# Polestar electric car

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Polestar electric car and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Electric cars that people find genuinely good and a credible Tesla alternative, though critics say the software is buggy.

## Why people recommend it

- Genuinely good, impressive overall (3 comments): "Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I've seen about them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679021)) "polestar seems genuinely good from the little I've seen about them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678824)) "I’ve been impressed with the Polestars." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47055673))
- Credible alternative to Tesla (3 comments): "Polestar is the only one that had some sense in that area." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46285936)) "Tesla should compete with the likes of Polestar, Rivian" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46156919)) "Tesla, Polestar and even BYD work so well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49840292))
- Handy profile and gear features (2 comments): "it does swap profiles just by getting in the car with the fob that is linked to your profile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46376240)) "you get in and shift straight into Drive or Reverse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330224))

## What people warn about

- Buggy software and interface (2 comments): "Polestar's recent vehicle launches have gone extremely poorly because the software is so buggy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057239)) "your entire interior UX is garbage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46691200))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles.md): 209 recommend
- [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd.md): 157 recommend
- [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce.md): 140 recommend
- [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3.md): 128 recommend
- [Rivian electric vehicle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rivian.md): 73 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.polestar.com/us/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Polestar electric car", https://hackerapproved.com/p/polestar/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).