It’s been six months since we took delivery of our 2025 Polestar 3. So far, we love it. We’ve taken it to Palm Springs and consistently achieve over 300 miles on a charge. It’s surprisingly efficient, too. We’re averaging between 3 and 4 miles per kWh on the daily commute. Most importantly, this car is FUN. It’s a sports wagon masquerading as an SUV. It drives like a proper performance car, confident and engaging. Minimal body roll and instant power delivery highlight this, along with confident braking and direct steering that make the car shrink around you. It feels smaller than its size and weight suggest, which is a good thing!
However, it’s not all rosy. The 2025 Polestar 3 was launched with numerous software bugs. We’ve experienced our fair share of it, but it’s a far cry from the early days. Through constant over-the-air software updates, Polestar addressed many of them. Unfortunately, a few little annoyances remain with random warnings popping out for no reason, the surround view camera not loading the image feed fast enough, and more. As a result, we consistently have to do soft restarts to allow the car’s systems to load properly. Not a big deal for us, but for people who aren’t so tech savvy? That may not be the case.
Recently, our car received the new NVIDIA Drive AGX Orin core computer. This upgrade effectively gives the Polestar 3 greater computing power, opening the possibility for more features and upgrades. Additionally, this allows the car to receive future OTA updates, enabling it to improve over time. Once we’ve spent enough time with the upgrade, we’ll report on our experience in the next long-term update. Initial thoughts, though, are quite promising and it’s improved our Polestar 3 in so many ways, so stay tuned!
