BMW i4 vs Polestar 2 2022 shoot-out – Two Tesla alternatives but which is best? / Electrifying

so in today's little electrifying film we are going to see if this can beat that with a little bit of help from him a basic bmw i4 versus a top spec pulsar 2 via electrifying hive mind this should be interesting this is gonna be a really tough decision because they are two very excellent cars they are indeed and also very similar in various ways so i'm looking forward to seeing what we find out okay so while we try and make some tough decisions let us know which brands do you immediately prefer is it the classic german mark or is it the new kid on the block let us know and also while you're there do subscribe and like our channel because it means we get to make more videos together with tommy tommy tommy so first up is the new bmw i4 and i'm quite into this i quite like it and it's basically an electrified version of the bmw's 4 series grand coupe and that means a spacious handsome car that could be nothing but a bmw yeah exactly this is officially called the bmw i4 e drive 40 m sport so what does that give you well it gives you an 80.7 kilowatt-hour battery bolted underneath uh and that drives a single motor which drives the rear wheels now there's a grand total of 365 mile range which is pretty good um but it is gonna set you back if you go for the entry-level i4 this is the m-sport model if you go to the entry-level m sport it's going to set you back just over 52 grand wow 365 miles of range is good isn't it you know what though the poster too has some tricks off his swedish chinese sleeves you might not have as much range at just 300 miles well under 300 miles on the wltp test but it packs a lot of punch for your pound and it's pretty fast and it starts at under 46 grand which leaves you enough cash to splash on extras that is really quite an impressive price actually um and it's also it's a good looking five-seater hatchback made by the same people that make volvos so i think this is a very compelling offer if you're just not prepared to face buying a bmw face absolutely now these two electric cars aren't particularly groundbreaking i think when it comes to style or design you know they're not particularly wacky they're not gonna break the internet uh it could be a good or a bad thing depending on what your perception is of how an ev should look i mean this i4 is very similar to the four series grand cupe it's kind of under the radar four-door hatchback if you're particularly observant you'll notice slim led headlights and tail lights different bumpers front and back and the aerodynamic wheels plus there's some flashes of blue trim that indicate a bmw i car but that's about it and also side note got to talk about the color absolutely beautiful i love this green it's officially called san remo green to you and i dark green perhaps but it is beautiful now with the pole star 2 it's pretty much the same basic premise except of course there isn't another internal combustion engine car in its lineup and there are more pole star models coming out this year and i'd say just across the board they're all quite sharp they're stylish them they're really quite eye-catching when it comes to style and design i think it also has four doors and a hatch and strikes me as less fussy to look at with a chopped off rear end plus a full-width light bar there's also a slightly raised ride heights now that's not entirely surprising as the pole starts to share some bits with modern volvo suvs but you do notice the slightly taller stance good or bad do let us know what you think in the comments below this is where it gets interesting because both cars have good drive trains so the interior of the car and the tech experience plays such an important role and the bmw i4 does not disappoint at all in front of us straight away you notice this new wrap-around display that's a paired 12.3 inch display and a 14.9 inch display which one side gives you your driver instrument cluster with all the information that you need to see like speed range and so on and that also changes as well depending on the drive mode so if you go from sports to comfort uh to eco pro this would change the sort of experience that you have in this mode what i also love about this display is the fact that there's plenty of colors there as well it's very sharp and vibrant and the menu system is just nice and easy to understand as well so you still got this idrive control button here which you can use to control the system and it's also touch screen at the same time so if you're stationary you might want to control using the touch experience but whilst you're driving if you really want to quickly select something you can use the idrive controller that's right in the middle here if you're going to the home option you can see that you've got widgets option which is pretty cool so you become very familiar with this if you use a smartphone or tablet device already so you can easily scroll around and add uh new widgets on there which is pretty cool going on to the safety equipment as well we have plenty of safety options on here like front collision warning and all that kind of stuff so if we go into your home setting here uh go to menu and we scroll down here you can see the icons as well very vibrant they look really good we go to driver settings and then we're going to driver assistant straight away you can select the different things to help you be as safe as possible on the road it doesn't stop there though we also have android auto and apple carplay here as well we have wireless charging area here so if you have a qi wireless compatible device like my latest iphone 13 pro i can just place it there and charge my device on the go one thing i also love is the digital key function as well so if you have a compatible device uh you'll be able to connect your smartphone uh digitally and operate the car in terms of opening the car door and getting and getting out the car locking the car up that kind of stuff one thing that's really quirky though on the navigation system is the ability to see how far your battery can actually take you in terms of the radius so as you can see on the map right now this blue circle here shows me how far i can go on the map with 162 miles left on my range on the battery right now which is pretty nifty so overall this gives you a combination of bmw's quality materials and tech experience to give you a really good immersive experience in it as well as a great drive experience with all that said though the poster better bring it to a game you must have some really good tech in there to compete the good news is the pulser 2 does really score here things have a different vibe in it it's not as busy as the inside of the bmw if that big display that wraps around you thing's a bit more minimalist in it there's less buttons in here to fiddle with and things just feels a lot more relaxed than zen in here compared to the bmw is this more stylish ah that's something you'd have to decide for yourself but i think so i do like the recycled materials for the seats and dash top the unvarnished wood and general feeling of solidity in terms of quality these two cars are evenly matched but the pulsar comes alive when we take a look at the options because all posters have google installed at birth now that's a big deal because google is good at this stuff there's all the usual ink car features as well as the option of a full vivardi web browser app downloads from google play store intelligent route mapping a really well decent voice operation system via google assistant and comprehensive driver assist systems you can playback video on the screen and again it's intuitive and fast so here's the thing both cars have some amazing features and excellent tech that will grow with you as you have them for longer you also have over-the-air updates which means the cars are up to date at all times one thing that's worth noting though is it's just a matter of preference and the money you save on the poster too you can use that to buy extra toys and those cost far less when compared to that of the bmw if you want to find out more you know get more details about these options available make sure you check out electrifying.com we have loads of information on there for you now the good news is that both of these cars are actually decently practical i think the bmw has a slight edge it's got a slightly bigger boot um but they're actually both hatchbacks which i really really love absolutely and they both seat five people well that's a four really because for the occasional passenger in the middle the back and that's because they don't have that lazy voice sitting in the middle kind of situation going on and also when it comes to the battery the battery is mounted on this one on the floor which means the guys sitting at the back would have to raise their knees quite up high which can be uncomfortable but i also like the way they've arranged the back seats for folding purposes on both of them it's they've got quirky things to them so this one you can fold each one individually on this one it's got tiny little hole where you can mount your ski or maybe golf clubs if you're into golfing are you into golfing a little bit a little bit okay there we are well that's why you really like the pull start too isn't it and the other thing of course is the front because the poles start to get some nice funky frunk up front try to say that quickly um where you can store all your cables which i actually love because i just find it really annoying when you have the cables on the boot it just looks really messy um unfortunately with the i4 you just get a big plastic cover not so useful tell you what though i take a bigger bit of space over funky frunk yeah fair point yeah and also when you set at the front especially in this one though the poster too i find that the center console is always banging my left knee so you can become uncomfortable and long road trips that's quite frustrating and speaking of banging knees i also bang my head trying to get into the back of the polestar too i think accessibility getting in and out is kind of the same for the front um maybe the postal's a bit easier because it's a little bit raised up um whereas in the back despite hitting my head on the pulsar 2 i did actually find it smaller getting into the i4 so just something to be aware of i'm going to be straight to the point here the bmw kills this bit even with a slightly bigger battery the bmw is actually a tiny bit lighter than the polestar and that battery allows for a decent 365 miles of range on the standard tests now that of course will drop in real life but a bigger battery is more convenient but it also means it's going to spend longer in the 10 to 80 sweet spot where the battery is going to charge more quickly the pulsar on the other hand only manages 298 miles of range which is enough difference to be noticed and when you do find a big charger the bmw will charge at a rate of 200 kilowatts where the poster is limited to 150 kilowatts so you can stop in that range more easily if you average out at the charging speeds the bmw will charge at 120 kilowatts and the pulsar 2 only 105. neither is bad the bmw is better we've also noticed that the poster needs to be at the perfect temperature to take on power at any time at anything near its maximum if it's too hot or too cold it goes a bit goldilocks and you'll be waiting longer at the charger as a result this is an odd thing to say but the best thing about the i4 is that it feels very much like a normal bmw it has that instant power coming from the electric motor and it's quieter it's speedy and it's comfortable as well even the steering and handling feels very impressive plus the difference between sports mode and comfort mode are quite noticeable the steering becomes more precise even more so than it already is in comfort mode and yes he has one electric motor driving the rear wheels and it's got less horsepower than the pulser 2 but do we really need something that's faster in terms of zero to 62 in 5.7 seconds surely that's fast enough but i'm really impressed with this and uh it feels like bmw are really stepping it up agreed the eiffel is fast enough but did anyone ever turn their nose up to more speed yeah i didn't think so because this pole starts to it's actually properly fast i really love it um it's actually a second faster than the bmw to 62 miles an hour from rest and you can really feel the difference plus of course this has all-wheel drive so you're never sort of lacking for traction looking for that bit more even in the wet overall this is quite a different drive experience it's fun it's quick um even though it is worth pointing out there are no drive modes to change the car's behavior and but you do have decent regenerative braking although it's not quite as clever as the bmw system that uses gps overall the steering is good but maybe not the most responsive and precise um one thing that's actually really interesting is that you can get over the air updates with this that can give you more power and more speed it's going to cost you 620 quid but i quite like the idea if you just park your car you go to sleep you get back in it the next morning and it goes faster for you for a small fee um quite a nice little add-on and now there is of course that bmw i 50. it's twin motored it is faster still than this pulse r2 however of course it comes with a bit of a price tag and it does mean more money so i think when it comes to the driving um it's a bit of a draw bmw is more grown up but the pulse r2 is a little bit faster maybe just a bit more fun okay tommy so what are you thinking tough one and genuinely no false jeopardy here i think they're both excellent pure electric cars it really is a difficult one isn't it yeah i think what i've really loved is the interior and the tech of the pulse r2 also who doesn't love a bit of extra speed uh win win there and also it is a bit cheaper actually quite considerably cheaper than the i4 yeah but i also like the bmw's looks and it's better at charging and better range on there as well and it absolutely competes when it comes to quality and the tech inside of the car even though it edges that one in terms of the cost and stuff but when you work out the price on at least they're very similar in price yeah that is a really good point when it comes to the prices of those leasing deals and i do love the bmw because i think it just generally it just feels a bit more grown up doesn't it it's really quite refined and the drive on it is just something really quite special okay so uh what is the final verdict i'm sticking with upholster too it's got a nice miller-millis design i love the interior google operating systems in there i just like the feel of it it feels cozy inside as well so i'm going to stick with the poster too and that grill not doing it for me absolutely absolutely i can see through the grill and what i love about the bmw i4 which is going to be my pick of today um is just the pure enjoyment from the drive it really is something quite special you can't really tell the difference between jumping into a petrol powered car and this i think actually if you are making the switch this is a good place to start um it is really very refined and i do like the familiarity as well that you do get with the bmw i thought so for me it's going to be the iphone so after all that tommy it's a draw can you believe it um tell us what you think in the comments below who's right me or tommy um yeah would you go for the i4 or the pulsar 2. we'd love to hear from you if you want to know more about the poster 2 or bmw i4 versus some of their popular competition please do log on to electrifying.com or check out our videos on youtube don't forget to click on the bell icon so that you know when our latest videos has dropped you

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Length: 16min 29sec (989 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 18 2022