Polestar 4
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The Polestar 4 has 94 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 200 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 203 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 300 Wh/km at 130, so 48% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 31-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 94 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 200 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 31 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 127 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 2485 kg
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 200 kW, but it has halved by about 63% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 31 min | 65.8 kWh | 127 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 28 min | 56.4 kWh | 120 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 17 min | 47.0 kWh | 168 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 20 min | 47.0 kWh | 140 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 30 min | 18.8 kWh | 37 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 84 kW |
| 5% | 190 kW |
| 10% | 200 kW |
| 36% | 200 kW |
| 46% | 152 kW |
| 56% | 116 kW |
| 66% | 90 kW |
| 76% | 68 kW |
| 86% | 48 kW |
| 96% | 32 kW |
| 100% | 16 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 62 + 0.0141 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 176 Wh/km | 533 km | 480 km |
| 100 km/h | 203 Wh/km | 463 km | 417 km |
| 110 km/h | 233 Wh/km | 404 km | 364 km |
| 120 km/h | 265 Wh/km | 355 km | 319 km |
| 130 km/h | 300 Wh/km | 313 km | 282 km |
| 140 km/h | 338 Wh/km | 278 km | 250 km |
| 150 km/h | 379 Wh/km | 248 km | 223 km |
| 160 km/h | 423 Wh/km | 222 km | 200 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor (MY24-26): the biggest pack of the Nordic cars at 94 kWh, on a 400 V system that peaks at 200 kW, so 10-80% is 31 minutes. It goes further between stops than the EX90 and takes longer at each one — the trade this app exists to price. Curve fitted to EV Database's published time.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
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