2026 · ES 350e (19 inch Wheels)
Side by side · 2026 and 2025
Lexus ESvsPolestar 2
307 mi EPA · 30 min 10–80%314 mi EPA · 32 min 10–80%
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The Lexus ES is rated 307 miles on the EPA test, the Polestar 2 314. A 10–80% stop takes 30 minutes in the Lexus ES and 32 in the Polestar 2. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Lexus ES · ES 350e (19 inch Wheels)
307mi EPA
30min 10–80%
Polestar 2 · 2 Single Motor (19 Inch Wheels)
314mi EPA
32min 10–80%
The short answer
The Lexus ES carries more.
1
The Polestar 2 is rated 314 miles against 307 — 7 miles, 2% further. It uses 27 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Polestar 2 needs 29.6.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 30 minutes in the Lexus ES and 32 in the Polestar 2. On a 50 kW post it is 60 and 66 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Polestar 2 makes 310 kW against 165.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Lexus ES ifit wins on running cost (27 kWh per 100 miles against 29.6), charging (30 minutes against 32), space (18.3 cu ft of boot against 14.4 cu ft).
The priceNeither car has a US list price in the sheet yet, so nothing here claims an MSRP or a monthly payment.
2025 · 2 Single Motor (19 Inch Wheels)
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 101 kW for the Lexus ES, 104 kW for the Polestar 2. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Polestar 2CCS132min
Lexus ESCCS130min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 30 min in the Lexus ES and 32 min in the Polestar 2 — a gap of 2 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the version attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Lexus ES | Polestar 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| EPA range | 307 mi2026 ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) | 314 mi✓2025 2 Single Motor (19 Inch Wheels) |
| EPA efficiency | 3.7 mi/kWh✓ | 3.37 mi/kWh |
| Energy per 100 miles | 27 kWh✓ | 29.6 kWh |
| Battery, usable | 72 kWhLexus ES 350e (MY26) | 79 kWhPolestar 2 Long Range Dual Motor (MY25) |
| Range left in the cold | 57%modelled envelope | 57%modelled envelope |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 150 kW | 207 kW✓ |
| 10–80% at peak | 30 min✓ | 32 min |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 101 kW | 104 kW✓ |
| AC maximum | 22 kW✓ | 11 kW |
| Full charge on 240 V | 8 h | 8 h |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS1 | CCS1 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 202.4 in | 181.3 in |
| Width with mirrors | — | 78.1 in |
| Height | 61.4 in | 58.2 in |
| Wheelbase | 116.1 in | 107.7 in |
| Kerb weight | 4,905 lb | 4,813 lb |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot, seats up | 18.3 cu ft✓ | 14.4 cu ft |
| Front trunk | 0 cu ft | 1.4 cu ft✓ |
| Maximum cargo | — | 38.7 cu ft |
| Towing, braked | — | 3,307 lb |
| Heat pump | Standard Equipment | Standard Equipment |
| Performance and safety | ||
| Power | 165 kW | 310 kW✓ |
| 0–100 km/h | 8 s | 4.5 s✓ |
| Euro NCAP stars | — | 5 |
| Battery warranty | 15 years / 621,371 mi15 years / 1,000,000 km | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km |
| V2L / V2H | Not supported | Not supported |
How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.
What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.
Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.
- Lexus ES
- 2
- Polestar 2
- 2
stops · 60 min charging
stops · 64 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Lexus ES
- $1,134
- Polestar 2
- $1,245
$9 per 100 mi
$10 per 100 mi
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Lexus ES
wins 3 of 5 measures on these weights
Lexus ES64%
Polestar 236%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.
Which has more range, the Lexus ES or the Polestar 2?
The Polestar 2. The Lexus ES is rated 307 miles and the Polestar 2 314, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2026 ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) and 2025 2 Single Motor (19 Inch Wheels) respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.
Which charges faster?
The Lexus ES. Going from 10% to 80% takes 30 minutes in the Lexus ES (150 kW peak) and 32 in the Polestar 2 (207 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS1 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Lexus ES, by about $317.11 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 27 kWh per 100 miles against 29.6. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Lexus ES: 18.3 cu ft of boot against 14.4 cu ft. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.
Is there a price comparison?
Not yet — neither car has a US list price in the current dataset. When a price source covers both, price becomes one more row in the table and one more slider in the weighting tool.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Lexus ES and Polestar 2 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.