Polestar 3 review - Range, charging & running costs
"The Polestar 3 offers a very usable range thanks to its big battery"
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.
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 size | Range |
| Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor | 107kWh | 438 miles |
| Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor | 107kWh | 392 miles |
| Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack | 107kWh | 348 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.
