2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (20 Inch Wheels): home charging cost in Vermont

A 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (20 Inch Wheels) draws 35.5 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Vermont's 23.98¢/kWh residential rate that's $8.51 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. Charging at home is much cheaper than gas here: 46.9% 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 3 Long Range Single Motor (20 Inch Wheels) charged at home in Vermont costs about $1,277/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,126 a year.

Cost of a full charge

A 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (20 Inch Wheels) needs roughly 101.5 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 286-mile range, which runs about $24.35 at 23.98¢/kWh in Vermont.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 15,798 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (20 Inch Wheels) alone ranks 158 of 400 models for efficiency; Vermont alone ranks 41 of 51 states for electricity price.

Before you install a home charger in Vermont

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 Vermont 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 23.98¢/kWh, Vermont sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.