Why would someone choose a Polestar 2 over a Model 3?

[DanDi58]

Here's the 'wordy' version of my Polestar 2 test drive..... Polestar 2 Test Drive

The 'unladen' weight is listed as 2198 kg (4845 lbs) / GVW as 2600 kg (5732 lbs). This is for the EU version.

 

[noobla3]

You should take your own advice and do research and understand. After all, you admitted to not keeping up with Volvo.

The Polestar 2 is on the same Compact Modular Architecture as the XC40, co-designed by Volvo and Geely. The XC40 is made in both China and Belgium.


While the larger cars are on the more “pure” Volvo Scalable Product Architecture, the S90 is made in Volvo Cars' plant in Daqing, while the XC60 is from its factory in Chengdu. Volvo was the first Western carmaker to export a China-made premium model to the United States back in 2015.
Volvo has factories in Torslanda, Sweden; Ridgeville, South Carolina in the U.S.; and in Chengdu and Daqing, China, which all build the larger cars based on the Scalable Product Architecture.

The XC40 Recharge, again, which shares architecture with Polestar 2, will be made in Belgium. The eventual XC90 EV likely in South Carolina.

Your ignorance has you outdated. You’ll need to get used to China being a player in the global design, production, and ownership of all kinds of consumer products. Cars have been one of the last of those, if we ignore many of the sub-components that go into them long being made in China, but soon many cars will be made there.

European brands and Tesla are starting to have China production, and China capital is going to make them a leader in EVs in particular.

Thanks for the education. We'll have to see how this works out for the Polestar brand and only time will tell if the Geely Volvo tie-up is a successful one or not.

If time permits, I may catch up on Volvo and it's progress since being acquired.