highway cruising and you'd never know it's doing it. AWD systems have been decoupling an axel for years on ICE cars in the interest of efficiency too.
What's the angle for going Polestar in 2024 when Volvo is also fully electric? For me this model looks so much like a Volvo, that only thing here to consider would be a price?!
75K though. Sheesh, totally priced out
10.02 your gold seat belt is now black, what's occurring?😅 I'll watch again, maybe you said you're not driving the posh one...
I only noticed because your mic was clicking and I thought it might be the seat belt catching it...that's still not a criticism of your tech Tom, I reckon it's your high level of magnetism that affects it all, you can't help it, I know😂
Loving the review, I'll see myself out.😊👍
Edit: 🙄so its got a black interior too...and here you are telling me its the standard version. I'll try to be more observant next time but at least it got you another watch.😅
The boring answer? The car with the cameras set up on it for driving shots was a different spec to car parked up for the static filming!
@@Electrifyingcom well the white one was more photogenic inside. Not boring, thanks for explaining.👍😄
Looking at the Polestar 2 as it's smaller than model 3
I don't like how Polestar simultaneously has an overall elegantly simple design language, but then has a lot of these fiddly tech-y little details that don't fit in. All the stickers and the text and them almost highlighting the sensors and such while other brands try their very best to hide them. It's a bit too smartphone for me.
Wait until you see the unsightly tumor that is applied to enable the Lidar system on this baby. If you think the details on these testers looked tacked on. Yeeesh!
Shooting Brake?
Kinda, sorta, if you squint a bit. Behemoth hatchback might be more accurate.
What's the weight of the thing and how many miles per kWh did you get?
10:13
If you actually listened the review you would hear that Tom said he was getting 3.1
Isnt that the Volvo EX30?
Top review but too expensive again 🤔😎
Cheers mate
Unbelievably based subscribe at 00:30
Expensive but very sexy
Not sexy enough to merit its price.
Does it come as standard with the colour changing seats? 😂🤔
I think that particular option is part a pricey package. The tester had two cars.
Google predicts price about 75k pounds. Seems like too much.
Amazing car. But they need to focus on making a cheaper model around $30,999 range
I will wait for the Volvo version of this car..
The EX90? It's not really a Volvo version of this car.
The Volvo is a three-row more traditionally styled version of this platform. If you need the third row, or just feel something this big should have a third row in it, then that is the way to go.
I like the Polestar products but with every launch i cant help but think....why arent these just branded as Volvos. It feels like having two brands is unnecessary
Lovely cars been in the 3 and the 4 but have to emit the EX30 from Volvo is dear enough at £34k. At £65-75k who is buying these cars that’s a hefty price tag. Second hand I got offered a Polestar 2 car I had test driven for a few hours six months later with 3k miles for £31k the car new was £53k because of all the options that’s scary depreciation. So this £65k will be worth what mid forties in a year and thirty something the next.
So your saying your Car paint is shocking at £65k😮 If your going to spend that kind of money I’ll go with a year old Taycan every day of the week.
Tapped out at the price
You and 90% of new car buyers too.
Similar price to the Audi q6e sport Quattro once you add the pano roof and 20” wheels. Less power than the polestar. All cars are too expensive, even a basic VW Polo is near £20k these days
The 400V architecture will help it out when using a Tesla Supercharger
Polestar 3
Styling: Stunning
Price: Utterly ridiculous
2D graphic lettering: “Hey I’m all about tech!” Might have worked a decade ago, but passé these days.
Polestar name: Now, undefined and in search of meaning; disconnected from its roots.
Polestar should go back to what to do best. Tunning (and slightly style) Volvos for sport. This thing is just a Volvo with some style kits and overpriced for the name only. I would go for the Volvo it made on and get it fully equipped and still have a few moneys left.
It looks ok though, compared to the other cars in the same size-range.
The Volvo version is not less expensive. So why are people complaining about the price? If you can't afford it, get a Polestar 4.
Im sure its lovely, but do we really need another huge EV at a price no-one can afford ?
Ofcourse because there is only a 100 other similar car while tehere less than 5 small car.
Don’t worry , polestar make lovely cars but its depreciation is weirdly awful. They will be under 30k in 3 yrs
I still like leather, look after it and it lasts decades. The vinyl, oops I mean vegan leather isn't typically that hard wearing by comparison
Something like this really does'nt need to be as sharp to drive as a Cayenne or anything with a historical sporting heritage. it just needs to be tidy enough in most areas in which to shuttle the family about.
I am liking the EV take on the old XC70 👍.
Its just a touch too pricey and the company a bit too new to tempt me away from buying from one of its established competitors.
Lovely car though!
If they'd left spoiler off bonnet, surely air would still be scooped up over fine, and, would look Porsche like (which no bad thing IMO).
Side profile looks fab.
Roll on pre-owned in 2-3 years.
Thanks for the to the point review.
It’s the increasing trend to quote maximum range by making the battery bigger. Like putting a bigger petrol tank in a car and quoting the range.
It’s the real world miles per kWh that we want to know and 3.1 is not good enough, and it’ll be less in the 4 months of cold weather. That’ll work out more expensive per mile than an average diesel using standard public charging so another car to please the anti ev crowd. Too expensive, too big, not efficient enough
Cut the price in half!
Polestar has it backwards.. the car should switch to rear drive by default if AWD is not needed.. they should have learned their lesson with the Polestar2 the original model was a good car but most complaints where about the driving cos of the FWD, and the new update version had by default RWD, and drive great. so you would think they learned from that.
It's for highway cruising. It's seamless and the RWD would engage instantaneously if you toed the throttle. The RWD P2 was a different animal vis a vis the FWD P2 of previous years. Those particular Polestar 2s only drove one end of the vehicle ever though, apple and oranges comparison for that reason. It does seem counterintuitive though.
I'm not sure how Polestar can justify £79K for this.
With a battery the size of your mom XD
The sound levels are waaaay too low on this vid.
Perhaps they’ll compromise with the paint and make one in orange peel.
Oh look, another premium electric suv, how original.
It's only late if you know it's coming.
It rides good and needs over 400hp because it ways 2 1/2 tons. For a small suv that’s nuts. I Chrysler Pacifica bigger/lighter and costs less.
It isn’t a small SUV. It’s based on the EX90 platform which is enormous.
@@S4MM7ify I come from the land of Tahoe and suburban. It’s a medium crossover or a small suv depending on your definition.
⚠️ Huge depreciation warning! You can easily get a 1-year-old Polestar for half the price 💁♂️
when i heard "400 volt charging system" this car is just a joke
A useful review.
This thing is just not worth anything approaching £75k. It has a ghastly UI/UX with huge ugly iPad doing things which are better done with proper buttons. It is just so bad and so expensive. Maybe it is the modern equivalent of the Reliant Robin but less affordable.
The price is a bad joke.
I can't believe I have to say this but every time a content producer asks me to like and subscribe, I specifically choose not to. I do subscribe and like channels, only because I actually feel like doing it not because the channel begs or solicits it. It just reeks of desperation and takes something away from the viewing experience.
Well, since Volvo decided to get rid of all their station wagons, Polestar are the only Swedish company to make a station wagon.
It's gorgeous, and drive insanely well for what it is, but in my country it's just way too expensive.
I'm still rooting for the car though. EV station wagons are very rare.
Not Swedish.
Volvo is divesting its holdings in Polestar leaving it a stand alone company owned by Geely.
The V60 and V90 are stationwagons, aren’t they?
@@waynerussell6401 It is Swedish. That is just a business decision in terms of financing. Volvo is very much involved in co-development with Polestar. Geely Holding is financing both companies, but the grunt work and tuning and feel and what makes this car this car comes out of Sweden.
@@benjaminsmith2287 Only sales is HQ in Sweden. R&D is Coventry. Only one board member is Swedish. All the major decisions come from the purse holder - Geely, including the new BEV platforms.
@@waynerussell6401 Prove all the major decisions are from ZGH. Conventry is tuning the cars but Sweden is where the bulk of the development is done. Yes, ZGH helps finance these brands but they don't run the brands.
Yay, another EV that no one can afford… just what the market needs
Way too expensive
For pity's sake, how many more times? Give us the boot capacity, and again with the rear seats folded flat. 🤬
We're going back to those days when only lords and earls could afford to own a car...
Same rich designer target market then? Low volume seller at that price, Jesus!😅 Will be outsold by the Kias and Hyundais
75k you joking tom
That's actually cheaper than the competition. There will be a lower priced version with 2wd too.
Polestar 3 has a too low price for what you get IMHO.
Shill much?
Evening Tom
75000 starting price? Way too much for this car, especially for a car that is built in China. Polestar are punching way above their weight. If it had a starting price around 50,000 to 55,000 then this car could be a viable premium option.
That's silly. Sorry, but where it is built doesn't matter. They're going to build them in the USA too and then in Belgium, but they won't be any better built than the one built in China. You're paying for engineering, sophistication, a company that has decades of sports tuning under their belt plust they have all of the safety and build quality of Volvo because they're an offshoot of Volvo. Ex-Volvo designers, ex-Volvo engineers, ex-Volvo programmers. This is not a $50,000 car. The Polestar 4 isn't even $50,000. That is way too low for a car of this caliber and sophistication. In fact the Polestar 2 tops off at $50,000 and that's how much a car like the Toyota Crown costs.
@@benjaminsmith2287 75000 pounds in dollars is 95000. MGs are engineered and designed in Europe, but are built in China for keeping costs down, hence why they are cheap in Europe. Sorry, but Polestar are wanting too much for this car regardless where the engineering and design was done.
Geely are good
This isn't a Geely. This is a Polestar. It's under the Geely Holding group umbrella but it's a Polestar/Volvo.
Why do people outside you car, need to know how powerful and how big the battery is? Or is it done to aid car thieves?
_"Hey! Bruv. I worked aht tha dis car will dooz sum tree'undrid miles of range an it as a 400 bhp motors. Innit. So we'z nickin it or not?"_
_"Nah! Jus sin it sez it as nappa levver seats. Da missis don like cwoolty to animils an stuff."_
Visit the docks at Bristol and see 100000's of ~Polestars sat there waiting for "duty to be paid". As the importers dont want them to leave the "duty free area" because of POOR sales
Slow heavy inefficient and very expensive. What’s not to love? 😂. Should have bought a Tesla.
And yet another affordable EV.
Well, Tesla owners doesn't impress anyone either.
I don't understand why so many people in the UK care about one pedal driving. Here in America nobody seems to care. I prefer a reliable adaptive cruise system so I can do ZERO pedal driving. 90%+ of the time my routine is to brake to start the car while using my thumb to turn off the lane keep assist, set the speed and adjust from the steering wheel without touching the pedals again until I arrive at my destination. My last three cars could go to a complete stop and back up to speed on their own. Why would I or anyone prefer one pedal driving to that?
It's likely to do with the road layouts. In the UK we have bendy A roads, where there is a lot of speed fluctuation when driving on an open road, so when driving on these roads, it can be fun to modulate the speed manually (EV or ICE).
Compared to the US, which is mostly a grid layout, so you tend to have stable speeds in a straight line.
We tested Tesla Model 3 and it was utter garbage. Car was new, 500 km on the clock, and it rattled, and rattled. It was freezing weather at -15C and it was terrible. Also, during a 2 hour stint we got two phantom braking events. Polestar 2 on the other hand was brilliant in the Scandinavian winter. Tesla for California, a proper car for Scandinavia.
Thins that didn't happen. Clearly, Teslas work in Scandinavia given they are the number one car sold over the last 5 years!
My 2019 Model 3 performance. 95k miles later and still grinning from ear to ear. Seems to be de rigeur for all motoring journalists to reference musk derangement syndrome. Pathetic.
What a sour guy who swallows his words. Speak louder. Hard to understatement.
The general public aren't buying EVs so yes let's have another huge car that's over £75k. Great
Just what we need? Another overpriced car. Do they really think that people by now don't know that the companies save thousands by NOT putting in Internal Combustions engines and prop shafts etc. The day when they could blame the cost of the batteries has long gone. They are all now blatantly profiteering from the new tech IMHO
LOSS MAKING COMPANY IN DEEP DODO.
Car seems compelling if quite expensive for the total package.
Cant stand their naming convention for the cars. Such a stupid and arbitrary way to do it
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I’ve watched around 20 reviews. Yours is by far the worst. Some really stupid statements and stupid things to pick at. Who says the phone charger looks bad. That’s just dumb.
It's right there you every time you are in the car. It's like wearing an Armani suit with an Aldi tie.
@@Electrifyingcom You would think that the Swedes would have done a better job esthetically of integrating that charger. Plus given the size of this thing (on a dedicated EV platform, no less) where is the interior storage: some nooks, a few crannies and perhaps a hidey-hole or two...spaces that should abound and yet...next to nothing.
What an imbecilic opening. There is nothing strange about wanting a hatchback, which a tesla 3 is not. For many people that is quite reasonably a show-stopper.
It's just a little joke 😂
This guy needs a new job.
Are people still buying EVs? Ohh yeah, company car buyers, lease & motability. No one with the right mind would buy an EV with their own money. Not worth anymore than £35k.
These polestar cars are horrible-looking
Hardware Nice but software😂
Software from google.