Charging a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack at home in California

At California's residential electricity rate of 33.17¢/kWh, a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack (rated 41.5 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $13.78 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. That works out to 14% cheaper per mile than gasoline in California — charging at home costs a little less than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

California owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack spend about $2,067 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $336 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At California's rate, fully covering this 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack's 281-mile EPA range costs about $38.73 (116.8 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack in California, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack in California ranks 19,755 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack ranks 291 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and California ranks 50 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor Performance Pack at home

Everything above is the per-mile and per-year cost once a home charger exists — getting one installed is a separate electrical job whose price depends on your panel and wiring, not the state average used here.

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

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. California has some of the highest residential electricity rates in the country — see the guide to why the cost varies so much by state for the full picture.