This retro-futurist crossover earns strong tester praise for its charging speed, space and value, ranking among the best electric family cars.
Electric cars by maker origin
Our Top 21 EVs grouped by the maker’s home market. Scores map road-test and owner ratings (What Car?, Autocar, U.S. News and others) to 1–100. Several European-badged cars are owned by Chinese groups — noted where relevant.
South Korea
2 picks; highest score here: Hyundai Ioniq 5 (88).
The sister car's pace and design earn warm scores from drivers wanting Ioniq 5 technology with sharper styling and GT versions.
China
MG is owned by SAIC Motor; Zeekr is a Geely brand.
This bargain electric hatchback keeps winning European value awards and strong star averages for its range and equipment at disruptive prices.
The Chinese electric sedan earns attention for battery technology and equipment levels that undercut legacy rivals on UK tester score sheets.
This Chinese shooting-brake EV earns strong early interest from European testers for pace, equipment and design that unsettle the legacy brands.
Europe
Volvo and Polestar are Swedish brands owned by Geely.
The electric 4 Series Gran Coupe earns warm handling praise from drivers who want BMW manners without a crossover's tall stance.
This unconventional luxury electric SUV earns strong tester marks for quiet thrust and cabin technology, despite its famously polarizing exterior design.
Volkswagen's electric saloon earns solid European tester marks for space and long-range manners, appealing to drivers moving on from their Passats.
This compact Volvo EV earns warm European tester praise for its safety equipment and city manners, packed into a small footprint.
This Swedish-designed electric hatch earns solid marks for its Google software and taut drive, though rear space trails some rival crossovers.
This French electric SUV earns solid praise from European testers for style and cabin design within the mainstream family EV segment.
This French compact EV earns solid European scores for ride and value in markets where the Megane name still carries weight.
This Spanish-branded hot electric hatch earns warm driving scores from buyers who want ID.3 bones wrapped in a sportier, livelier attitude.
The electric Macan keeps Porsche handling manners alive for drivers who refuse to settle for a dull, barge-like long-range electric SUV.
This S-Class electric lounge earns solid luxury marks for hush and technology, though early debates about range anxiety cooled some scores.
United States
5 picks; highest score here: Rivian R1S (87).
This adventure electric SUV earns strong scores for off-road theater and range, though its price and service network remain fairly exclusive.
This long-range luxury EV dazzles with engineering and cabin quiet, while ownership samples remain thinner than legacy brand rivals currently offer.
This Mustang-badged electric crossover earns solid American tester marks for its driving feel, though software updates remain a frequent talking point.
The world's volume electric SUV still wins on network and software, while debates over panel gaps keep some tester scores mid-high.
The volume EV benchmark still leads on software and charging access, though build-quality debates keep tester scores just short of perfection.
Japan
1 pick.
The Ariya crossover earns respectable scores for comfort and cabin design, while trailing the class leaders on peak DC charging speed.
How these scores work
Every line is exactly 21 words, an original paraphrase of public consensus. Scores (1–100) are mapped from named public aggregates, last checked 2026-11-02:
- EVs: road-test and owner composites (What Car?, Autocar, U.S. News and others)
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