2026 Polestar 3 Updated: 800V Charging, More Power, Lower Price

Key Points

Prices drop across the range, starting from $116,700 for the Rear Motor.
New 800V architecture enables DC charging up to 350kW, with 10-80% in as little as 22 minutes.
The Plus pack is now standard on all variants, previously a $9,000 option.

Polestar has confirmed pricing and specifications for the updated Polestar 3 ahead of its Australian arrival in mid-2026. The medium electric SUV gets a new 800V electrical architecture, more power across all variants, and a lower starting price.

What Has Changed?

The biggest update is the switch to 800V electrical architecture. This allows DC charging at up to 350kW, cutting the 10-80% charge time to as little as 22 minutes. That is more than 25% faster than before.

All three variants get a newly developed permanent magnet synchronous rear motor. The front motor now disconnects automatically when not needed, which helps with efficiency during everyday driving.

The NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin processor replaces the previous Xavier unit, increasing processing power from 30 to 254 trillion operations per second. Existing Polestar 3 owners will receive this as a free hardware retrofit.

Polestar 3: Key Changes vs Previous Model

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Battery	Old WLTP Range	New WLTP Range
Rear Motor	$118,420	$116,700	92kWh CATL	706km	604km
Dual Motor	$136,220	$131,100	106kWh CATL	Not specified	635km
Performance	$147,920	$146,700	106kWh CATL	Not specified	593km

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Performance and Range

The entry-level Rear Motor now produces 245kW and 480Nm, with a WLTP range of 604km. It uses a 92kWh CATL battery and charges at up to 310kW DC.

The Dual Motor steps up to 400kW and 740Nm, with a 635km WLTP range. The Performance tops the range at 500kW and 870Nm, covering 593km WLTP. Both Dual Motor variants use a 106kWh CATL battery and charge at up to 350kW DC.

Polestar 3 2026: Full Specifications

	Rear Motor	Dual Motor	Performance
Power	245kW	400kW	500kW
Torque	480Nm	740Nm	870Nm
0-100km/h	6.5 sec	4.7 sec	3.9 sec
Top Speed	210km/h	230km/h	230km/h
WLTP Range	604km	635km	593km
Consumption (WLTP)	17.6-21.6kWh/100km	19.1-23.4kWh/100km	20.6-23.4kWh/100km
Battery	92kWh 800V	106kWh 800V	106kWh 800V
DC Charging	Up to 310kW	Up to 350kW	Up to 350kW
AC Charging	Up to 11kW	Up to 11kW	Up to 11kW

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Pricing

All prices are before on-road costs. The Rear Motor starts at $116,700, down $1,720. The Dual Motor is $131,100, down $5,120. The Performance is $146,700, down $1,220. No variant falls below the Luxury Car Tax threshold of $91,387.

Standard Equipment

All variants include the Pilot pack and Plus pack as standard. The Plus pack was previously a $9,000 option.

Pilot Pack (standard on all variants):

360-degree camera and 3D view
Pilot Assist
Curve Speed Assist
Lane Change Assist
Park Assist Pilot

Plus Pack (standard on all variants):

Bowers & Wilkins audio with active road noise cancellation and headrest speakers
Head-up display
IR windscreen
Acoustic rear windscreen
Advanced Air Cleaner
Power-operated steering column
Soft-close doors
Foldable boot floor with bag holders

Options and Packs

The Climate pack adds heated rear seats, steering wheel and front wiper blades for $1,200. A new Prime pack bundles the Pilot, Plus and Climate packs together.

Adaptive air suspension is standard on the Performance and a cost option ($3,200) on the Dual Motor. It is not available on the Rear Motor.

Polestar 3 2026: Options Pricing

Option	Price
Climate pack	$1,200
Animal welfare wool (Charcoal)	$1,200
Bio-attributed MicroTech (quilted Nebula)	$900
Bridge of Weir leather (Zinc)	$7,200
Bridge of Weir leather (Charcoal)	$6,500
Bridge of Weir leather (Dune)	$7,200
21-inch Plus wheels	$1,900
22-inch Sport wheels	$3,800
Dual-chamber active air suspension	$3,200
1.3-megapixel HD LED headlights	$3,000
Fully automatic electric towbar	$2,900
Privacy rear window glass	$700
Electrochromic glass roof	$2,800

Design and Interior Updates

Two new exterior colours are available: Storm (dark grey metallic, replacing Thunder) and Krypton (new green metallic). Magnesium is standard, with other colours priced from $2,000.

Inside, the standard upholstery is now Bio-attributed MicroTech in Charcoal with repurposed aluminium trim. Two new interior finishes are available: Bio-attributed MicroTech in Nebula (soft green) and Nappa leather in Dune (sandy colour with black ash trim).

Trim grades are now easier to tell apart. Seat belts are solid black on the Rear Motor, black with a Swedish gold stripe on the Dual Motor, and full Swedish gold on the Performance.