I have an extended family member who has owned a Polestar 2 for a few years, the ‘Long Range / Performance’ version.
As a whole, the quality seems good and there have been no issues of note but real world range is circa 230-miles on a full charge and this seems to be ‘grumble’ point.
Personally, I think the Kia EV6 / Hyundai Ioniq 5 is another one worth looking at, if the deal isn’t done AND, as much as I am not a fan of ‘the M-word’, Tesla model 3 is hard to argue against, especially if she has to do a lot of miles and could benefit from their charging stations.
In April, I bought a Kia EV3 GT with the 85 kw battery. Official range is 375 miles. I’ve barely done a couple of thousand miles but am averaging 4.2 m/kwh. Very happy with it so far. Thankfully, it has a few buttons for commonly used things rather than being all menu driven. (I rode with a friend in her Renault ev and she apologised for the radio being so loud as she hadn’t yet worked out how to turn it down!)
As my annual mileage is relatively low, I simply charge it on a granny charger which although it might take over 24 hours, that is no bother to me and I think the battery will appreciate it as well rather than having 100s of kw up its jacksy. 🥵
My previous Volvo XC40 was 3.4 times as expensive to run even when you compare petrol to ordinary electricity tariff rates. (and that was when petrol was £1.58/litre; remember thise days?.)
