Hyundai IONIQ 6 N vs Polestar 3

The Polestar 3 costs £10,740 more than the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N. For that premium it adds 72 miles more WLTP range and 113 litres more boot space. The Hyundai IONIQ 6 N is not just cheaper - it also offers 40 kW faster peak rapid charging, 233 kW more power and a 4.3s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Polestar 3 comes out ahead overall.

The Hyundai IONIQ 6 N is £10,740 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £192 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N comes out roughly £10,740 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 252 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N and 257 miles for the Polestar 3 - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 18-22 minutes.

The two are within 28 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 460 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N and about 432 mm of total clearance for the Polestar 3.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N and 84% for the Polestar 3. That gives the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.