2023 Polestar 3 walkaround review: Price, charging, tech & power details!

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We had the chance to check out the all-new 2023 Polestar 3 at the global premiere! While we only had a very brief time with the car, we liked what we saw. Join Paul Maric for a quick walkaround review of this spacious SUV.  More Polestar content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/polestar More Polestar 3 content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/polestar-3  Skip ahead: Intro: 00:00 Exterior: 00:41 Charging: 04:37 Interior: 05:03  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #polestar #polestar3 #review

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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. Have a look at this. We are at the global reveal of the new Polestar 3.

00:06 Now, I'm excited for this because Polestar has been doing some interesting stuff in the EV space.

00:11 This is going to compete with things like the BMW iX, the Audi e-tron, the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV,

00:18 and has a bit of a performance bent to it as well. This will arrive in Australia early 2024

00:22 and globally 2023. In Australia, it'll have an asking price of around $135,000.

00:28 Now, we're going to do a quick walk around here. We can't drive the car,

00:30 but I'll run you through as much as I can in the very short amount of time that I have.

00:34 If you haven't done so already, please make sure you subscribe, hit the bell icon as well,

00:38 but let's get cracking. So let's start off with the design. So this looks a little different to

00:44 the other Polestar cars we've seen to date, and a lot of that comes down to aero. So you can see

00:49 this opening just here. They've tried to make this car as aerodynamic as possible while still

00:54 having those SUV proportions, and that means this little section here acts like a bit of a spoiler.

00:58 So it accelerates air that goes over the car, and then at the back of it, I'll show you that later

01:03 on, the spoiler then basically prevents turbulent airflow around the back of the car, and it just

01:07 gets it the ability to cut through the air without too much drag. This has a 0.29 coefficient of drag,

01:13 so it isn't amazing, but it is still pretty good for an SUV this size. The headlights,

01:18 these have 1.3 million pixels each, and each of those pixels can move on its own,

01:23 and this is perfect for things like matrix LED functionality, and in Mercedes-Benz products,

01:27 they can also project images out on the road using this exact same technology.

01:31 Down here you've got the Smart Zone. This is basically a, it's not transparent, but it has

01:37 the ability for cameras behind here to actually see through it. There's radar behind here as well.

01:42 You'll be able to get this car with LiDAR as well. LiDAR gives this car the ability to do a 3D map

01:47 of its surroundings and enables autonomous driving as well, but this whole section here is all about

01:52 getting that information back to the car. The other cool thing as well we learned today is

01:56 all this writing here isn't inscribed on this so that the cameras can see through it. It's

02:01 actually on another layer of glass within there, which I think is pretty cool. You can also see

02:05 visible lines there for heating, so in the snow you don't want snow building up on this,

02:09 it can just melt away. Down here you've got cooling for that battery pack, and there's

02:13 louvers in there that open and close. We'll jump around to the wheels. This is pretty cool. So

02:17 this will come with the option of 21 and 22-inch alloy wheels. This is the 22-inch alloy wheel

02:22 design. So on the outside there you have like a bit of a matte chrome finish and then piano black

02:26 on the inside. These brakes are enormous too, so 400mm rotor, four-piston caliper at the back,

02:31 390mm. It's a really sort of nice looking package here. Air suspension with adaptive

02:36 damping under the body there as well. A little bit of black cladding there as well because this is an

02:39 all-wheel drive vehicle. And in terms of all-wheel drive, this will launch with two specifications,

02:44 standard and performance. The performance will be almost 400 kilowatts of power, almost a thousand

02:49 newton-metres of torque, and it'll do 0-100 in under five seconds, which I think is pretty

02:53 impressive. You've got to remember that this is heavy. It's a big SUV. It'll only be available

02:57 in five seats. They're not doing a seven-seat version, but when we jump inside I'll give you

03:01 an idea of why there's so much more room. Over here, I don't love this. Basically, Polestar

03:06 sticks this on all their cars and it becomes a little redundant because if you buy a power

03:09 upgrade in the future, it kind of gets outdated. So we'll jump up here, have a look at this. So

03:14 the wing mirror, body coloured at the top, LED indicator, another camera down the bottom there.

03:18 And I love this sculpt down the side. So it's like a high-gloss plastic with this section that

03:23 runs all the way down the side of the car. The door handles are interesting. So these pop out

03:26 as you approach the vehicle and then you simply just pull the handle. They always sit flush when

03:31 the car's operating as well for that aerodynamic feel. Now, let's come around to the back. Have a

03:37 look at the rear. I love the look of this. So big LED strip that runs along the back here. It even

03:41 has its own start-up sequence. So when that all lights up, it's all quite sort of unique in terms

03:45 of the way that it presents itself. This is that spoiler section I was talking about. So the airflow

03:49 is down the back of the car, cuts through here, and this design is basically here to stop the

03:54 turbulent airflow accumulating at the back. You've got a lower diffuser section there as well. So

03:59 around the back here, you have a little camera there as well. I'll crack the boot open. You have

04:04 just under 500 litres of cargo capacity here. Let's have a look beneath this cargo floor if we

04:10 can. No, we can't open that. Pre-production car, so we probably can't open that. But if you do drop

04:14 the second row as well, that expands the space to around 1,400 litres. Look, it's an OK space,

04:19 but with this sort of back section that tapers down really sharply, I think it is going to be

04:23 tricky to fit a lot of higher items in here. It doesn't feel as big as something like a BMW iX. So

04:28 a little disappointed with that, but we'll see how it goes in practice when we finally get behind

04:33 the wheel. Now, before we jump inside, let me show you the charging. So if you whip around here.

04:37 So, charging infrastructure. So 111 kilowatt-hour battery. It is a big one. You have AC charging,

04:43 three-phase up to 11 kilowatts, and DC charging up to 250 kilowatts. I suspect that will just be

04:49 brief. It is all on a 400-volt architecture, driving range of over 600 kilometres for the

04:54 entry level, and just under 600 kilometres WLTP for the performance version. Let's jump inside

04:59 now because I think the interior is probably the coolest part of this car. Have a look at this

05:03 interior. So this looks really high-end and premium. So this will come standard with a vegan

05:08 interior, but Volvo is saying that a lot of manufacturers that use vegan interiors are using

05:13 toxic materials to create them. So theirs is a sustainable vegan with pine oil or something like

05:18 that. If you do choose to go down the leather path, you've actually got an inscription here on

05:23 the seat, and that basically tells you that the leather is ethically sourced. They're basically

05:27 only buying leather from byproducts of the meat industry. So it's stuff that would have been used

05:32 anyway, and they're going to charge a premium for it as well because the whole thing is traced

05:35 and tracked. Technology. So Android Automotive comes standard here on this big screen in the

05:41 centre of the car. It's just under 15 inches inside, all-colour touchscreen. At the head of

05:45 the driver you have a smaller display there as well. This looks sensational. This is stuff that

05:49 Tesla needs because it's all just blank in front of the driver and you really don't get all the

05:53 information that you need. This is just the perfect way to do it. You change your gears up here, so

05:57 it's a column shifter. Plenty of storage as well, so wireless phone charging here, cup holders,

06:03 big centre console there as well, and then storage on this bottom tier. Sound system,

06:07 let's quickly talk about that. So 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins sound system. It had Dolby Atmos

06:12 surround sound. It's like 1600 watts. It is a whopper of a thing. I just love this design. It's

06:17 got like a material up the top there and this wood grain here. It is a really nice place to be seated

06:22 and feels sort of quite big and airy in here as well. Let's jump into the second row. I want to

06:27 explain why there is so much space in this car. Have a look at this. Now the reason there is so

06:31 much space back here is the wheelbase is almost three metres in size. This is kind of the same

06:36 size as a seven-seat SUV, but because they're not doing seven seats, they've been able to push

06:40 this row all the way back. It means you get stacks of knee room. Headroom's great with this beautiful

06:45 glass roof. You even get a little Polestar logo within the roof, which I think is pretty cool.

06:49 Heated seats at the back here. You have USB-C charging and air vents as well. It is a really

06:54 spacious place to be seated with, you know, all of the bells and whistles you'd expect. So this

06:58 has been your first look at the new Polestar 3. I've had to rush through this because we've

07:03 literally only had 15 minutes to record this. If you did enjoy this video, please make sure you

07:07 like it and you share it with your mates. Let me know what you think about this car in the comments

07:10 section below. Would you buy one of these? Is it too expensive? Is it too cheap? I'm keen for your

07:15 feedback and I'll see you guys next time.

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