Best Electric SUVs 2024

SUVs remain a popular choice for everyone from families to adventure seekers and dog owners. Buying a pure electric SUV has never been easier, with most brands now offering an electric version, alongside petrol, diesel and hybrid variants. Here we round up the best electric SUVs on sale in 2024.

The electric version of the XC40 (petrols and hybrids are also available) has Volvo’s new Google-driven infotainment screen on board and is good for about 250 miles between charges. On top of that, it has Volvo’s great safety systems and legendary comfort in smart, practical packaging.
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You could argue that calling this “Megane” was a bit odd, because it’s nothing like the Meganes before it. Nothing wrong with the old Meganes, but the E-Tech here is a high-tech, highly spacious electric hatchback in the SUV-style. We called it “creative, imaginative and pleasant” when we lived with one recently. It has some niggles, which you can read all about in our long-term test updates, but good battery range, useful technology and a comfortable driving experience make it a zero emissions family car that’s easy to recommend.
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The choice is all yours, depending on budget. Choose from a range of between 249 and 339 miles according to performance and model and rear- or all-wheel drive. There’s performance aplenty (0-62mph in 5.8 seconds) and those looks turn heads. All at a reasonable price.
Read more about the Ford Mustang Mach-E and watch Rory Reid’s video roadtest on Auto Trader

The Model Y feels like the best Tesla yet, with build-quality niggles sorted, great steering and handling, a handsome profile and a massive tailgate for great access to the boot space. It’s also good for about 360 miles between charges and comes with a generous amount of kit.
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Brand new for 2024, the latest Hyundai Kona builds on everything great about the outgoing car. It’s basically a sensible, spacious family SUV with decent range (up to 260 miles) and a well-designed, intuitive infotainment system. But by taking styling cues from the Hyundai Ioniq cars, and adding quirky stiff like the ‘pixelated seamless horizon lamp’ at the front, it’s much more interesting now. Space is improved too. The boot has swelled by 40 per cent. And all this for thousands less than an Ioniq 5.
Check out our Hyundai Kona Electric review on YouTube

We love the coupe/SUV styling of Audi’s Sportback range. The Q4 Sportback joins other E-Tron models in a rapidly expanding electrified range from Audi. The entry-level Q4 35 offers 217 miles whereas the Q4 40 version offers a claimed maximum range of 328 miles, which should be enough to overcome any anxiety over reaching your intended destination. If you prefer a traditional SUV shape and a little more practicality the standard Q4 E-Tron does the same within a more conventional, square-backed profile.
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Unsurprisingly, this large family SUV from Skoda offers great value for money. Electric cars are on average 16 per cent more expensive than their petrol or diesel counterparts, and you’d expect this price tag to belong to the fossil-fuelled version, not the pure electric one. A range of over 300 miles for a heavy car like this, at this price, is pretty fantastic.
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The MG4 is almost certainly the best-value electric car on sale. At £27,000 it’s five grand cheaper than a Vauxhall Corsa Electric. But it doesn’t feel cheap at all – a real step up from the MG ZS, inside and out. The interior is neat and functional, it’s packed with safety features as standard, and the driving experience is comfortable and composed. Some of the cabin plastics feel built down to a price, and rear legroom is a little tight, but no big deal. And if you’re feeling silly, there’s the mad XPower version that gives you a 3.8-second 0-62mph time for less than £40,000. It’s probably too quick, really. Still… fun.
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Because SUVs are trendier than whatever’s on the big sale rack in Flannels, even proper sports car manufacturers have realised that they need to have one. Hence, Lotus got in on the act in 2023 with the Eletre. It could have backfired horribly – the Eletre is basically the opposite of everything that Lotus has always stood for. Thankfully, it’s brilliant, with a proper sense of futuristic luxury and yet a driving experience that makes a mockery of its SUV shape. The 900 horsepower twin motor Eletre R is the best experience, but even a basic one will give you 603 horsepower (quick enough) and a 373-mile range.
Watch our video on the Lotus Eletre here

With the iX, BMW copied the blueprint it set with the i3, by thinking outside the box to design an electric car that’s truly unique. The i3, of course, was a super weird, carbon fibre-bodied hatchback with suicide doors that’s become an EV classic. The iX probably won’t end up with the same cult following, but it is one of the most interesting and idiosyncratic cars ever made. The ‘lounge concept’ interior is marvellous – spacious, luxurious and full of surprise-and-delight features like the glass switchgear. It’s far from cheap – you can spend £120,000 on one – but it does feel very special in its own distinctive way.
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