The Polestar 3 breaks a range record on a single charge.
The Polestar 3 broke the Guinness World Record for the longest distance traveled by an electric SUV on a single charge. Polestar points out that the SUV was not modified and that the entire journey was completed on public roads. To achieve this, the manufacturer chose a long-range, rear-wheel-drive model, the most favorable version for attempting this type of record.
With 935.44 kilometers covered in 22 hours and 57 minutes before running out of power, the vehicle set a new official record validated by the Guinness Book of World Records. The Polestar 3 was driven on roads in the United Kingdom, with 20-inch wheels and Michelin Sport 4 EV tires. In Europe, this version of the Polestar 3 has a theoretical range of 706 kilometers according to the WLTP standard, which is more optimistic than ours.
This is an impressive record for an SUV, even if it did not beat the Guinness record set by the highly aerodynamic Lucid Air.
Polestar does not specify how the vehicle was driven, the type of roads used, or the protocol followed. However, it is likely that the route chosen was very favorable for preserving the range of an electric vehicle.
At the end of the exercise, consumption was only 12.1 kWh/100 km, which is very impressive even when practicing eco-driving. To give you an idea, a Canadian model with the same battery but all-wheel drive consumes an average of 23.8 kWh/1000 km according to the EPA. For our part, we obtained a figure ranging between 19 and 20 kWh/100 km in summer during our road test.
Another interesting fact is that Polestar points out that when the display dropped to 0% range, the driver was still able to travel an additional 12.8 kilometers. This data complements the winter range test organized by CAA Quebec, in which we participated in January 2025.
