Pricing lowered for Polestar 3 medium electric SUV, now with added standard features and up to 500kW on offer

Polestar has confirmed its upgraded ‘3’ medium electric rival to the Lexus RZ and Audi Q6 e-tron will commence from $116,700 sooner than on-road charges in Long Differ single-motor guise. That’s down $1720, no matter a colossal mechanical exchange inbound later this year.

Pricing for the ‘3’ LR twin-motor and Performance will additionally lower, now from $131,100 (down $5120) and $146,700 (down $1220) respectively. No Polestar 3 variant sits beneath essentially the most modern Luxury Automobile Tax threshold of $91,387, no matter extinct quiz glossy above this ticket point.

Effect to debut by mid-year, the upgraded Polestar 3 will unbiased a shift from 400-800V structure, increased DC charging peaks, sooner price instances, and improved combined outputs.

The 3 Rear Motor will exchange its 107kWh battery for a recent 92kWh CATL unit, with riding differ lowering from 706km to 604km WLTP. Mixed output improves, now 245kW/480Nm, as does quick 10-80-percent DC price time, now 22 minutes, thanks to an improved charging peak of 310kW.

The guts-spec 3 Long Differ Twin Motor facets a 106kWh CATL battery and claims a riding differ of 635km WLTP. It now outputs 400kW/700Nm, with an improved peak DC price ranking of 350kW.

The differ-topping 3 Performance Twin Motor facets a 106kWh CATL battery and a combined output of 500kW/870Nm — a recent benchmark for Polestar. Driving differ is resultantly lower than the Long Differ, at 593km, with a peak DC price payment of 350kW.

Mixed efficiency for both Twin Motor Polestar 3 variants is quoted as 23.4kWh/100km, whereas the Rear Motor sees a extra atmosphere friendly decide of 21.6kWh/100km. Every WLTP.

All three car variants will additionally be successful in Polestar’s Plus pack as fashioned instruments. The bundle changed into beforehand a $9,000 option.

The Plus bundle entails extra facets such as Bowers & Wilkins active road noise cancellation and head rest speakers, heads-up trace, strength-operated steerage column, Tender-end doors, and a foldable boot ground.

Different mannequin-year tweaks inbound for the Polestar 3 consist of a contemporary steerage tune, updated anti-roll bars and a extra extremely efficient NVIDIA Power AGX Orin processor, the latter being equipped as a free retrofit for glossy potentialities.

Tiny modifications were made to the options structure, with adaptive air suspension now fashioned true for the Performance grade and value-optionally available for the Twin Motor.

Interior styling tweaks will fabricate it easier to distinguish between Polestar 3 successfully-kept grades, with seat belt color being precise gloomy for Rear motor, gloomy and gold for the Twin motor, and all gold for the Performance.

A contemporary High pack combines the oft-ordered Pilot, Plus and Climate packs whereas fashioned seat upholstery turns into recycled MicroTech fabric with nappa leather closing a dear option.

Polestar Australia has confirmed that the ‘3’ will hit showrooms by the 2d half of of year, though affords no extra explicit timing.

Polestar 3 2026: costs in Australia

All costs listed are sooner than on-road charges.

• Polestar 3 Rear motor: $116,700
• Polestar 3 Twin motor: $131,100
• Polestar 3 Performance: $146,700