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My name is Martin Lee, and I go through every EV story every day and filter it down to 20, 30 minutes of if I'm honest, to save you time like a TLDR of the electric vehicle world.

We'll start with news of Polestar slashing lease prices with a new incentive package.

Polestar, the Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer, although of course owned by the Chinese and

the vehicles made in China, has announced a substantial $10,000. Polestar clean vehicle incentive,

resulting in a big reduction in monthly lease costs for the 2024 model year Polestar 2.

Now, the incentive has led to a decrease of $120 per month compared to previous lease offers, making the Polestar 2 more accessible to a broader range of customers.

According to Cars Direct, the new model year pole star two,

long range dual motor, I guess that's what you'd say I have, though I've got a three-year-old

one, the original one, but the long-range dual motor can now be leased for $299 per month.

Now, I don't lease my cars. I buy them secondhand, but that to me,

not that I'm recommending you do lease deals, sounds like a good way to get into a new Polestar.

Now, there is $3,300 due at signing. The offer represents a $50 drop in the monthly payment

and a $2,050 drop in the amount required at signing.

The effective monthly cost for leasing the Polestar 2 has fallen, effectively by $126 over the term of the

agreement to effectively $421 before taxes and fees.

Now, surprisingly, both the dual motor version with a list price of $55,000,

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