Up-and-coming EV maker Polestar (PSNY) just announced a significant production milestone. The Swedish EV maker’s 150,000th Polestar 2 electric sedan...
I feel like some simple demographics data could clear this up. The answer is a lot of people. Like the top 5-10% in developed countries could afford a polestar 2. There are like 120M households in the US alone, so 6 million on the low end? Then there are folks that can’t actually afford cars but buy them anyway (super common in the US too). I personally think spending this much on any car is ridiculous, but I’m a scumbag ebike rider first and an EV enthusiast a distant second.
…yes? Do you have that kind of money?
I feel like some simple demographics data could clear this up. The answer is a lot of people. Like the top 5-10% in developed countries could afford a polestar 2. There are like 120M households in the US alone, so 6 million on the low end? Then there are folks that can’t actually afford cars but buy them anyway (super common in the US too). I personally think spending this much on any car is ridiculous, but I’m a scumbag ebike rider first and an EV enthusiast a distant second.
We need a revolution.
Liquid to drop on that or willing to drop that much? No.
But I’m willing to finance it granted the monthly cost isn’t outrageous.
The monthly cost IS outrageous.