Polestar Polestar 2 Incident

The initial submission was by email and electronic form to SGO Mailbox on 10/18/2022 at 10:09PM. This is a resubmission of data using the SGO portal with Volvo Cars USA, LLC account on behalf of Polestar Automotive USA. Volvo Cars USA, LLC is submitting this report on behalf of Polestar Automotive USA and Polestar Performance AB. The vehicle was a company vehicle (owned by Polestar Automotive USA) driven by a company employee, with no known modifications to the factory hardware condition or software updates or changes not released to the public. Subject vehicle was traveling around a curve on the freeway interchange at approximately 55mph, recommended speed in that portion of exchange was 50mph. Driver looked down and took attention off the road. The vehicle continued slightly straight, running up and grazing off the concrete barrier, before coming back into the lane. The vehicle's rear suspension, rear and front wheel/tire were damaged. Vehicle was towed from the scene. We have recovered data from the vehicle and are currently reviewing what information was stored for the incident and will update this report. 10 Day update: After review of the EDR data the technical team was able to determine the following: Pilot Assist was disengaged due to the lateral acceleration exceeded the system limit and the available steering torque system input exceeding the limit. The vehicle could not steer enough to follow the lane. Several warnings were issued: visually in the DIM (Drivers Information Module, display), haptically in the steering wheel, before Pilot Assist was disengaged. The driver is always responsible for ensuring that the vehicle is driven in a safe manner. The driver failed to take control of the vehicle when the vehicles Pilot Assist gave the warnings.