2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor: home charging cost in Alaska

At Alaska's residential electricity rate of 26.86¢/kWh, a 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor (rated 35 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $9.4 to drive 100 miles on home charging, against $16.02 for the same distance in a car averaging 25.5 mpg on gasoline at $4.085/gallon. Charging at home is much cheaper than gas here: 41.3% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor charged at home in Alaska costs about $1,410/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $993 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor, in dollars

A 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor needs roughly 108.5 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 310-mile range, which runs about $29.14 at 26.86¢/kWh in Alaska.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 16,841 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor alone ranks 148 of 400 models for efficiency; Alaska alone ranks 44 of 51 states for electricity price.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor at home

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

Line up a few Alaska electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor's cost in Alaska. At 26.86¢/kWh, Alaska sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.