Reply To: Hertz EV Rental – Advice/Tips/Thoughts Welcome

[Wiseoldman]

JDB wrote:

Aston100 wrote:

Last night, my latest Polestar tried to kill me on the m25.
First the displays went blank for a while, and then later, the adaptive cruise / pilot assist thingy decided to swerve the car from one side of the lane to the other half a dozen times before eventually moving into the outside lane by itself.
Fortunately no other cars in the other lanes at the time.
It may have been coincidence that I was about to exit onto the m40 to head north. Maybe the car was trying to keep me in London.
Dunno, but bloody scary nonetheless.

@Aston100 – I’m sorry to hear this. Seriously frightening. My wife experienced automotive/electrical failure like this in her brand new (petrol) Volvo, close relative of the Polestar. Initially the infotainment crashed, then dashboard went, then all packed up. I raised this in the thread you started in January re Polestar rentals but was roundly shouted at by Polestar owners who said they are effing marvellous.

My research, DSAR and FOI requests around the world show that it’s a not uncommon problem neither Volvo nor Polestar know how to fix it. A lot of very close calls. Allianz Assist agent + their independent diagnostics and later tow truck driver all unprompted said they are picking up these cars disabled at the roadside regularly. Volvo Technical Information Exchange documents confirmed my suspicions.

@JDB how do you manage to get into this much detail for so many subjects!! very impressive!