POLESTAR 3

Recall has ended our key drama – but doubts remain

- JAMES ATTWOOD

Keys. Remember them? Once upon a time, getting into a car involved sticking a sculpted bit of metal into a slot and turning it. Simpler times, really. Still, this is 2025 and the future is here, which means cars that are unlocked using either a slice of plastic or an app on your phone.

Is either an improvement? I'm not sure, although digital keys are good for those of us who write this section of the mag. In the old days, you could run a car for months without ever mentioning the bit of metal that unlocked it. Yet as regular readers will know, editor Mark Tisshaw has already filed copious copy on the vagaries of the Polestar 3's digital key, which has occasionally made simply getting into the car an adventure.