In no particular order, but years of driving in Vermont winters in RWD cars…

• Turn one pedal to low or off. (Lift off regen can cause a skid)
• Go slower than you think you need to … leave more following distance than feels reasonable.
• Test the brakes periodically (they will tell you how slippery things really are).
• Fully remove accumulated snow from the roof and hood before setting off (it can blind you or other drivers).
• If you can’t get snow tires mounted in time, chains aren’t allowed, but consider carrying some Auto Socks (they are Polestar approved): AutoSock. The Original Winter Traction Device since 1998.
• Be prepared with snacks and emergency supplies in case you get stuck
• If you get stuck, call for help - heroic measures can easily lead to damage or injury

Good luck and enjoy the trip!

 

In no particular order, but years of driving in Vermont winters in RWD cars…

• Turn one pedal to low or off. (Lift off regen can cause a skid)
• Go slower than you think you need to … leave more following distance than feels reasonable.
• Test the brakes periodically (they will tell you how slippery things really are).
• Fully remove accumulated snow from the roof and hood before setting off (it can blind you or other drivers).
• If you can’t get snow tires mounted in time, chains aren’t allowed, but consider carrying some Auto Socks (they are Polestar approved): AutoSock. The Original Winter Traction Device since 1998.
• Be prepared with snacks and emergency supplies in case you get stuck
• If you get stuck, call for help - heroic measures can easily lead to damage or injury

Good luck and enjoy the trip!

Thanks for your helpful reply, based on which I ordered a set of Auto Socks right away! ❄

As for one-pedal driving, I switched that to low quite some time ago because I found the standard setting too 'aggressive'.

 

How is the new rear driven one in snow in terms of having fun? Seems like it can be a blast.

 

It’s great! Very confident with the weight of the battery acting as ballast Make sure not to have summer tires on, however…

 

One pedal driving is great on our fwd in snow! much easier to judge the grip then braking.
have had it two winters now with the most ice roads you can imagine!
Sure it can trigger understeer but no, doesnt happen in the real world, unless you provoke it of course.

the big problem is the radars if you are in just a little bit too high snow it wont let you drive, AT ALL!! You are STUCK! No matter how good grip you have it will think something is in the way and stop you completely!
its only happend once for me but I learned from it and stay away from roads/parking lots that is not plowed.

 

Interesting! Mine’s RWD, so definitely want OPD off And do you mean the parking sensors? They get covered in snow and I just got an error that the system was unavailable…

 

Basically, if you don't have winter tyres, avoid driving on snow.

Lived in France and Quebec, drove without winter tyres in France and with in Quebec.
It's not a game changer, it's a completely different universe.....

 

It's not a game changer, it's a completely different universe.....

We Swedes can confirm that too!
Every year people wait to the last possible moment to change their tires, usually when there are already snow flakes on the ground. As a result there are kilometer+ long queues at changing stations, and many people driving around on summer tires- the number of accidents during this time is unproportionally high.

On the other hand I have driven on very poorly ploughed roads, where you could recognize the "road" only by the orange/white poles on the sides and felt safe

 

Tyre socks work in case you have to drive safe to a place but will be destroyed as soon as you drive on macadam.

But it's not only about snow.

https://www.dunlop.eu/en_gb/consumer/learn/winter-tires/_jcr_content/root/container/container_1795930133/image_copy.coreimg.75.3840.png/1610364568374/075597---braking-distances-summer-v-winter-tyres-dunlop.png

 

So, I have a small update… after our trip to Vermont last weekend, the car performed brilliantly! Using stock All Season tires, my RWD 2024 never put a foot wrong. It didn’t snow while we were up there, but it was getting warm during the day and things melted, then freezing solid overnight. This produced parking lots that were all ice, like skating rinks… saw quite a few pedestrians fall over on the ice, even wearing snow boots. Also, drove up a hill to a rear parking lot at one restaurant that was covered in ice on one side and didn’t experience any wheel spin at all. Watched an AWD Chevy Traverse spin his tires and have a lot of trouble getting up. I actually stopped halfway up to let pedestrians walk down, then continued without any fuss. It just took a little more pressure than normal on the accelerator pedal, presumably as the computer figured out traction… but an EV can adjust torque so quickly it seems the wheels don’t have time to spin. In short, it was brilliant and I never needed the Auto Socks.

 

Great! But sounds almost too good to be true, I can spinn the tires like crazy with summertires and just a little damp, but maybe they have made the rwd harder to spinn.
But this situation you talk about is all in the tires, so they must have good traction on ice, I even got stuck on a flat parking lot just because there was a tiny ice hole the tires was in, and that made it almost impossible to get out of, and I have full on snow tites, but no studs.
I am just saying this so people dont get overconfident on icy toad with these cars.

 

Yeah, on the 24’s they switched from summer tires to all seasons.