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Polestar is launching a new cheaper Polestar 3 soon: Here's what we know so far (electrek.co)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cheaper… starting at $73.5k.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Volvo ex30 is the cheap electric volvo and is about to come out. The Polestar cars are usually more "sporty". Polestar used to be Volvo's equivalent of "amg", their sport division. Then Geely(the chinese owners), spinned it into its own brand, though obviously there are a lot of similarities between Volvo and Polestar.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's

Lexus for Toyota

Acura for Honda

Jaguar for Ford

Etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Polestars arent fancier or more luxurious or even more expensive than Volvo cars. Polestar 1 was experimental and pretty expensive but polestar 2 starts at below 50k €. Polestar 3 will be their SUV, which starts from 80k+ €. Volvo ex90 will start at 90k+, though it is a full size SUV, while the Polestar 3 is mid size crossover.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

True. Volvo itself is fairly fancy ... At least they have a lot of the nicer, more luxurious models. I just sort of think of them like I listed since they're more rare.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Got to drive a Polestar 2 rental car once. It was stupid fun to drive. I wish I could afford this "cheaper" option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Bought one last summer, and it's just damn great 👌

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Used 2’s aren’t too expensive. That’s what I went with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I ended up leasing one as I wasn't ready to commit to EV, yet. It wasn't much more expensive than our Outback in monthly payments. Sticker shock on EVs is real, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Could they possibly launch the regular Polestar 3 first?