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

October 06, 2025 by Jamie Edkins

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We’ve tested over 50 new electric cars to see how far they can actually go on a charge before they die, including everything from tiny city cars to supercar-slaying performance saloons. Here’s an in-depth 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

Of the 52 electric cars we’ve tested here at Carwow, the Polestar 3 is the one which went the furthest. It managed a whopping 438 miles on a charge, which was enough to get from the starting point at Cherwell Valley services near Oxford all the way to Edinburgh.

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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	Polestar 3	438	390	89
2	Porsche Taycan	421	368	88
3	BMW iX	426	366	86
4	Mercedes EQE	380	357	94
5	Tesla Model 3 (facelift)	390	352	90
6	Polestar 4	372	333	90
7	Polestar 2	406	332	82
8	Kia EV9	349	329	94
9	Kia EV3	375	329	88
10	Xpeng G6	354	328	93
11	Tesla Model Y (facelift)	387	328	85
12	Audi Q6 e-tron	360	325	90
13	Mercedes EQS	464	324	72
14	Porsche Macan EV	386	318	82
15	BYD Seal	354	310	82
16	Skoda Enyaq Coupe (facelift)	365	308	87
17	BMW iX	380	303	82
18	BMW i7	385	303	79
19	Mercedes AMG EQS 53	357	300	84
20	BMW i5	362	296	82
21	Tesla Model S Plaid	373	295	79
22	Tesla Model Y (pre-facelift)	373	294	79
23	Ford Explorer	374	291	78
24	Tesla Model 3 (pre-facelift)	389	290	75
25	Ford Mustang Mach-E	372	288	77
26	Kia EV6 (facelift 2024)	347	280	81
27	Genesis GV70	298	279	94
28	BYD Sealion 7	312	277	89
29	Kia EV6 (pre-facelift)	303	273	91
30	Audi Q4 e-tron	336	268	79
31	Nissan Ariya	310	267	86
32	Skoda Enyaq (pre-facelift)	303	264	87
33	BMW iX3	281	257	91
34	Kia E-Niro	282	255	90
35	Genesis GV60	321	253	79
36	Audi RS e-tron GT	364	251	69
37	Hyundai Ioniq 5 (pre-facelift)	285	237	83
38	Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback	312	235	75
39	Renault Zoe	238	229	96
40	Leapmotor C10	263	224	85
41	Jaguar I-Pace	292	223	76
42	Nissan Leaf	239	208	87
43	Mercedes EQA	263	208	79
44	Audi e-tron	255	206	81
45	Volkswagen ID Buzz	255	203	80
46	Mercedes EQC	259	194	75
47	Lotus Emeya R	301	193	64
48	Vauxhall Corsa Electric (pre-facelift)	217	174	83
49	Volkswagen e-Up	159	162	102
50	Peugeot e-208 (pre-facelift)	217	161	74
51	Mini Electric (2020)	145	154	106
52	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 EV9	349	329	94
6	Genesis GV70	298	279	94
7	Xpeng G6	354	328	93
8	Kia EV6 (pre-facelift)	303	273	91
9	BMW iX3	281	257	91
10	Tesla Model 3 (facelift)	390	352	90
11	Polestar 4	372	333	90
12	Audi Q6 e-tron	360	325	90
13	Kia E-Niro	282	255	90
14	Honda E	125	113	90
15	Polestar 3	438	390	89
16	BYD Sealion 7	312	277	89
17	Porsche Taycan	421	368	88
18	Kia EV3	375	329	88
19	Skoda Enyaq Coupe (facelift)	365	308	87
20	Skoda Enyaq (pre-facelift)	303	264	87
21	Nissan Leaf	239	208	87
22	BMW iX	426	366	86
23	Nissan Ariya	310	267	86
24	Tesla Model Y (facelift)	387	328	85
25	Leapmotor C10	263	224	85
26	Mercedes AMG EQS 53	357	300	84
27	Hyundai Ioniq 5 (pre-facelift)	285	237	83
28	Vauxhall Corsa Electric (pre-facelift)	217	174	83
29	Polestar 2	406	332	82
30	Porsche Macan EV	386	318	82
31	BYD Seal	354	310	82
32	BMW iX	380	303	82
33	BMW i5	362	296	82
34	Kia EV6 (facelift 2024)	347	280	81
35	Audi e-tron	255	206	81
36	Volkswagen ID Buzz	255	203	80
37	BMW i7	385	303	79
38	Tesla Model S Plaid	373	295	79
39	Tesla Model Y (pre-facelift)	373	294	79
40	Audi Q4 e-tron	336	268	79
41	Genesis GV60	321	253	79
42	Mercedes EQA	263	208	79
43	Ford Explorer	374	291	78
44	Ford Mustang Mach-E	372	288	77
45	Jaguar I-Pace	292	223	76
46	Tesla Model 3 (pre-facelift)	389	290	75
47	Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback	312	235	75
48	Mercedes EQC	259	194	75
49	Peugeot e-208 (pre-facelift)	217	161	74
50	Mercedes EQS	464	324	72
51	Audi RS e-tron GT	364	251	69
52	Lotus Emeya R	301	193	64

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