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Polestar 3 review - Range, charging & running costs

"The Polestar 3 offers a very usable range thanks to its big battery"

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Polestar is an electric-only car brand, and the Polestar 3 gets a large 107kWh battery to power its electric motors. It’s not groundbreaking in terms of efficiency, but it still does at least boast a very competitive official range that many buyers will be happy with. The single-motor Long Range version can go furthest, while adding a second motor reduces range by just over 40 miles and the Performance version takes a similar hit again.

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While cruising in dual-motor cars, one motor can switch off to make the Polestar 3 intermittently two-wheel drive in the pursuit of improved efficiency.

Model Battery sizeRange
Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor107kWh438 miles
Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor107kWh392 miles
Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack107kWh348 miles

How efficient is the Polestar 3 in the real world?

Despite the adequate on-paper range figures, real life usage does muddy the waters a little. When we tested the Performance Pack version, the efficiency figures we were achieving in the Polestar 3 would have returned a range of around 256 miles, which is quite a way behind the official figure. Driving the Long Range Single Motor in the UK we also struggled to match the claimed 3.5 miles/kWh average figure and the Audi Q6 e-tron was a bit more efficient.

What will the Polestar 3 cost to insure?

The Polestar 3 is expensive to insure, because even the entry-level version sits in group 50 out of 50. Some versions of the BMW iX will be a bit cheaper to cover, because it starts from group 47.

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Andy is Carbuyer's managing editor, with more than a decade of experience helping consumers find their perfect car. He has an MA in automotive journalism and has tested hundreds of vehicles.

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