The recent cooling of interest in electric cars has shown that plenty of buyers are put off by the prospect of their range anxiety – that is to say, ending up with an electric car that simply can’t go as far as they need it to on a single charge.
For all that, the ranges of electric cars are always increasing; indeed, the latest models are capable of travelling some very respectable distances between charges; the sort that will allow for many people to do the week’s commuting on a single charge, and still have enough left in the “tank” for a day out at the weekend.
Cars like these, which will need charging less often, could be an answer to the prayers of those who want an electric car, but don’t have a driveway on which to charge them. And for those that do, they mean destinations further afield are within easier reach – and that presents the possibility of an EV as a sole car in the household.
So what are the longest-range electric cars on sale in the UK today? We’ve found the 10 best, and ranked them in order of their official WLTP range. These figures are usually overly optimistic, as we’ve often discussed, but they are still useful for the purposes of comparison – as here. And for the first time ever, one of these cars may just have nudged over the 500-mile mark.
