Polestar 5 Polestar 5 running costs (2025–2026)
Real-world UK ownership figures for the Polestar 5 Polestar 5, including home-charging cost, road tax (VED), insurance group and depreciation. All numbers based on observed UK driving, not lab WLTP figures.
Key figures at a glance
- Fuel type: electric
- Body style: hatchback
- Efficiency: 3 mi/kWh real-world (3.45 official WLTP)
- Real-world range: — miles (— official)
- Battery: — kWh usable
- CO₂: 0 g/km
- Road tax (VED) year one: £10
- Road tax standard rate: £640/yr
- £40k+ luxury supplement: £410/yr (years 2–6)
- Five-year VED total: £4,620
- Insurance group: 48/50
- Depreciation outlook: average
- Indicative annual charging cost (10,000 mi): £283
The Polestar 5 Polestar 5 returns 3 mi/kWh real-world (3.45 official WLTP). At 10,000 miles a year that translates to roughly £283 in home-charging cost on a typical EV tariff, before insurance, servicing or depreciation.
Road tax sits at £10 in year one and £640 per year thereafter, with the £40,000+ list-price luxury supplement adding a further £410/yr in years two to six. Insurance group 48 of 50 puts it in the premium bracket for UK quotes.