As a result of the platform-sharing gymnastics due to Polestar and Volvo\u2019s affiliation with parent company Geely Holding Group, the Polestar 2 uses many of the same interior parts as Volvo\u2019s XC40. For daily use within our long-term test fleet, this is something we appreciate. Rolling the windows up and down comes courtesy of four conventional switches. Adjusting the exterior mirrors is accomplished with two buttons for right and left plus a single toggle to control their positioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stalk to the left of the steering wheel handles the turn signals and headlights; the righthand stalk takes care of the windshield wipers. A stubby shifter located between the driver and passenger selects drive, neutral, and park. A volume knob is positioned forward of that selector, and the latter has a button on top that makes it easy to pause whatever media is playing. There are many clearly labeled steering wheel buttons that control the infotainment and operate highway driving assistance features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vertically positioned infotainment touchscreen doesn\u2019t look as modern as the display equipped in Tesla\u2019s vehicles<\/a>, but there aren\u2019t so many layers of menus that it all becomes cumbersome to navigate. Polestar provides even more digital real estate with a large fully digital instrument cluster with two primary views. The Polestar 2\u2019s minimalistic-looking cabin seems pared-down, but in reality it retains a lot of the controls familiar to anyone that\u2019s driven a Volvo or most other cars from the last two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n