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Best New Electric Cars 2024

The trickle of electric cars into the market is now a flood – here are the ones we’re looking forward to in 2024!

Mark Nichol

Words by: Mark Nichol

Published on 19 December 2023 | 0 min read

It’s fair to say that 2023 was an eventful year for electric cars. For a start we got some awesome EVs, like the Hyundai Ioniq 6, Abarth 500e and, of course, the Tesla Cybertruck
But the EV market itself saw a few significant twists, turns and trends. Most notably, the delay of the ban on new petrol and diesel car sales to 2035; the unfounded panic about electric car fires; Nissan announcing billions of pounds of further investment in making EVs at its Sunderland plant; and Ora giving the Funky Cat a proper boring new name. (It’s just called ‘Ora 03’ now. Pfff.) One trend that continued was the upward one in the sales of new electric cars, though. As of the end of November 2023, EV sales are up by 27.5% in the UK, meaning their market share has also risen slightly, from about 15% to 16%. EVs now have more than four times the market share of diesels in the UK. That share of sales will almost certainly improve when the newest electric cars come in 2024, and largely because of another trend: reduced prices. Citroen, Renault, Dacia and Kia are all bringing out electric cars that will offer significantly better value than anything they’ve done before. So, in no particular order, here are the electric cars we’re most looking forward to in 2024. Some cheap, some amazing, some both. Recommended: The best new cars coming in 2024

Cupra Tavascan

The Tarascan isn’t Cupra’s first electric model – that was the Born, a re-branded Volkswagen ID.3 – but it is Cupra’s first standalone electric vehicle. It’s an important distinction because, as we found out this year, Volkswagen is killing off the SEAT brand altogether to focus on Cupra. Cupra, you'll probably know, began life as a trim level before becoming SEAT’s high-performance offshoot, but will now become a youth-oriented electric brand. If the Tavascan is as good as it looks, Volkswagen’s brand gamble will look like a wise one.
2024 Cupra Tavascan
2024 Cupra Tavascan

Renault 5

As per the Tavascan, if the Renault 5 is as good as it looks, it could not only be a huge boost to Renault, but also to the electric car market itself. The 5 has all the hallmarks of a cutting-edge EV: futuristic exterior, minimalist interior, good battery range (up to 250 miles), and vehicle-to-grid tech – like a Porsche Taycan. The thing is, Renault is aiming for an £18,000 starting price for all this. “Gamechanger” is an overused word, but…
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2024 Renault 5
2024 Renault 5

Porsche Macan

Porsche turning the Macan into an electric vehicle is a pretty obvious move, really. The Macan is the company’s cheapest and best-selling car, so it’ll make for a great ‘entry-level’ Porsche EV, considerably cheaper than the Taycan. That said, making it electric will bump up the starting price considerably, to around £70,000, while also fundamentally changing the character of what many consider to be the best-to-drive sub-£100k SUV on the market. It'll be thunderously quick though. We’re looking forward to trying it.
2024 Porsche Macan
2024 Porsche Macan

Kia EV3

The EV3 is the smallest and cheapest of a bunch of new Kia EVs just around the corner, and that makes it the most interesting. It should cost less than £30,000 when it arrives, making it a stylish rival to the (very successful) MG4, and almost certainly with better cabin quality and refinement than the MG. You can read much more about it here.
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2024 Kia EV3
2024 Kia EV3

MG Cyberster

Speaking of MG, the company is FINALLY getting back into the roadster market in 2024 – but probably not in the way most people expected. Sure, in most ways it follows the classic MG formula: it’s a convertible with two doors, two seats, and a fabric roof. But the Cyberster is fully electric. Back to the future. Or something. It’s proper quick – the twin-motor version will have at least 500 horsepower – and the chassis development has links to the Ferrari F1 team, in a roundabout way. Should be cracking.
2024 MG Cyberster
2024 MG Cyberster

Citroen e-C3

Citroen hasn’t quite gone ‘full Renault’ with its electric-car-for-the-masses target, but the e-C3 does look like it’ll be one of the most cost-effective electric cars on sale in 2024. While aiming for a sub-£25,000 starting price, the new e-C3 will have loads of space, decent battery range (about 200 miles) and super-floaty “progressive hydraulic cushion” suspension as standard.
2024 Citroen e-C3
2024 Citroen e-C3

Alfa Romeo Milano

Every now and again, Alfa Romeo pops up with something that feels like it just might… possibly… perhaps… send the brand back into the mainstream, where it really should be. In 2024 it’s the turn of the Milano, the company’s first EV and making use of the electric platform underpinning the Fiat 600e and the Jeep Avenger. You can make up the rest yourself: something about “more Italian style” and “sporty handling”. You'll have to imagine how it looks for now too, because all we've had to date is a picture of a sheet draped over an SUV-shaped thing.
Read more: Coming soon: Alfa Romeo Milano
2024 Alfa Romeo Milano
2024 Alfa Romeo Milano

Mercedes EQG

Yep, the very image of on-road SUV profligacy is going electric in 2024. It’s not as weird as it seems. Making the G-Wagon electric will add a huge dose of virtue to Premier League training grounds nationwide, but more importantly, will actually make the car better. Hear us out. It’s still going to be a proper off-roader with a body-on-frame chassis and four-wheel drive, but now it’ll be even quicker, quieter, and reasonably cheap to run. The battery range will be around 400 miles, making it one of the most convenient electric cars on the planet.
2024 Mercedes-Benz EQG
2024 Mercedes-Benz EQG

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