Until this year I’d never run an electric car every day. Then I took delivery of a Polestar 2 Long Range Dual Motor with the Performance Pack option fitted, and all my fears about the EV way of life disappeared in the blink of an eye. Well most of them.
What I’ve discovered during 5,000 miles with ‘my’ Polestar is a car that’s miles more engaging to drive than I ever thought an EV could be – but also one that’s dead easy to use as a daily driver. Yet because of where I live, in a flat in a city, I can’t charge at home, so am at the mercy – and cost – of the public network.
Despite this, I’m still smitten – not just because it’s so easy to live with (albeit expensive to charge) but also because it drives so well and is so beautifully made, inside and out.
Maybe I wish I’d plumped for the less potent but rangier single-motor version like my colleague Chris Rosamond (pictured) ran this year, but having driven both examples, I’ll stick with mine because I find each and every journey in it so intriguing.
Honda ZR-V and CR-V
Chris Rosamond, Current affairs editor
I spent a lot of 2024 with a variety of members of the Honda SUV family, starting with a stint in the sporty-looking HR-V, followed by several months with the more family-focused ZR-V, before working my way up to its SUV flagship – the CR-V.
There was little to fault in any of the three, but I especially enjoyed the big and luxurious CR-V. The interior was more luxuriously finished than I expected, while being pleasingly traditional and free of design bling.
The CR-V is now hugely spacious too, which made it the perfect partner for a carelessly planned holiday to Germany as it swallowed bags, mountain bikes and cases of bier with ease, while offering serene 80mph+ cruising, comfy seats and high-quality sounds.
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