2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor: home charging cost in Texas

At Texas's residential electricity rate of 16.11¢/kWh, a 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor (rated 40 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.44 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: 59.8% 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 Dual Motor charged at home in Texas costs about $967/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,436 a year.

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

A 2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor needs roughly 112 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 280-mile range, which runs about $18.04 at 16.11¢/kWh in Texas.

2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor in Texas, ranked

This combination ranks 11,274 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor alone ranks 270 of 400 models for efficiency; Texas alone ranks 28 of 51 states for electricity price.

Next step: home charger installation

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 Texas electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. Curious how Texas's 16.11¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.