Kia EV6 vs Polestar 2

The Polestar 2 is £425 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Polestar 2 comes out roughly £425 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 301 miles for the Kia EV6 and 231 miles for the Polestar 2 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia EV6 goes roughly 70 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 18 minutes in the Kia EV6 and 26 in the Polestar 2, so the Kia EV6 loses less time at each stop. That makes the Kia EV6 the stronger long-distance car.

The Polestar 2 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 31 mm narrower than the Kia EV6. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 541 mm of total clearance for the Polestar 2 and about 510 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV6.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Kia EV6 and 90% for the Polestar 2. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. The Polestar 2's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Kia EV6's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.