{"id":82037,"date":"2025-04-24T22:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82037"},"modified":"2025-04-24T22:28:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:28:03","slug":"redditor-my-polestar-2-window-stopped-a-bullet-from-hitting-me-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82037","title":{"rendered":"Redditor: my Polestar 2 window stopped a bullet from hitting me [pictures]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This one\u2019s pretty simple, kids \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s exactly what it says on the tin: a Polestar 2 owner took to the Polestar subreddit this week claiming that the window glass in his new EV actually stopped a bullet from hitting him. Plus, he says he\u2019s got the pictures to prove it. (!)<\/p>\n

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The brand may be evolving into its own, but the OG Polestar 1 and Polestar 2<\/a> were little more than hot electric versions of Volvo cars \u2013\u00a0and Volvo cars are known throughout the world for their secure, planted feel on the road and absolutely bananas high-tensile steel safety cages<\/a>. As such, it should come as no surprise that the Polestar 2 is one of the safest sedans on the road today \u2026\u00a0but is the car really bulletproof<\/em>?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what one redditor is claiming after his window was hit by what they believed to be a stray bullet just five days after taking delivery.<\/p>\n

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Polestar stopped a bullet.<\/a>
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Now, as\u00a0the growing brand rivalry between Polestar fans and their Tesla-driving counterparts might lead you to expect<\/a>, some of the comments are pretty pointedly referencing Tesla<\/a> \u2013\u00a0and pretty funny. Here are a few of my favorites:<\/p>\n

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Now, that was fun, sure \u2013\u00a0but it\u2019s worth noting that a number of commenters claiming alternately that there\u2019s no way this was a .22 caliber bullet (certainly not a .22 WMR) or that it was a stray shot from very far away. The consensus seems to be that a .177 caliber air gun pellet is most likely to blame, but my money is on a small piece of stone or gravel kicked up at a weird angle from a nearby vehicle.<\/p>\n

Regardless, it seems like CptMerica29 is A-OK, and their Polestar 2 hardly seems worse for wear, either. Here\u2019s hoping it\u2019s the last time we have to have a debate about what kind of bullet was being fired at an EV driver for a long time.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to try your hand at driving a Polestar 2 through a volley of flying debris and other assorted projectiles and letting us know how you do, click the link below to score a great deal on one near you (while you still can<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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I would like to believe this is obvious, but there\u2019s a \u201cdo not use batteries as toothpaste<\/a>\u201d sticker on this pack of Duracell batteries for a reason, so I\u2019m going to err on the side of caution here and tell any of you reading the above and taking it seriously that: I am kidding. That was a joke.<\/p>\n

To be clear, it is my position that NO VEHICLE<\/a> this side of a Mercedes-Benz EQS GUARD<\/a> or Inkas Armored S Class<\/a> is actually<\/em> bulletproof \u2013\u00a0and that, yes, a .22 is a real gun with plenty of lethal stopping power and, also yes, a pellet gun can and has killed a lot of people. DO NOT SHOOT AT CARS, and do not sit in your cars and let others shoot at you if you can at all avoid it.<\/p>\n

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Stay safe out there, kids.<\/p>\n

SOURCE | IMAGES<\/strong>: CptMerica29<\/a>; featured image via Polestar. <\/p>\n

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This one\u2019s pretty simple, kids \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s exactly what it says on the tin: a Polestar 2 owner took to the Polestar subreddit this week claiming that the window glass in his new EV actually stopped a bullet from hitting him. Plus, he says he\u2019s got the pictures to prove it. (!) The brand may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}