EVs that can break the 300-mile barrier are growing in number – as are those that can crack 400 miles
Price, comfort, charging speeds and other criteria are all taken into account when buying an electric car, but in most cases, it’s the range of an EV that has the greatest influence.
Indeed, many EV users don’t want to be caught out by range anxiety or worry about charging via the public network. Early battery-electric offerings couldn’t travel very far on a charge, and public infrastructure was scarce.
Cast your mind back to 2010 and the Nissan Leaf hatchback could only manage around 100 miles and took more than eight hours to charge at home.
Nowadays the outlook is far more promising, with electric superminis at the cheaper end of the spectrum capable of travelling up to 200 miles on a charge, if not more.
Faster charging speeds and an ever-growing public charging speeds means that electric cars are not only more usable from a range perspective, but also easier to top-up on the move.
Pleasingly, there’s a plethora of newfangled EVs that can match the range of most petrol and diesel cars when it comes to range. With this in mind, we’ve put together a list of the 10 longest-range electric cars on sale in the UK based on their official WLTP figure.
Real-world results will vary and you are unlikely to achieve these figures unless you drive gently, in warm weather, or know a thing or two about hypermiling.
The longest-range electric car on sale in the UK is the BMW iX3 with an impressive 500-mile range. Curious about the rest? Let’s get into it.
