Polestar 3 EV SUV Rolls Off The Line At US Production Plant!

Episode 450: Join Francie as she dives into all the details of Polestar's announcement of the Polestar 3 electric vehicle SUV being built, produced, and distributed out of their American EV facility in South Carolina. She talks details about this EV SUV, how Volvo rolls into this all, and all the other helpful info we know about this EV.

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[skshi]

I ordered my two months ago. Polestar is a great car.

[tiredplumber]

Lidar is standard on EX90, not an option like P3. P3 lidar option not available for delivery till late 2025.

[MilhouseBS]

Isn’t $80k the limit to get the $7, 500 off?

[QALibrary]

Interestingly, this car has been on sale for a long time in Europe and even now USA media and some others have still not had press cars given to them to review them!

Also, the car was on sale in Europe before the European media had a chance to drive them - the only people I know that had media drives/reviews before they went on sale were the Australians and New Zeland media outlets

[bobmeyerphotography]

Test drove the sport model a few weeks ago and it's an amazing car. The Polestar 4 was in the showroom also, going to wait to test drive the Polestar 4 before making a decision.

[MilhouseBS]

Only about a year late? Glad to see USA production.

[RobBudge]

Geely needs to roll Polestar back under Volvo as a Performance line similar to AMG. It was separated in the hope to imitate Tesla back in the glory days become a stock market darling. But that was then, and those days are gone. Polestar needs a dealer service network (there are many states and regions with NO service). That would hugely encourage people to buy these models.

[urbanstrencan]

Polestar the bes EV brand together with Rivian ❤❤❤

[gmv]

Nice but I would prefer to wait for the Lucid suv!

[Yanquetino]

Hmm. If Lidar is a "safety feature, " then it should be included for free. What's next? Are automakers going to start charging extra for seat belts? childseat anchors? air bags? 3rd brake lights?

[skiffelati]

Range is the problem we need SSB soon

[waynerm]

I like both Volvo and Polestar however, I believe both are pricing their EVs too high. Volvo has been having some issue since the XC90 launched and Polestar press launch cars were still buggy. Folks will buy based on love of the brand but, will become annoyed if they have to experience quality and software issues out of the gate. For a sport oriented brand, the LR RWD version should have come with around 300 HP/TQ, I figure that power would not get them a 300 mile (P* 4) driving range, so they opted to start lower. Beautiful cars, I hope they get thing sorted and we can have a great experience with them.

[thomaswestin]

Polestar 3 gives you Porsche level driving experience for a bargain. It is a Swedish company, despite what others tell you.

[dougchatch]

I stopped watching after you got to the price. Ouch. If I spent that kind of money I'd buy the Kia EV9

[scottz]

why buy this over a R1S? too expensive.

[panameradan]

it's a shame that they can't make some of this unnecessary standard stuff to be optional and reduce the price greatly (stuff like air suspension, high-end sound system, glass roof, soft-closing doors, electronically receding door handles, etc.). If Polestar made all those things optional instead of standard (and throw in 18- or 19-inch wheels for better range as well as lower cost/weight), I'll bet they could get the MSRP close to $65k USD MSR, with potential US federal tax credit of $7500 bringing the final cost to buyers of well under $60k USD.

[redstaper]

After fisker, this is way too risky for buyers. Same "asset light" business model. Another penny stock. Furthermore Volvo is now selling it's Polestar stock and it competes directly with the Polestar brand. What is really going on here? Is it independence or a shell game?

[billbell]

For me, Polestar is an unknown quantity and $80K is a lot of money. For me, the refreshed Model Y is the best option. I just don't understand all the product options when you are producing vehicles in such low volumes. It seems like it just adds costs and manufacturing/inventory complexity.

[rcpmac]

Geely Chinese product. Why not buy equivalent or better quality from an ally. Korea, Japan, Germany, Detroit etc. I drive a BMW EV. It’s used which is the only way I could afford it. The workers who built this car are paid more and have better benefits than union auto workers in the US. How we spend our dollars has a bigger effect on the world than ANY other decision in our day to day lives.

[imudevco]

The price is too much for what you get. I’m not sure how long Polestar is going to last. I’ll past.