REVIEW: The $60,000 Polestar 2 luxury EV solves the worst part about driving a Tesla

REVIEW: The $60,000 Polestar 2 luxury EV solves the worst part about driving a Tesla

The Polestar 2 is the first all-electric car from Polestar, a new brand from Volvo and Geely.

It competes against the Tesla Model 3, Jaguar I-Pace, and Audi e-Tron.

Prices start at $59,900.

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The future-is-now characteristics are the same. The same big infotainment screen, the same minimalist interior, the same zip when the right pedal goes down. Take away my sight, and I'd be tempted to guess I'm at the wheel of the Tesla Model 3, about as good an electric car as can be driven. But I'd know better because something feels different: Things here are more substantive, more satisfying.

The interior is built to be something an actual human would use and enjoy “” not a button-free, avant-garde exercise in alternative design. This is the all-new Polestar 2, you see, and it drives like a finished version of the Model 3.





















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Polestar as a brand might be new. But it comes from people who very much know how to build a car, and build one well. This is a piece of the future worth looking forward to. 

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