Driver assist differences between Polestar and Volvo

[c40Owner]

Hi all,

I am hoping to get some theories / feedback on a few driver assist differences I've noticed between my XC40 Recharge (North America, MY23) and the Polestar 2 (both CMA platform cars).

I've not driven a Polestar 2, but their IHU is available at the following link which lets you poke around the settings: https://hmi-app.polestar.com/car/Functions

Here are a handful of settings I noticed in the Polestar 2, but not my Volvo:

1. Curve Speed Assist (CSA): I've successfully enabled and tested it on the Volvo using OrBit (i.e., setting "148 Curve Speed Support" from 01 [w/o warning, w/o assist] to 03 [w/o warning, w/ assist]). Now I can see a new CSA setting in the IHU and the car slows down / shows an indication symbol on the dash on fast turns. Without CSA, the car would occasionally struggle to maintain its lane at high speeds -- but with CSA, that's been mostly solved -- so it seems odd to me that Volvo would omit the feature by default.
   
2. Distance Alert: I tested setting "144 Distance Alert" from 01 (without Distance Alert) to 02 (with Distance Alert) but I couldn't quite figure out how to turn the feature on in the car itself (assuming it works at all on Volvo -- I thought it only worked on cars with a heads up display, but the Polestar 2 doesn't have one I think?)
   
3. Speed Warning: I tested setting "155 Speed Warning" from 01 (without Speed warning) to 02 (with speed warning for GSO) but didn't notice any change (just the usual flashing speed limit sign in the dash)
   
4. Speed Camera Warning: Not sure how to turn this one on -- maybe I overlooked an option in OrBit -- but also not sure this works in the US on the Polestars?
   

I also noticed the Polestar 2 docs mention "Passing assistance": https://www.polestar.com/us/manual/poles...sistance*/

• Does anyone know if this related to "312 Lane Change Assist"? Right now the Volvo is set to 01 (w/o Lane Change Assist) but there is a 02 and 03 option for level 1 and 2, respectively.
  

Not necessarily saying I want all of these options -- just would like to see where the edges are on what's possible :-)

Thanks in advance.

AP

Which trim of the XC40 Recharge do you have? Do you have Pilot Assist or Adaptive Cruise control on from Factory? I would appreciate it if you could share your Pilot Assist settings.

I suspect Distance alert is related to AEB. I've seen my car show a red icon whenever I was very close to the car in front of me.