To supplement my commodity appear yesterday regarding the 20 absolutely electric car models that are currently for sale in Europe and/or North America, here’s addition one on the 24 constituent hybrids that are currently on the bazaar in the USA, Canada, and/or Europe.
If you’d adopt to see absolutely electric cars and constituent hybrids lumped all together, you can see them in that way (and additionally array them by price, brand, range, or cardinal of seats) via our electric car affairs guide, or you can arch over to the original EV Obsession resource page.
There are at atomic a few additional plug-in hybrids hitting the bazaar actual anon (the BMW 530e, the Kia Optima Plug-In Hybrid, the Hyundai IONIQ Plug-In Hybrid, the Karma Revero, and the Cadillac CTS Plug-In). Additionally, BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen Group assume to be obsessively throwing babyish batteries and electric motors into their gasmobile models — article that is a absolute or a negative, depending on who you allocution to. I’ll amend this account and the absolutely electric car account as these new models arrive.
For the absolutely electric car list, I sorted the models by amount (cheapest to best expensive), but I’ve absitively to array by cast for this one because of all the altered BMW and Mercedes models.
As before, the prices are affiliated to the architect webpages for these vehicles. Since I’m not actual accustomed with abounding of the models actuality and there’s a abundant accord of nuanced variation, I’ve absitively to alone accommodate arbitrary descriptions for models that we’ve analysis driven. For abundant descriptions from the manufacturers, click on the prices .
The Audi A3 e-Tron is a plug-in amalgam electric car with a bit of a adventurous offering. The electric-only ambit is not spectacular, but it’s appealing abundant par for the course. The A3 e-Tron can go from 0 to 60 mph in a admirable 7.5 seconds. It has additionally landed a difficult 5 stars in Europe’s assurance ratings. The A3 e-tron has a boxy time aggressive with the Chevy Volt and Ford Energi models on amount for the money, in my apprehensive opinion, but some bodies clearly prefer the e-Tron’s looks and the Audi brand. Agenda that the A3 e-Tron is absolutely the aforementioned as the Volkswagen Golf GTE beneath the hood. The A3 e-Tron isn’t as bound in availability as the Golf GTE (which isn’t in the US), but as expected, the A3 e-tron is not accessible beyond the US, so it absolutely gets the “compliance car” label.
You can apprehend my analysis of the A3 e-tron here.
The BMW i8 is BMW’s additional i-series car. It’s one of the most expensive cars on the bazaar — actually, the best big-ticket on the accumulation bazaar today. It comes with a ton of appearance and abundant dispatch — 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 abnormal alone trails the Tesla Model S (2.5 seconds) and Model X (2.9 seconds) amidst electric cars currently for sale. It’s adamantine not to covet this beauty. While it has amazing ability and is a lot of fun to drive, however, it is adamantine to absolve such a aerial amount with added high-performance cars like the Model S abundant cheaper. But if you’re block style, this may able-bodied be top dog.
You can apprehend my analysis of the BMW i8 here and my allegory of the BMW i8, BMW i3, Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, Tesla Model S 70D, Tesla Model S P85D, and Cadillac ELR here.
The Chevy Volt is one of the best broadly acclaimed electric cars on the bazaar — well, one of the best broadly acclaimed cars on the bazaar period. It is the top-selling electric car in the US to date. Volt owners are accepted as Voltheads and were “the happiest drivers” in the US for two years active … afore the Tesla Model S accustomed (as per Consumer Letters buyer achievement surveys).
Check out my allegory analysis of the Chevy Volt, Nissan LEAF, and BMW i3.
The Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Amalgam is a adequately ample and classy plug-in amalgam with abstinent electric range. It’s basically addition adversary to the Ford Energi models and the Chevy Volt.
You can see our abounding analysis of the new-in-2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Amalgam here.
Watch the Absolutely Charged analysis of the Mercedes C350e.
The Mitsubishi Outlander Constituent is a hot constituent amalgam electric SUV/crossover that has been affairs actual able-bodied in its home country of Japan and European markets. It was initially declared to accomplish it to the US bazaar in 2013, but due to accomplishment delays, the ambition is now 2017 … maybe. Despite aloof hitting the bazaar in the additional bisected of 2013, the Outlander PHEV was the 5th-best-selling electric car in the apple in 2013. Furthermore, it accustomed in Europe at the end of the year, and it ranked #3 there, alone abaft the Nissan Leaf & Renault Zoe. In 2014, the Outlander PHEV was the top-selling EV in Europe. It basically competes alone with the Renault Zoe for the anniversary sales gold badge in Europe.
See my abounding Outlander Plug-In Amalgam analysis here.
The Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid is a constituent amalgam electric sports car that is aggregate you’d apprehend — awesome. It can go from 0 to 60 afar per hour in ~5 seconds. The Panamera S E-Hybrid sometimes accounts for about 10% of all Panamera sales. It’s a ton of fun to drive, but still a bit adamantine to absolve for the amount compared to other high-performance EVs on the market. The abode area it has them beat, though, is in affluence (imho).
You can apprehend my analysis of the Panamera S E-Hybrid actuality and my allegory of the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, Tesla Model S 70D, Tesla Model S P85D, BMW i8, BMW i3, and Cadillac ELR here.
Check out a few reviews of the VW Golf GTE.
Check out the Absolutely Charged analysis of the VW Passat GTE.
Check out the Absolutely Charged analysis of the Volvo V60 PHEV.
For account and annual sales letters by country, see our Electric Car Sales page.
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