[polerad]

Looks like the US Polestar Spaces are starting up, finally.
Info on them was just posted to the Polestar site: https://www.polestar.com/us/spaces
They're opening "pop-ups" (presumably temporary spaces before the full Spaces open up later after COVID issues subside?) in NYC - Midtown Manhattan, LA - Downtown Santa Monica, and SF - Downtown near Union Square.

No word on dates/times or anything, but this reddit post suggests NYC at least will open July 22:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Polestar/comments/hnaydx
Anyone hear word about what the LA or SF opening date is?

 

[polerad]

In case others didn't receive this, just got this email (hopefully screenshot works)

 

[Mick]

New post on an old thread: I see two new spaces coming to the US soon: Denver (happy days for you Mountain West owners!) and Austin, TX which is only 11 hours from me. Much better than Manhattan. Maybe Atlanta before too long - that would be only about 6 hours.

 

[Acuavit]

Anyone heard rumors of a Boston space for 2021.. I'm up in NH and the distance from NYC is a dealbreaker... tempting but I think I have to count on some servicing.

 

[polerad]

Anyone heard rumors of a Boston space for 2021.. I'm up in NH and the distance from NYC is a dealbreaker... tempting but I think I have to count on some servicing.

They certainly said earlier they will have a Boston Space in 2021.
The current website is less than revealing:

Polestar.com | spaces

Polestar spaces. Carefully designed. Totally unique. Not your usual car dealership. Get to know our cars at your own pace. No sales reps. No pressure.

www.polestar.com

The newsletter indicated last year that the Boston Space will open in "first half of 2021"
Guessing others closer to you (@ProfessorCook @bing ?) might know more

 

[Acuavit]

Well at least the Boston space seems passionate 😀

 

[ProfessorCook]

Ha! Yeah... I expect the Boston space should be coming before too long, but I don't have any hard evidence of that. It should be a good market for Polestar... all us university people and whatnot.

 

[bing]

Yeah. I don't know much more but agree with the Prof, Boston would be good for business.

 

[ArcElectric]

I hope North Carolina gets one - Tesla is killing it here

 

[Acuavit]

Ha! Yeah... I expect the Boston space should be coming before too long, but I don't have any hard evidence of that. It should be a good market for Polestar... all us university people and whatnot.

Used to live in Cambridge can imagine how many polestars Boston area would sell

 

[PolestarMG]

Anyone check out the map lately? Lots of activity. Current list of upcoming spaces not yet open:

Denver (Date: March 30)
Seattle
Orange County
Phoenix
Austin
Dallas
Minneapolis
Detroit
Atlanta
Miami
DC
South NJ
Central NJ
Connecticut
Boston

 

[Mick]

I wish they'd put one in Nashville. Atlanta will still be closest to me. Memphis would be outstanding but I think the chances for that are near zero.

 

[polerad]

Anyone check out the map lately? Lots of activity. Current list of upcoming spaces not yet open:

Denver (Date: March 30)
Seattle
Orange County
Phoenix
Austin
Dallas
Minneapolis
Detroit
Atlanta
Miami
DC
South NJ
Central NJ
Connecticut
Boston


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I love that they put a “2” for all of Texas like they do for each of the Bay Area and LA

for @Mick would St Louis help?
Im thinking of a larger urban center with at least local amenable politics that fills in the coverage from what they have now or planned. Chicago is of course needed, but not sure how the ongoing litigation is affecting things or if that’s resolved

 

[ProfessorCook]

What's the deal with Chicago. 'Seems logical.

 

[polerad]

What's the deal with Chicago. 'Seems logical.

can’t find the link (maybe it’s all done now?) but at one point the Illinois Volvo dealers association was suing Polestar to prevent them from selling in the state, and supposedly bypassing Volvo dealers. I think Chicago was originally slated for a Space but that suit scuttled those plans - and I believe the overall plan to have American Volvo dealers service Polestars like they do in Europe.

 

[PolestarMG]

What's the deal with Chicago. 'Seems logical.

I’m thinking the Detroit and MSP locations may be a Plan B to try to service the region with the lawsuit in IL. Just a guess, though.

 

[ProfessorCook]

Milwaukee? Ann Arbor?

 

[Mick]

I love that they put a “2” for all of Texas like they do for each of the Bay Area and LA

for @**** would St Louis help?
Im thinking of a larger urban center with at least local amenable politics that fills in the coverage from what they have now or planned. Chicago is of course needed, but not sure how the ongoing litigation is affecting things or if that’s resolved

St Louis would be about 45 min closer, depending on where in the respective metro areas the Spaces were located. Would be nice to have both! 😎

 

[ProfessorCook]

Just picked up my summer wheel set from my local Volvo dealer who put the summer rubber on my new set of rims. Talked to a guy who had spent the weekend in Boston training. He said there were a few guys from Boston Volvo there and they were working on some Polestars, getting trained up. So that's good news for us in New England.

 

[Acuavit]

Soooo... looks like Boston is online in the configurator