2026 · 3 Long Range Dual Motor (21 Inch Wheels)
Side by side · 2026 and 2027
Polestar 3vsVolvo EX90
312 mi EPA · 23 min 10–80%310 mi EPA · 23 min 10–80%
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The Polestar 3 is rated 312 miles on the EPA test, the Volvo EX90 310. A 10–80% stop takes 23 minutes in the Polestar 3 and 23 in the Volvo EX90. 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
Polestar 3 · 3 Long Range Dual Motor (21 Inch Wheels)
312mi EPA
23min 10–80%
$67,500from
Volvo EX90 · EX90 Twin Motor (21 Inch Wheels)
310mi EPA
23min 10–80%
$81,390from
The short answer
The Volvo EX90 carries more.
1
The Polestar 3 is rated 312 miles against 310 — 2 miles, 1% further. It uses 37.5 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Volvo EX90 needs 37.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 23 minutes in the Polestar 3 and 23 in the Volvo EX90. On a 50 kW post it is 86 and 74 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Polestar 3 makes 400 kW against 245.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Volvo EX90 ifit wins on running cost (37 kWh per 100 miles against 37.5), space (23.6 cu ft of boot against 17.1 cu ft).
The priceThe Polestar 3 is the cheaper to buy, listed from $67,500; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.
2027 · EX90 Twin Motor (21 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: 186 kW for the Polestar 3, 161 kW for the Volvo EX90. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Volvo EX90CCS125min
Polestar 3CCS129min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 29 min in the Polestar 3 and 25 min in the Volvo EX90 — a gap of 4 minutes. At this post the station is the bottleneck for both cars, so they fill at much the same rate and the gap comes down to how much energy each one needs.
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 | Polestar 3 | Volvo EX90 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| EPA range | 312 mi✓2026 3 Long Range Dual Motor (21 Inch Wheels) | 310 mi2027 EX90 Twin Motor (21 Inch Wheels) |
| EPA efficiency | 2.66 mi/kWh | 2.7 mi/kWh✓ |
| Energy per 100 miles | 37.5 kWh | 37 kWh✓ |
| Battery, usable | 102 kWhPolestar 3 Dual Motor (MY26) | 88 kWhVolvo EX90 Single Motor (MY26) |
| Range left in the cold | 56%modelled envelope | 56%modelled envelope |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 350 kW✓ | 310 kW |
| 10–80% at peak | 23 min | 23 min |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 186 kW✓ | 161 kW |
| AC maximum | 11 kW | 11 kW |
| Full charge on 240 V | 11 h | 11 h |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS1 | CCS1 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 192.9 in | 198.3 in |
| Width with mirrors | 83.5 in | 83.2 in |
| Height | 63.9 in | 68.7 in |
| Wheelbase | 117.5 in | 117.5 in |
| Kerb weight | 5,490 lb | 5,635 lb |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 7✓ |
| Boot, seats up | 17.1 cu ft | 23.6 cu ft✓ |
| Front trunk | 0.8 cu ft | 1.2 cu ft✓ |
| Maximum cargo | 49.8 cu ft | 67.6 cu ft✓ |
| Towing, braked | 4,850 lb✓ | 3,307 lb |
| Heat pump | Standard Equipment | Standard Equipment |
| Performance and safety | ||
| Power | 400 kW✓ | 245 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 4.7 s✓ | 6.8 s |
| Euro NCAP stars | — | 5 |
| Battery warranty | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km |
| V2L / V2H | 11 kW AC · Not supported | 11 kW AC · Not supported |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | $67,500✓US list price | $81,390US list price |
| Top version | $79,400✓ | $81,390 |
| Per mile of range | $193✓cheapest version | $267cheapest version |
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.
- Polestar 3
- 2
- Volvo EX90
- 2
stops · 46 min charging
stops · 46 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.
- Polestar 3
- $1,576
- Volvo EX90
- $1,554
$13 per 100 mi
$13 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
Polestar 3
wins 4 of 7 measures on these weights
Polestar 358%
Volvo EX9042%
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 Polestar 3 or the Volvo EX90?
The Polestar 3. The Polestar 3 is rated 312 miles and the Volvo EX90 310, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2026 3 Long Range Dual Motor (21 Inch Wheels) and 2027 EX90 Twin Motor (21 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 Polestar 3. Going from 10% to 80% takes 23 minutes in the Polestar 3 (350 kW peak) and 23 in the Volvo EX90 (310 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 Volvo EX90, by about $63.13 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 37 kWh per 100 miles against 37.5. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Volvo EX90: 17.1 cu ft of boot against 23.6 cu ft, and 7 seats against 5. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Polestar 3 is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $67,500.00 against $81,390.00 for the Volvo EX90 — $13,890.00 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and incentives, so a dealer's number will differ; these are US list prices from the manufacturers' own price lists, not the catalogue's European figures.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Polestar 3 and Volvo EX90 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.