Real-world EV data
2023 Polestar 2 Single MotorReal-world range and efficiency
Midsize Car · Front-Wheel Drive · EPA 3.18 mi/kWh · EPA range 270 mi
Across 42 drives and 1,171 mi by 1 PlugLog driver, the 2023 Polestar 2 Single Motor averaged 2.92 mi/kWh, 22% below its EPA rating. That works out to about 178 mi of range.
From one driver so far: the numbers will firm up as more 2 Single Motor drivers share.
Updated · from 42 shared drives
Showing all shared 2 Single Motor drives
Reality check
Will a 2023 Polestar 2 Single Motor work for your life?
Put in where you live and how you drive: its range in your winters, what charging costs there, how clean your grid is, and how far it reaches on real roads.
- ❄ Winter range
- ⚡ Home charging cost
- 🌱 Your grid's CO₂
- 🗺 Real-road reach
Efficiency by outside temperature
Cold batteries and cabin heat cost range. Here's how much, for these drives.
- 32–50°F2.73 mi/kWh≈ 166 mi range · 4 drives
- 50–68°F2.99 mi/kWh≈ 181 mi range · 31 drives
- 68–86°F2.84 mi/kWh≈ 173 mi range · 6 drives
- Above 86°F3.55 mi/kWh≈ 216 mi range · 1 drive
Longer bars go further on each kWh.
Efficiency by speed
Air resistance climbs quickly with speed. Here's what it costs, by each drive's average speed.
- Under 20 mph3.62 mi/kWh≈ 220 mi range · 15 drives
- 20–40 mph4.86 mi/kWh≈ 295 mi range · 16 drives
- 40–55 mph2.66 mi/kWh≈ 162 mi range · 6 drives
- 55–70 mph2.53 mi/kWh≈ 154 mi range · 5 drives
Longer bars go further on each kWh.
Carbon savings
US gridCO₂ for these 1,171 miles, tailpipe vs. the power plants that charged it.
551lb CO₂ avoided
▼ 60% less- Average midsize car · 25 mpg918 lb CO₂46.9 gal burned
- This EV · US grid367 lb CO₂446 kWh charged
≈ 11 trees
growing for a year
5,647 lb
a year at 12,000 mi
Shorter bars are cleaner. Grid: EPA eGRID US average (0.82 lb/kWh) incl. charging losses; gas: 19.6 lb CO₂/gal.
Fuel savings vs. gas
US avg $4.28/gal · Oct 19What these 1,171 miles cost to charge, and what an average midsize car would have spent.
$119saved charging at home
7.0¢/mi vs 17.1¢- Average midsize car · 25 mpg$20117.1¢/mi
- Home charging · 18¢/kWh$827.0¢/mi
- DC fast only · 43¢/kWh$18715.9¢/mi
$1,220 / year
at 12,000 mi, home charging
Break-even
fast charging under 47¢/kWh
Shorter bars cost less. Gas: EIA US weekly average; power: EIA residential average and PlugLog's real DC fast prices.
Only drives from drivers who chose to share their efficiency data, with no names or locations. Efficiency is distance ÷ the energy each battery reported using, net of regen. Real-world range is the usable battery, measured from shared drives (or estimated from the EPA figures), × the real efficiency, at the drives' average speed (weighted by distance, like the efficiency). EPA ratings include charging losses, so vs EPA compares at the battery. How it's measured
Questions
- What is the real-world efficiency of the 2023 Polestar 2 Single Motor?
- Across 42 real drives by 1 PlugLog driver (1,171 miles), the 2023 Polestar 2 Single Motor averaged 2.92 mi/kWh, 22% below its EPA rating. That's the energy its battery actually used, net of regen, not a lab test.
- What is the real-world range of the 2023 Polestar 2 Single Motor?
- About 178 miles on a full charge: its usable battery (about 61 kWh) at the 2.92 mi/kWh it averaged, at an average 48 mph. The EPA rates it at 270 miles.
- How much range does the 2023 Polestar 2 Single Motor lose in cold weather?
- Between 32°F and 50°F it averaged 2.73 mi/kWh, against 2.84 mi/kWh at 68–86°F: 4% less range in the cold, about 166 miles on a full charge.
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Real drives, straight from the battery.
EPA ratings come from a lab cycle. These come from the road: every drive shared by a PlugLog driver, recorded by the car itself.
Measured, not estimated
The PlugLog car app reads your battery's power many times a minute and checks it against the battery level. Efficiency is distance over the energy actually used, net of regen.
Shared on purpose
Drives count only if their driver shares their efficiency and charging data, and then all of them do, so no one picks their best. No names, no routes, no locations: just how the EV did.
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