Average price of a new electric car in 2026
What the typical new electric car on sale in the UK costs, how far it goes on a charge, and how quickly it fills up again.
- Average price
- £49,600
- after the grant, where it applies
- Average range
- 299 miles
- official WLTP figure
- Average charge speed
- 180 kW
- peak rapid DC charging
- Average charge time
- 27 mins
- 10 to 80% on a rapid charger
From the 183 cars you can order in 2026, at their newest model year. Each model counts once, at its cheapest version, so a car sold in twenty trims does not outvote one sold in two, and the range and charging figures are that same version's. Range is averaged over the 170 with a figure, charging speed over 141 and charge time over 84. Microcars such as the Citroën AMI and Fiat Topolino are left out, because they are quadricycles rather than cars, and so are limited-run hypercars like the Lotus Evija, because one £2 million car would skew the lot.
Beating the average
Cheapest See them all
Longest range See them all
Fastest charge speed See them all
- BMW iX5 iX5 60 xDrive 460 kW
- XPENG G6 Long Range 451 kW
- Smart #5 BRABUS 400 kW
- BMW i3 i3 50 xDrive 400 kW
- BMW iX3 iX3 50 xDrive 400 kW
The DENZA Z9 GT charges faster still, at up to 1,500 kW, but only on BYD's own FLASH Charging stations.
