Carwow EV range test leaderboard: which electric car can go the furthest?

June 25, 2025 by Jamie Edkins

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We’ve tested over 40 different electric cars to see how far they can really go before they die, and here is a rundown of how they all fare.

It’s not just drag races on the Carwow YouTube channel – we also like to test all the latest and greatest electric cars out on the road. Over the past few years we’ve done several EV range tests to find out how far they can really go on a charge.

The rules are simple. Every car is driven up the same motorway at the speed limit until they die. The winner is the car which goes the furthest, but we also measure how close each one got to their claimed range.

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Carwow EV range test leaderboard by mileage

We’ve tested over 40 different electric cars over the years, in that time the Porsche Taycan is the car which went the furthest. It managed 368 miles before finally conking out just north of the Scottish border, which equates to 88% of its 421-mile claimed range.

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Sitting at the bottom of the leaderboard is the Honda e. It managed to eke out 113 miles before it died, but that’s still 90% of its claimed range.

Check out the full leaderboard below, and click the links to watch the range test video.

	Model	Claimed range (miles)	Actual range (miles)	% of claimed achieved
1	Porsche Taycan	421	368	88
2	Mercedes EQE	380	357	94
3	Tesla Model 3 (facelift)	390	352	90
4	Polestar 4	372	333	90
5	Polestar 2	406	332	82
6	Mercedes EQS	464	324	72
7	Porsche Macan EV	386	318	82
8	BYD Seal	354	310	82
9	BMW iX	380	303	82
10	BMW i7	385	303	79
11	Mercedes AMG EQS 53	357	300	84
12	BMW i5	362	296	82
13	Tesla Model S Plaid	373	295	79
14	Tesla Model Y (pre-facelift)	373	294	79
15	Ford Explorer	374	291	78
16	Tesla Model 3 (pre-facelift)	389	290	75
17	Ford Mustang Mach-E	372	288	77
18	Kia EV6 (facelift 2024)	347	280	81
19	Kia EV6 (pre-facelift)	303	273	91
20	Audi Q4 e-tron	336	268	79
21	Nissan Ariya	310	267	86
22	Skoda Enyaq (pre-facelift)	303	264	87
23	BMW iX3	281	257	91
24	Kia E-Niro	282	255	90
25	Genesis GV60	321	253	79
26	Audi RS e-tron GT	364	251	69
27	Hyundai Ioniq 5 (pre-facelift)	285	237	83
28	Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback	312	235	75
29	Renault Zoe	238	229	96
30	Jaguar I-Pace	292	223	76
31	Nissan Leaf	239	208	87
32	Mercedes EQA	263	208	79
33	Audi e-tron	255	206	81
34	Volkswagen ID Buzz	255	203	80
35	Mercedes EQC	259	194	75
36	Lotus Emeya R	301	193	64
37	Vauxhall Corsa Electric (pre-facelift)	217	174	83
38	Volkswagen e-Up	159	162	102
39	Peugeot e-208 (pre-facelift)	217	161	74
40	Mini Electric (2020)	145	154	106
41	Honda E	125	113	90

Carwow EV range test leaderboard by percentage achieved

It’s one thing to go the furthest on a charge, but what’s just as important is how close each car got to its claimed range figure.

When ranked according to the percentage of claimed range, the Taycan drops down to 12th place, while the Honda e goes up to 10th. Topping the list we have two cars which actually went further than their official claimed figure.

The old Mini Electric did 154 miles, which is 9 miles more than Mini says it’ll do. The Volkswagen e-Up also beat its official range by three miles, completing 162 miles before throwing in the towel.

Here is the Carwow EV range test leaderboard sorted by percentage achieved.

	Model	Claimed range (miles)	Actual range (miles)	% of claimed achieved
1	Mini Electric (2020)	145	154	106
2	Volkswagen e-Up	159	162	102
3	Renault Zoe	238	229	96
4	Mercedes EQE	380	357	94
5	Kia EV6 (pre-facelift)	303	273	91
6	BMW iX3	281	257	91
7	Tesla Model 3 (facelift)	390	352	90
8	Polestar 4	372	333	90
9	Kia E-Niro	282	255	90
10	Honda E	125	113	90
11	Porsche Taycan	421	368	88
12	Skoda Enyaq (pre-facelift)	303	264	87
13	Nissan Leaf	239	208	87
14	Nissan Ariya	310	267	86
15	Mercedes AMG EQS 53	357	300	84
16	Hyundai Ioniq 5 (pre-facelift)	285	237	83
17	Vauxhall Corsa Electric (pre-facelift)	217	174	83
18	Polestar 2	406	332	82
19	Porsche Macan EV	386	318	82
20	BYD Seal	354	310	82
21	BMW iX	380	303	82
22	BMW i5	362	296	82
23	Kia EV6 (facelift 2024)	347	280	81
24	Audi e-tron	255	206	81
25	Volkswagen ID Buzz	255	203	80
26	BMW i7	385	303	79
27	Tesla Model S Plaid	373	295	79
28	Tesla Model Y (pre-facelift)	373	294	79
29	Audi Q4 e-tron	336	268	79
30	Genesis GV60	321	253	79
31	Mercedes EQA	263	208	79
32	Ford Explorer	374	291	78
33	Ford Mustang Mach-E	372	288	77
34	Jaguar I-Pace	292	223	76
35	Tesla Model 3 (pre-facelift)	389	290	75
36	Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback	312	235	75
37	Mercedes EQC	259	194	75
38	Peugeot e-208 (pre-facelift)	217	161	74
39	Mercedes EQS	464	324	72
40	Audi RS e-tron GT	364	251	69
41	Lotus Emeya R	301	193	64

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