The longest-range electric cars

Back when electric cars entered the mainstream car market, there were a few major talking points: their credentials as zero-emission transport, their prices and, perhaps most importantly, their range. 

EVs have come a long way in a short space of time. Thanks to a decade and a half of battery and motor development, some of the longest-range electric cars can now match their petrol counterparts for how far they’ll go on a ‘tank’.

Cast your mind back to 2010: the Nissan Leaf, widely regarded as the world’s first mass-market electric car, offered just 100 miles of range and took eight hours to charge from a home socket. 

In 2025, even some of the cheapest electric cars currently on sale will easily deliver double the range of the original Leaf, and with much faster charging options to boot.

The undisputed range champion – that’s the car with the highest range available in the UK today – is the Mercedes-Benz EQS, which is capable of 481 miles of range. 

But which other models make the top ten? The figures we quote here are from the official WLTP testing routine, but you can be assured that the majority of entries here have cracked the 400-mile barrier. 

In real-world use, it’s unlikely that many of these cars will hit these promised figures consistently – although you might get close if you’re feather-footed or a keen hypermiler. Read on to see which other electric cars feature in our list.