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

Jamie Edkins

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September 18, 2026

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Mat Watson has tested 60 of the latest electric cars to see which ones go furthest on a charge, and how close they get to their claimed range. Here’s a rundown of how they all got on.

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.

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	Hyundai Inster	229	212	95
43	Nissan Leaf	239	208	87
44	Mercedes EQA	263	208	79
45	Audi e-tron	255	206	81
46	Volkswagen ID Buzz	255	203	80
47	Fiat Grande Panda	199	202	102
48	Mercedes EQC	259	194	75
49	Lotus Emeya R	301	193	64
50	BYD Dolphin Surf	200	186	93
51	Vauxhall Corsa Electric (pre-facelift)	217	174	83
52	Citroen e-C3	199	170	86
53	Volkswagen e-Up	159	162	102
54	Peugeot e-208 (pre-facelift)	217	161	74
55	Mini Electric (2020)	145	154	106
56	Leapmotor T03	165	140	85
57	Dacia Spring	140	123	88
58	Honda Super N	128	121	95
59	Micro Microlino	114	115	101
60	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 Polestar 3 drops down to 20th place, while the Honda e goes up to 19th. 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 Fiat Grande Panda also beat its official range by three miles, completing 202 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	Fiat Grande Panda	199	202	102
3	Volkswagen e-Up	159	162	102
4	Micro Microlino	114	115	101
5	Renault Zoe	238	229	96
6	Hyundai Inster	229	212	95
7	Honda Super N	128	121	95
8	Mercedes EQE	380	357	94
9	Kia EV9	349	329	94
10	Genesis GV70	298	279	94
11	Xpeng G6	354	328	93
12	BYD Dolphin Surf	200	186	93
13	Kia EV6 (pre-facelift)	303	273	91
14	BMW iX3	281	257	91
15	Tesla Model 3 (facelift)	390	352	90
16	Polestar 4	372	333	90
17	Audi Q6 e-tron	360	325	90
18	Kia E-Niro	282	255	90
19	Honda E	125	113	90
20	Polestar 3	438	390	89
21	BYD Sealion 7	312	277	89
22	Porsche Taycan	421	368	88
23	Kia EV3	375	329	88
24	Dacia Spring	140	123	88
25	Skoda Enyaq Coupe (facelift)	365	308	87
26	Skoda Enyaq (pre-facelift)	303	264	87
27	Nissan Leaf	239	208	87
28	BMW iX	426	366	86
29	Nissan Ariya	310	267	86
30	Citroen e-C3	199	170	86
31	Tesla Model Y (facelift)	387	328	85
32	Leapmotor C10	263	224	85
33	Leapmotor T03	165	140	85
34	Mercedes AMG EQS 53	357	300	84
35	Hyundai Ioniq 5 (pre-facelift)	285	237	83
36	Vauxhall Corsa Electric (pre-facelift)	217	174	83
37	Polestar 2	406	332	82
38	Porsche Macan EV	386	318	82
39	BYD Seal	354	310	82
40	BMW iX	380	303	82
41	BMW i5	362	296	82
42	Kia EV6 (facelift 2024)	347	280	81
43	Audi e-tron	255	206	81
44	Volkswagen ID Buzz	255	203	80
45	BMW i7	385	303	79
46	Tesla Model S Plaid	373	295	79
47	Tesla Model Y (pre-facelift)	373	294	79
48	Audi Q4 e-tron	336	268	79
49	Genesis GV60	321	253	79
50	Mercedes EQA	263	208	79
51	Ford Explorer	374	291	78
52	Ford Mustang Mach-E	372	288	77
53	Jaguar I-Pace	292	223	76
54	Tesla Model 3 (pre-facelift)	389	290	75
55	Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback	312	235	75
56	Mercedes EQC	259	194	75
57	Peugeot e-208 (pre-facelift)	217	161	74
58	Mercedes EQS	464	324	72
59	Audi RS e-tron GT	364	251	69
60	Lotus Emeya R	301	193	64

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