What it costs to charge a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (21 Inch Wheels) in Vermont

At Vermont's residential electricity rate of 23.98¢/kWh, a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (21 Inch Wheels) (rated 34.7 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $8.33 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 48% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Vermont — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (21 Inch Wheels) in Vermont runs about $1,249 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,154 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

$24.24 — that's what Vermont's 23.98¢/kWh rate puts on the 101.1 kWh a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (21 Inch Wheels) needs for its full 291-mile EPA range.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (21 Inch Wheels) in Vermont ranks 15,565 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor (21 Inch Wheels) ranks 143 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Vermont ranks 41 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Next step: home charger installation

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.

Ask a licensed Vermont electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

More on how this number was built

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.