#65 Polestar 2 Polar Circle part 1

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[@halvatek1]

I have to say...Bjorn's roadtrip videos are one of the best things KZbin has to offer! Thank you so much for your effort Bjorn!

[@aviovintage]

Absolutely, I can listen to it while working even without annoying hyperbole lol. Great guy. I hope he can make a living from this. Also, as a European I really appreciate some European perspective of performance, road conditions etc and not the next dude in SoCal with 3 Tesla's in always good weather. Cherry; Norway is a beautiful country with a magic language :)

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

A swedish car, built for spanish winters.

[@mrcharles3061]

they are prepairing for global warming to reach a point where cold weather is +20

[@reintrandininskia]

Well, depends. Spain is not just the Mediterranean coast or the Canary Islands. The interior can be pretty fucked up in winter and the north very wet and rainy like the depressing UK.

[@RichardSingleton0318]

The educational value of this channel is immensely valuable. Thank you for your work Bjørn!!!

[@keshavkhh2868]

if u struggle this much for charging in norway, i dont know how other countries will figure out electric cars....the waiting is mindnumbing.

[@MyID3byFrode]

This is where the Government has failed us here - they have made it easy to buy an EV, but has not followed it up with good regulations for building charging stations. It has seen a change just recently, where it will get cheaper to deliver power for these kind og stations from now on, so let's hope that will work. But the Government(s) should have been much more front footed in this regard a long time ago.

[@mravecsk1]

He was strugling in the norh of Norway and it was just timewise and mostly because Polestar was coldgating and thirsty. Dont see real struggle. Did you see struggle in the north of the country with other cars? We have far less chargers and I didnt have struggle or experienced struggle when I was on the trip. (model 3)

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla Tesla

[@JP-kb4yi]

@@MyID3byFrodeTesla, a company that’s just over 17 years old, paid and built the charging infrastructure for its customers. VAG founded in 1937 MAKES their customers charge their product at a 3rd party charger. YOU BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT FAILED???? VAG is disgusting! They contributed greatly to the Nazis in WW2 and the slaughter of MILLIONS of Jews and innocent people. They lied to the ENTIRE WORLD about their filthy polluting Diesel engines. Yet you have the nerve to support them and purchase a product they make and THEN BLAME THE GOVERNMENT FOR LACK OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THEIR PRODUCT??? I strongly recommend you pull your head out of your rectum. The fumes have completely destroyed your logic thought process.

[@JP-kb4yi]

@@kruemelfelix I just bought my second EV and yes it was a Tesla. The deciding factor was the Tesla charging network. Perhaps one day the rest of the automotive industry will finally get the point and build their own networks. Until they do I will keep buying Tesla’s.

[@rtfazeberdee3519]

You need to get some stickers to put on the car park sign that says "Bjorn Slept Here"

[@jerzywlodarczykEV]

haha

[@Reason077]

Charger stickers too! "Bjørn charged here".

[@Reason077]

"Bjørn did Type 2 here"

[@zeleni79]

Man, i have travelled this road so many times as a youngster. I lived in Mo i Rana for over 10 years. Polar Cricle centre ive visited many many times, as we played basketball tournaments in Bodö, Narvik and Harstad. Thank you for the trip down the memory lane :D

[@kotonekkotonowski6990]

The consumption of this car is crazy high with this low average speed. Good we have Bjorn to show us real world data.

[@christianhovestadt1894]

Looks like your car is the unupdated version, low charging and high consumption. Fastned test team actually achieved 150kw peak charging and 100kw to 50% and lower consumption. So hopefull thag they improve things with OTA

[@wolfgangkern6333]

Thanks for the info. Thats the news I was hoping fore.

[@christianhovestadt1894]

@@wolfgangkern6333 Just keep in mind that the consumption is still higher then Model 3. But that is no surprise.

[@DocBru79]

do you have any reliable source for that info? updating the charging speed seems possible to me, but are you sure that consumption is also lower? current consumption that we see on videos like Björns is quite disappointing

[@wolfgangkern6333]

@@DocBru79 For charging speed just google "fastned polestar 2". updated 2 days ago ;-)

[@wolfgangkern6333]

@@christianhovestadt1894 and not too big of a deal if the charging curve is OKish. But charging speeds in Bjorns videos are really bad and kind of pi**ing me off the last days. Was actually thinking about cancelling my order for P2 without PP.

[@greggb681]

I have hit 3 deer with my car here in Wyoming 😞 Those headlights on the Polestar is a massive plus for me!

[@Pervypriest]

The moose could not have been healed, so the most humane way was to kill it. I guess it was the game keeping service Who shoot it. Thats why you should always call them if you hit some wild game

[@bjornnyland]

If a human was hurt, we would of course take care of it. So why shoot animals? It's our fault that we hurt the moose in the first place.

[@Pervypriest]

@@bjornnyland I do understand your point. How ever there arent any means of healing broken legs of a moose. IT would just be suffering even more, Then its more humane to kill it. Besides animals are food for us humans and we need to hunt moose and other wild game to keep the nimber of animals at a stable and healty growth or Else ut would be even worse..

[@Karreth]

@@bjornnyland A human would understand that it was being helped. A moose would be terrified and trying to escape the entire time it was in custody - and it takes a long time to heal.

[@limenghean]

YES road trip video at last!

[@thomasnilsen6936]

Got my Polestar 2 1,5 week ago. Been watching all your movies about P2 and I almost canceled my order for Tesla model 3. But after driving it for 1,5 week im glad that I didn't. Couldn't be more happy about it, lovely car, love the android system (I'm a Apple fan) and good driving comfort and quality materials. A bit high consumption, but not as high that you got on your videos.

[@frankjohansen3132]

I am going from Stjørdal to Setermoen ( 940 km) with my PS2 PP in september 2021. Had to rewatch this one and damn i guess i`m stuck with 50 kW chargers, haha.

[@nakfan]

I just love these road trips. I suffer from a rare muscle disease and cannot go myself. Thanks Bjørn for taking us along.

[@simontemplar873]

Watching this three years later, it is amazing how much the charging networks have developed in that time. At Alvdal there are now 70 chargers that can deliver 150kW or more, and quite a few north of Steinkjer, too. I guess the same trip would be much less of a challenge now.

[@torqueroll1]

I quite like this car and how it looks but the ridiculous consumption and slow charging is very disappointing. As far as I can see this car uses LG Chem pouch batteries. Etron and Taycan also gets their batteries from LG Chem, but they have much better charging curve. Makes you wonder why. Is it actually worse batteries from the same supplier or is Polestar being very conservative with their charge curve.

[@richardanderson9340]

I’m really glad I didn’t hold off for the Polestar but bought the M3AWD. I couldn’t go anywhere around here if the range was so limited in colder weather

[@theaboveperspective1178]

Hello Bjørn. My PS 2 turns off the air condition after 1 hour in "campingmode". I have to open and close the door once an hour to keep the aircondition on. Do you have any clue? Seatbelts are plugged in and aircondition on auto.

[@snacksy7754]

7:58 Eyy our *MG* made it in to the video! 🥳

[@bjornnyland]

I bet your MG ZS EV had lower consumption than the Polestar.

[@martingorbush2944]

Congrats :).

[@nevco8774]

@@bjornnyland Polestar and MG are only 2 of Chinese EV cars in Norway. Xpeng is arriving now which will be more Tesla like efficient. And this is just the beginning of Chinese EV expansion. It is interesting time to witness!

[@wroniec]

Can those types of ppl understand that polestar is designed in sweden?!

[@wroniec]

M HADI, Geely is Chinese. Volvo And Polestar are Swedish but belonging to Geely. But if not Geely Volvo was ended.

[@harsh8426]

hey, Bjorn since you have Polestar for a while now..can you do a test where you see how different suspension settings on the PP affect consumption...

[@harsimranbansal5355]

Harsh V Sharma you have get under the car and manually adjust suspension!

[@supraphonic88]

The suspension isn't height-adjustable, it's only damper stiffness, so there's no aerodynamic gains to be had.

[@harsh8426]

pete ooh! That never occurred to me 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

[@stevemulroy1417]

So a Polestar is good for potting about in the city and suburbs... but not so great on long trips unless you like hanging around a lot. Björn, you need to do this trip with a Kia Niro and ID3 just for the comparison.

[@iLEZ]

Dang, Swede here, makes me anxious for winter to see snowy mountains at this time of year! :)

[@francescoboselli6033]

Also on Italian mountains snow is already arrived

[@mdf1978]

Just an ordinary man because of all these electric cars 😂

[@francescoboselli6033]

Just an ordinary man ahahah maybe 🤣

[@jacobkbh452]

It’s closed btw! Lets get back to Oslo. Love it 😎

[@andersskovwestermann]

Me too. Made me laugh

[@jaker3151]

Roads look good in Norway especially considering you get regular freezing temps. Down to good asphalt and/or maintenance? One harsh winter and we get potholes everywhere. Snapped a spring once going over one on the highway.

[@CFG39]

HOLY CRAP... almost 500 wh/mi. I am in shock. I never saw that high even in near-freezing temperatures in our Model 3. I was getting about 350wh/mi in winter at highway speed (70-80MPH/115-130kmh). These Polestar 2 videos make me suddenly appreciate my Model 3 even more.

[@MrPikkoz]

Yeah and when Tesla will fit the Heat Pump in the Model 3, in winter there will be absolutely no contest in efficiency

[@goulash1971]

Whe I was buying my Tesla, Bjørn's videos were ... well .. informative, amusing, enjoying and just brilliant ... I'm now getting a Polestar 2 and I cannot tell you how happy I am that he's's done a couple of videos on the P2 :)

[@berthogendoorn722]

I am still happy about my Soul EV , but was hoping for better consumption on the Polestar, I would have thought they would have used a heat pump, strange it is not included with the luxury price the Polestar retail for.

[@andrisjekabsons]

In Norway big problem with chargers 50kw+ speed from Tronheim till Narvik. Only Tesla superchargers but those are only for Tesla :( I hope for changes :)

[@markfitzpatrick6692]

Bjorn my state ohio midwest USA just got lucky and electrify America changed ours to kWh billing great for my 24 kWh leaf. Now I wish the others would do it too

[@jonathanwolman1049]

Mark Fitzpatrick WA State also. I signed up today with Electrify America for the $4 monthly charge, and I get a rate of 31 cents per KW. 43 cents if you don’t have the $4 program. Much better for the colder times of the year when the Kia Niro will not charge as fast.

[@Crazypostman]

Here in Oklahoma we don't get the per kilowatt hour price, but they lowered the price to .16¢ a minute which is very good. I made a video about it if you care to watch but I'm not near as good as Bjorn!

[@7saxby]

Thank you for adding miles with kilometers.....I wish you would have pop up for kilometers that show up on the instrument cluster or the dashboard infotainment center..... It would be very helpful for your American and British viewers ......thank you

[@Matt7895]

Another Nyland classic, I love your videos, especially the road trips!

[@zerefcifer]

18:01 Here's a funny thing. Tesla drivers can struggle too if there are no Tesla Superchargers in your route. So this isn't necessarily about Tesla and non-Tesla cars. Tesla cars can wait on a 50 kW charger too if your country doesn't have Tesla superchargers. So if the argument of getting a Tesla is for the "great" charging infrastructure, then it's zero to people who don't have any superchargers on their route. So Tesla superchargers are great in some parts and zero in other ones. So maybe they are not so great.... :)

[@nomisastro2000]

Type 3 discharge LOL!

[@dirk19761]

I like the Groen Kontakt sytem, too. Used it this summer just a bit and got the first discount level of 10% which was nice. The only thing I had to struggle a bit with was the setup of the app, because the charging site is in english, but the min side area is in norwegian language and therefore my norwegian is not good enough. But I think foreigners have the same problem in germany with maingau or other CPOs , too.

[@marcgirard7551]

Always a big fan of the classic road trip videos!

[@mistermister2085]

I agree. I don't usually watch the livestreams, but i love the shortened/condensed version (and better audio/video quality) of the trip reports.

[@leg3ndo]

What was the cost of all the charging on this trip? In NOK

[@danielsalt363]

I cant be the only one who saw the display in car saying charging speed 380km/h 🧐 How do they measure those electrons velocity I wonder

[@maxencesimonart4302]

That nice old music from the millenium falcon road trips 😊

[@grovfjord]

Good Job Bjorn! Hopefully Thomas will watch this video and make some improvements for Polestar 3. Looking forward to part 2!

[@frankvrooijen]

Very nice video Bjorn! But having no supercharger sucks. You are a patient guy haha

[@clasqm]

My i3 can have an Auxiliary Climate Control activated when it is parked. Only for about 15 minutes, though.

[@stillmation]

wow, not that efficient after all. Good to see Bjorn put cars through these tests, even though most drivers won't do anything like it. Unless you're in Norway and want to drive to the arctic circle to test a car.

[@enyaq_gorm]

That looks so much like Scotland 👍 great video, insane consumption though

[@sandersson2813]

Scotland is like Norway that has swallowed a pill that makes everything smaller.

[@jetnag]

Excellent video! You are, as always, brutally honest, detailed and entertaining.

[@xiziz]

This really shows the importance of increasing efficency on new cars. Bigger and faster charging batteries can only get you half the way to good long distance preformance.

[@hankthetank185]

Loved your road trips Bjorn. You are so lucky to be able to do them in such a beautiful country and a beautiful car. 10 out of 10 score.

[@nexusgraphix]

Nok en kjempebra road trip video! Holde dem kommer!

[@michelmelinot]

Great video, uncle Bjørn

[@Vtech-bp1fj]

An Android only car and interface? Apple users aren’t likely to put this car on their shortlist. Pity.

[@axelnils]

No, the system itself is android but it has Apple Car Play built in.

Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...

[@DevajnK]

can you do a battery degradation test on polestar 2(gen 1) ? :D

[@suguitu]

"Type C discharge."💩

[@petelaycock2842]

Great video, Bjorn. Thank you.

[@teslakim2475]

It's funny that the same saturday you travelled from Oslo and north, I travelled from Kristiansand and north with my Tesla Model X with full trailer with Nimber tasks. I slept at Øyer supercharger saturday and travelled to Trondheim sunday. Then I turned around and went south again. Had to stop at Lier to sleep sunday and then I drove the rest of the way to Kristiansand on monday morning. I wonder if I could make it with trailer beyond the arctic circle? I had for the whole 2500km trip 300wh/km consumption

[@bjornnyland]

I have been past Arctic circle several times with trailer.

[@teslakim2475]

@@bjornnyland but I have 75D, u had p90d... I barely could make it 170km before charging on the longest stretches. And I can't use CCS yet, though I think I need to get it...

[@SvenWildermann]

Which mattress are you using here?

[@bjornnyland]

IKEA

[@reynoldichi1090]

Free music free beer good song

[@willemm713]

I am SO glad I didn't wait for a polestar... those consumption figures. You get nowhere with that car on long drives. The way bigger E-Tron brick is comparable in consumption, but at least that one charges like crazy and doesn't coldgate.

[@jijokoshyksjijo3989]

thanks for entertaining us in this hard time..❤️

[@heavymetalboi]

nice first.

[@marks-0-0]

I can't wait for this technology to be put into more van based cars. That's when I'll jump in to the world of EV's. It will be a do it all car then. Daily driver, cargo lugger and car camper!

[@kardy12]

Ouch, a super thirsty EV and only 50kW charging is a painful combination...

[@itsfahys]

What price are you paying for Ionity in Norway as in Ireland we pay 0.79c kwh ? There are reduced options with Maingu or Chargepoint I think around 0.65c /kwh , Thanks

[@thomaszacherl7676]

Somehow the car looks bigger on pictures then in real live.. My Honda CRV was like a giant beside that car. 🧐

[@dgrenda77]

Hi Björn, I really like your videos! In such an expensive car you should find capacitive touch screens only. So why the heck does it react on a cable touching? That should not happen except it is not a normal pvc shielded cable. Can you try the cable on your smartphone and see if it is activating any button?

[@borisdemelo]

Volvo touchscreens are designed to be used with winter gloves as well so they’re not just capacitive, but also have an infrared LED matrix in front of the screen to detect non-conductive objects. Not sure if the Ploestar has the same tech, but might be a possible explanation.

[@dgrenda77]

@@borisdemelo Jepp, that might be possible. Thank you for the information.

[@TrulsHJohnsen]

Nice test! For me (who lives a bit further up north from the Arctic Circle) this kind of consumption/average speed, and charging posibilities, is what I would experience in an EV on a daily basis if I decide to get one. Spot on test for me, brilliant! Ps; will NOT be replacing the family car with a Polestar any time soon, partly based on Bjørns different tests of the car... ;-)

[@lastminutesolutions]

type 3 discharge 😂😂😂😂

[@stevenbollinger9776]

Hey... That IS kinda funny!

[@PhilipChou]

Great video as always Bjorn I just did a quick test drive of a polestar 2 and like it very much. May replace my aging Model X with it.

[@KIRRRRU19]

Is this with the Slate or Charcoal interior?

[@CorentinHarbelot]

Oh yesssss roadtrip!

[@clasqm]

My i3 can have an Auxiliary Climate Control activated when it is parked. Only for about 15 minutes, though.

[@gauravpatel3220]

you are a lifesaver

[@chickenoo8]

Second round watching, damn TB was fully charged on this trip! What an energy!

[@7saxby]

An hour to 80% ugh

[@bjornnyland]

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[@mistermister2085]

I'd much rather sleep in a heated/cooled car safe from wandering murders and sex perverts then risk it in some tent that a slasher could easily get into and violate me.

[@jderksen4]

Great trip

[@rukasuara]

This is actual real world testing right here. Shows the car and charging network how it is. Thank you!

[@LaurentVitalis]

I don't know in which world you live, but in my case, "real world" is : 2.5km to do the groceries 8.6km to go to the shopping mall 10km to go to work 37km to visit my farthest fried 250km to visit my dad a 2068km trip is not real world

[@bjornnyland]

It is real world when you go on vacation. It happened this summer. And this was "only" to Polar Circle. People went to Lofoten and beyond.

[@rukasuara]

@@LaurentVitalis I drove from Spain to Lofoten some years ago. And from Spain to Sarek in Sweden just 2 years ago (check my channel for a timelapse). It's real world for me and for a lot of people who travel by car. I want to know if I can do it in an EV too.

[@LaurentVitalis]

@@bjornnyland @rukasuara Point taken. I'm just under the impression people outside of Norway are getting a distorted view of the reality. Going on vacation where I live could force you to drive 1100km with absolutely no Superchargers in sight, and no access to public chargers, unless you bought the Chademo adapter. It's a different story.

[@mistermister2085]

@@LaurentVitalis Not for everyone, but here in the US you would be shocked at how much driving people do in a month/year. It is insane.

[@data790]

Really happy I found these. I live in Norway and eyeing up this car.

[@szaboaz]

From Polar Circle to the Equator, now, that would be one epic journey. Who knows, we might live long enough to see someone doing that.

[@thomaseriksson3182]

Nice review!👍

[@BuntaBall40]

Mate can you do a BYD Tang

[@Trades46]

This is one of my favorite EV which I could be planning to consider next year.

[@soundlessdriving]

How much does a kWh cost at Ionity in NOR?

[@Ken_1971]

Thank you very much for your awsome roadtrip video. Very entertaining as always ! The LED Matrix Headlights of the Polestar2 are fantastic !!! This should be standard in every car for safety reasons ! Very nice song you used in the backround ---> Artist : TheLavish --> Song : Rebel I looked on Spotify and only found the normal version. Where did you get the instrumental version ?

[@hg60justice]

closed? drove all that way and didn't even get a lousy t-shirt.

[@MrSpuzzz]

Well the windshield wipers are better than tesla. So there’s that.

[@taniketwaghia5423]

Sir please add one more pov driving camera angle while driving/ reviewing cars. Love your videos

[@martinwer8943]

Any chance we will get the Enyaq arctic circle trip?

[@bjornnyland]

Unlikely

[@sandersson2813]

Jeg er ikke fra norge, men jeg elsker dette landet. Jeg ogsa elsker Polestar 2. Jeg vil ha en snart.

[@vriendelijkegroet]

Good to know the polestar has no heatpump, I thought it had.

[@jayubhanushali]

Bjorn do you think there is a bms or battery issue which reduces amps while charging and might also be the reason of handshake failure on Polestar 2?

[@bjornnyland]

No. Handshake problem is due to charge port design. And slow charging is because of coldgate

[@osaimola]

Haven't the polestar 2s been recalled

[@davetravels9273]

I love EVs, but my old 2009 petrol Volvo V70 2.5t, does almost 1000 kms on a single tank at these speeds. I was really looking forward to the Polestar and XC40 BEVs as a replacement, I love Volvos, but this consumption is too high and the charge rate too slow. I will wait to see how the ID4 and Enyaq compare in consumption and average charging speed... but I really want another Volvo and I won't buy another ICE car.

[@bjornnyland]

Sounds like you need a Tesla.

[@davetravels9273]

@@bjornnyland On paper yes, but I like the build quality of Polestar/Volvo

[@Jo-yg5qc]

Mo i Rana has tesla superchargers i think

[@bjornnyland]

Correct

[@Jo-yg5qc]

Bjørn Nyland yes i live there so i should know..

[@sebastianomelissari1590]

bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (yoooo whats up)

[@sirmixalot720]

Not to be poiisonus in any way. But heck, electric cars are a drag. Sitting around waitning for hours to get them batteries charged. I'll be filling my dieseltank as long as there are fossil fuel around! I enjoy your videos Bjørn!

[@bjornnyland]

Ever heard of Tesla before?

[@sirmixalot720]

@Graham, King of the Britons! And I can fill my gas tank in one minute, and drive longer. ;) :P

[@doubledutch13]

Yay road trip love to wifey x

[@niphatleeanan1927]

คุณตาม ไม่ทำช่องไทยแล้วหรือครับ

[@BNTNJA]

ทำครับ แต่คงไม่ได้ post video ใหม่บ่อยเท่าไรครับ (คุณตามเขาตอบใน live stream)

[@vinceellspermann2445]

at 30:18. I see you are at the car screen and there is a 6A option with a +/- can you increase this to help charge faster?

[@bjornnyland]

No. That's for slow AC charging. I was charging at 125 A during my trip.

[@adrian.farcas]

Stop eating expired salad :)