New electric cars 2026 and 2027: the models available now

The question behind this article is usually a practical one: wait, or buy now? For all seven it is now settled — they are available, mostly as new or demonstrator cars. This overview says for each car how solid the figures are and whether it is available today.

What is actually shifting in the UK market

For years the electric line-up was mostly mid-size SUVs. These seven fill both ends: the small classes at the bottom, and at the top a range class that simply did not exist before. For the buyer that means the choice is no longer set by the battery but by the shape of the car — a city car with 263 km and an SUV with 805 are not the same decision at a different budget, but two different cars for two different journeys.

It is worth noting who is driving the shift. Kia and BMW take the top of the range table, while Volkswagen and Škoda fill in the entry segment. What can be ordered today is listed in our electric cars overview; if you are searching by class rather than by badge, the best electric car is a better starting point.

The city car returns

The Renault Twingo E-Tech is the model many have been waiting for: a genuine city car with a 27.5 kWh battery and around 263 km of WLTP range. It charges at up to 50 kW — enough for daily use, little for long trips. That is the point: this car is built for the city and the commute. The wait is over — the first cars are with dealers.

The Volkswagen ID. Polo sits a class above. With 56 kWh, roughly 450 km and 125 kW charging, it is the first electric Volkswagen that genuinely matches a Polo in size. Launch is announced for autumn 2026.

Compact SUVs: the most contested class

The Škoda Epiq reaches around 425 km from 55 kWh and charges at 105 kW. It shares its technical base with the ID. Polo but sits higher — for many buyers, the deciding difference.

The Leapmotor B03X is the only car here for which we have no confirmed data yet. The model has been announced, but the European specifications are not settled. We will add them once they are; estimated figures help nobody make a purchase decision.

Saloon and premium: the range jump

The Kia EV4, with 81.4 kWh and around 625 km, is the first car on this list where range stops being a topic. Its 135 kW charging is solid rather than exceptional.

The BMW iX3 is the technical outlier: 109 kWh, around 805 km WLTP and charging up to 400 kW. That is the new 800-volt architecture, and it changes the arithmetic — at that rate the charging stop is shorter than the coffee break.

The Volvo EX60 follows in 2027 with 80 kWh, around 620 km and 320 kW. That puts it closer to the iX3 than to the saloon class, but it arrives a year later.

What actually sets the monthly figure

List price is rarely the number that decides it. Residual value, charging cost and whether the car is run privately or through a business weigh more — and all three land differently depending on the route. Privately that usually means personal contract hire, PCP or hire purchase; through a company, business contract hire. We set the routes side by side in leasing versus buying.

Company car drivers have one more variable, and it is the one that moves the figure most: benefit-in-kind, explained in BiK company car tax. What an electric car costs day to day is broken down in electric car costs, and the schemes currently open in EV incentives. The single largest lever remains charging at home — the options are under EV charging.

Drive today rather than wait on a delivery date

All seven models on this list have now arrived. They are with dealers, mostly as new or demonstrator cars showing a handful of kilometres — so you are not waiting on a delivery date, you can compare and drive.

One argument is rarely made: residual value. Our own residual index, calibrated on matched used electric cars from our own stock, puts this age band at roughly 74 per cent of the new price after three years. For a car you can buy today we can give you that number. For one arriving later, nobody can — not even the manufacturer.

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