Iowa home charging cost for the 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance
At Iowa's residential electricity rate of 13.77¢/kWh, a 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance (rated 44 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.06 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: 62.2% less than gas per mile, here specifically.
Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year
At fueleconomy.gov's default of 15,000 annual miles, the 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance costs roughly $909 a year to charge at home in Iowa, against roughly $2,403 a year for an equivalent gas car. That's a savings of about $1,494 a year.
Filling up the 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance, in dollars
Covering the 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance's EPA-rated 255-mile range takes about 112.2 kWh, which costs about $15.45 at Iowa's residential rate — figured from the EPA's own combined range and consumption numbers, not the pack's nameplate capacity.
2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance in Iowa, ranked
This combination ranks 9,667 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor Performance alone ranks 341 of 400 models for efficiency; Iowa alone ranks 9 of 51 states for electricity price.
Before you install a home charger in Iowa
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.
Ask a licensed Iowa electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.
Where these figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. At 13.77¢/kWh, Iowa sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.