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Old 08-12-2023, 09:03 AM
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My daughter works for and drives a Polestar. She drove from Mahwah, NJ to Cape May without needing a charge. That’s about 180 miles. When charging at the hotel’s garage there was a golf car also charging. Together it tripped a circuit breaker. From there she traveled to LBI but the battery had a “trickle charge” so it never fully charged. She charged it again at that hotel. On the drive back home, approximately 100 miles, her gauge said she would make it with 3% battery left. She decided not to chance it and stopped to charge and waited. Bottom line is that a dedicated car charger charges faster than your typical home outlet and driving cross country…would take forever. The technology is new. I suspect eventually the batteries will take you further on a charge.