Curious about the electric vehicles pushing the boundaries of distance in 2026? Get ready to leave range anxiety in the dust! Thanks to electrifying advances in battery technology, a new generation of EVs can now smash the 500-mile barrier on a single charge, making long road trips not just possible, but positively exhilarating.
But while those headline-grabbing numbers sound impressive, how much of that range will you really experience once you hit real-world roads—especially during those frosty winter commutes?
Join the Whatcar? testing team as they count down the top 10 electric cars that go the distance—literally! From ultra-luxurious £100,000+ cruisers like the Mercedes EQS and our reigning Car of the Year, the BMW iX3, to wallet-friendly champions like the Tesla Model 3, Mercedes CLA Electric and Peugeot e-3008, there’s an EV out there for every kind of driver.
And that’s not all—we’ve got the scoop on the next wave of long-range EVs hitting the market soon, including the jaw-dropping 562-mile BMW i3 and the 503-mile Volvo EX60! Plus, WhatCar? is rounding up the best budget buys on the market. With a hefty £3750 government grant in play, discover why the Nissan Leaf, Renault Scenic, and the sub-£25k Kia EV2 could be the most exciting—and affordable—choices of the year!
- You can also read the Whatcar? full in-depth reviews on every new car here: http://www.whatcar.com
