POLESTAR 3

Tech for tech's sake: some of this EV's functions feel like backward steps

- MARK TISSHAW

WHY WE'RE RUNNING IT Is this new luxury EV as compelling as its spec sheet and unique look suggest?

While we report both fearlessly and with independence here at Autocar, sometimes conversations with interview subjects have to stray off the record, be it for background purposes or perhaps so an interviewee can make a point they can't otherwise make while wearing their official hat.

One such conversation has to date sat unreported in my notebook, and frustratingly so. It has come to mind a few times during my 'getting to know you phase' with the Polestar 3, prompted by how the car rethinks and ultimately complicates certain things by digitising, rationalising, simplifying or even ruining some core functions.