2026 Polestar 3 price and specs: Updated electric SUV gets price cut

• 2026 Polestar 3 pricing and specifications
• New electric motors, batteries, 800-volt architecture
• Renamed grades, with price adjustments
• Priced from $116,700 before on-road costs

The updated 2026 Polestar 3 has been detailed for Australia ahead of local showroom arrivals in the middle of this year.

Priced from $116,700 before on-road costs, the Polestar 3 now costs $1720 less than before, with the Plus package fitted as standard rather than as a $9000 option.

Similar to the Volvo EX90 it is based on, Polestar has switched to an 800-volt electrical architecture for the updated 3, which will skip Model Year 2026 (MY26) for Australia, jumping from MY25 to MY27.

Replacing the 400-volt system in the outgoing model, the 800-volt architecture brings support for direct-current charging at a peak rate of 350 kilowatts, up from 250 kilowatts.

Polestar claims a 10 to 80 per cent charge will now take "as little as 22 minutes", an improvement of more than 25 per cent compared with the outgoing model.

The 111kWh battery formerly fitted across the Polestar 3 range has been replaced by a 92kWh unit in the rear-wheel drive grade, and a 106kWh battery in all-wheel drive grades.

The rear electric motor is "newly developed", while the dual-motor all-wheel-drive Performance grade now delivers up to 500kW, up from 380kW, with improvements to its front motor.

Improvements include an automatic disconnect function for the front electric motor, which is said to improve efficiency and range "during everyday driving", with a greater rear bias than before.

The electric-car brand has also updated the 3's anti-roll bars and refined its steering for an "even more direct and engaging driving experience".

As announced globally in February 2025, the Polestar 3 is now fitted with a more powerful Nvidia Drive AGX Orin processor, capable of completing 245 trillion operations per second, up from 30 trillion.

A complimentary hardware upgrade will be offered to existing Polestar 3 vehicles, with the brand confirming it has started contacting customers to arrange their "hardware retrofit".

Other changes for 2026 include simplified, renamed grades: 'Long range single motor' to 'Rear Motor', 'Long range dual motor' to 'Dual Motor' and 'Long range dual motor with Performance pack' to 'Performance'.

Active air suspension is now an optional accessory for the Polestar 3, rather than standard fit, while an electrochromic glass roof is available as a standalone option across the range.

There are also new exterior colour options – Storm (grey), replacing Thunder, and Krypton (green) – and updated interior finishes, including Nebula (soft green) MicroTech, and Dune nappa leather with a black decoration.

Pricing for the Dual Motor has increased by $46, while the Performance is up $3946 – but these grades have dropped $11,654 and $7754, respectively, when factoring in the previously optional Plus package.

The 2026 Polestar 3 will arrive in Australian showrooms in the middle of this year, with order books now open.

Model Year 2027:

• Polestar 3 Rear Motor – $116,700
• Polestar 3 Dual Motor – $131,100
• Polestar 3 Performance – $146,700

Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.

• 245kW/480Nm rear electric motor (up from 220kW/490Nm)
• 604-kilometre WLTP driving range rating (down from 650km)
• 92kWh lithium-ion battery (down from 111kWh)
• 310kW maximum DC charge speed (up from 250kW)
• 6.5-second 0-100km/h acceleration time (from 7.8sec)
• 25-speaker, 1610-watt Bowers & Wilkins surround-sound audio system with Dolby Atmos support (now standard) 
• Head-up display (now standard) 
• Acoustic rear windscreen (now standard) 
• PM2.5 air quality sensor and filter (now standard) 
• Power-adjustable steering column (now standard)
• Soft-closing doors (now standard)
• Foldable boot floor with bag holders (now standard)
• 20-inch alloy wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 EV tyres
• Passive suspension with steel springs
• 1500-kilogram braked towing capacity
• Adaptive LED headlights with dusk sensing, auto high beam
• LED tail-lights with auto dimming
• 14.5-inch infotainment touchscreen with Google apps built-in (including maps), over-the-air updates, digital radio, Bluetooth and Apple CarPlay
• 9.0-inch digital instrument display
• Panoramic glass roof with illuminated Polestar logo
• Hands-free power tailgate
• Wireless smartphone charger
• Four USB-C ports
• Power-adjustable front seats with heating, driver's seat memory
• Black headlining
• Textile floor mats
• Tri-zone auto climate-control air conditioning
• Heat pump (uses battery heat to warm up the cabin)
• Rain-sensing windscreen wipers
• 60:40 split-folding rear seats with ski port
• Power-adjustable heated frameless side mirrors
• Auto-dimming side and centre rear-view mirrors
• Privacy glass
• Rear-view camera
• 360-degree surround-view camera
• Front and rear parking sensors
• Adaptive cruise control
• Autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection
• Lane-keep assist
• Traffic sign recognition
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Tyre pressure monitoring
• Driver monitoring system

• 400kW/740Nm rear electric motor (up from 360kW/840Nm)
• 635-kilometre WLTP driving range rating (up from 632km)
• 106kWh lithium-ion battery (down from 111kWh)
• 350kW maximum DC charge speed (up from 250kW)
• 4.7-second 0-100km/h acceleration time (from 5.0sec)
• Black seatbelts with Swedish gold stripe (new)
• 2200-kilogram braked towing capacity

• 500kW/870Nm rear electric motor (up from 380kW/910Nm)
• 593-kilometre WLTP driving range rating (up from 560km)
• 106kWh lithium-ion battery (down from 111kWh)
• 350kW maximum DC charge speed (up from 250kW)
• 3.9-second 0-100km/h acceleration time (from 4.7sec)
• Polestar Engineered suspension tuning
• 22-inch forged alloy wheels with Pirelli P Zero tyres (265/40 front and 295/35 rear)
• Swedish gold valve caps and seatbelts
• Laser-etched gold interior light line on the dashboard
• "Range optimisation" drive mode

• Heated steering wheel
• Heated rear seats
• Heated front wiper blades

• 21-inch Plus wheels – $1900
• 22-inch Sport wheels (Dual Motor) – $3800
• Charcoal wool with Aluminium decoration – $1200
• MicroTech in quilted Nebula with Aluminium decoration – $900 (new)
• Charcoal leather seats with black ash decoration – $6500
• Zinc leather seats with black ash decoration – $7200
• Dune leather seats with black ash decoration – $7200 (new)
• Dual-chamber active air suspension (Rear Motor and Dual Motor) – $3200
• High-definition LED headlights – $3000
• Electric towbar – $2900
• Rear privacy glass – $700
• Electrochromic glass roof – $2800

• Storm (grey) – $2000 extra (new)
• Krypton (green) – $3200 extra (new)
• Magnesium (silver) – no cost
• Space (black)– $2000 extra
• Midnight (blue) – $2000 extra
• Snow (white) – $3200 extra

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Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.

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