Electric cars and hybrids on the market now – and those coming in 2017 and 2018

Fleet News takes a look at some of the pure electric cars and hybrids expected in 2017 and 2018 as well as compares electric vehicles now comparing P11D price (list price plus options' value and first registration fee), battery range and CO2 emissions.

Kia Niro PHEV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available: Late-2017

Price: £30,000 (estimated)

Power: 141PS

CO2: Less than 30g/km (estimated)

The Kia Niro was launched in the UK last summer and offers an affordable petrol-electric hybrid model in a crossover body. It will share its powertrain with the Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in, and should also offer attractively low CO2 emissions. It will be Kia’s second plug-in model in the UK, joining the Optima PHEV launched in 2016.

Tesla Model 3

 

Available: Late-2018

Price: £40,000 (estimated)

Power: 200PS (estimated)

CO2: 0g/km

Hundreds of thousands of deposits were taken for the Tesla Model 3 a year before any prototypes surfaced, such is the way the technology company has changed the automotive EV landscape.

Tesla has made EVs genuinely exciting and its cars feel like premium products (with premium pricing), but the Model 3 is intended to be ‘affordable’, should seat five adults, achieve more than 200 miles on a single charge and still offer plenty of performance with a 0-60mph acceleration time expected to be around six seconds.

The waiting time to buy one will be considerably longer.

DS 7 Crossback Plug-in Hybrid

Available: 2019

Price: £45,000 (estimated)

Power: 280PS (estimated)

CO2: 40g/km (estimated)

Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobiles are all readying plug-in hybrid technology for launch in the next few years, and the DS 7 Crossback, a medium-sized SUV, will probably be the most sophisticated vehicle we see this technology in.

Standard powertrain versions of this car are set for launch later this year, but these will be front-wheel drive. Only with the introduction of the hybrid version a year or so after the DS 7 Crossback launch, will customers be able to choose a four-wheel drive variant.

Smart Fortwo Electric

 

Available: Autumn 2017

Price: £21,500

Power: 81PS

CO2: 0g/km

This will be the third electric Smart Fortwo on UK roads, although it perhaps doesn’t push the boundaries of what’s possible with electric vehicle technology as much as it should.

A maximum range of just under 100 miles is nothing special, but no other car is as compact as the Fortwo, and perhaps as well-suited to the cut and thrust of urban driving.

Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in

 

Available: July 2017

Price: £30,000 (estimated)

Power: 141PS

CO2: 26g/km

Combining a 104PS 1.6-litre petrol engine with a 60PS electric motor, the Ioniq Plug-in will offer an alternative to the Toyota Prius Plug-in when it arrives this summer.

Few details have been made available at the time of writing, but we expect the car to undercut the Toyota, as the non-plug-in Ioniq does with the standard Prius.

It offers CO2 emissions of 26g/km – slightly higher than the Prius – and can be driven for up to 39 miles on a fully-charged battery.

Smart Forfour Electric

Available: Autumn 2017

Price: £22,000

Power: 81PS

CO2: 0g/km

The first time Smart has offered a four-seat electric vehicle, the Forfor Electric is expected to be more popular than its two-seater sibling.

With a maximum range of 96 miles, it won’t travel quite as far as a Volkswagen E-Up on a single charge, and customers might want to wait for rapid charger-compatible versions that will be introduced in 2018, rather than the earlier.

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell

Available: Late-2017

Price: TBC

Power: 177PS

CO2: 0g/km

Honda has been a pioneer in the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology, but it has taken until 2017 for it to launch one in the UK.

Honda expects extremely low volume for the UK, partly because of the lack of a refuelling infrastructure.

However, with 177PS and instantaneous torque from its electric motor, as well as no harmful exhaust emissions, it should have appeal for organisations set up to run hydrogen-fuelled vehicles.

But it also heralds future Honda vehicles that will offer multiple zero or ultra-low CO2 emissions on the same platform.

Audi A6 e-tron

Available: 2018

Price: £45,000 (estimated)

Power: 250PS (estimated)

CO2: 45g/km (estimated)

We haven’t seen or heard much of the next-generation Audi A6 yet, other than the fact that it’s destined to follow around a year after the introduction of the current BMW 5 Series, one of its biggest rivals.

Both the 5 Series and the A6’s other big rival, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, offer plug-in hybrid versions, so we expect Audi to extend the roll-out of its e-tron electrified technology to the new A6 range soon after the new model’s introduction.

Volvo XC60 T8 Twin Engine

Available: 2018

Price: £55,000 (estimated)

Power: 410PS

CO2: <45g/km

Volvo’s new XC60 was seen for the first time at the 2017 Geneva motor show, and was shown with the T8 plug-in hybrid powertrain also available on other large Volvo models.

It will have performance that takes the XC60 into the top money for this segment – we expect around £55,000 – as the combination of the car’s turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, plus powerful electric motor results in a 0-62mph time of less than 5.5 seconds.

Audi A8 e-tron

Available: Late-2017

Price: £75,000 (estimated)

Power: 400PS (estimated)

CO2: 49g/km (estimated)

Audi plans to unveil its latest A8 model this summer, and with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series providing ultra-low CO2 rivals with plug-in hybrid variants, we expect

Audi to launch a model that competes.

We expect Audi to be targeting around 400PS with CO2 emissions below 50g/km for this model, with a plug-in charge range of around 30 miles.

Jaguar I-Pace

Available: Late-2018

Price: £60,000 (estimated)

Power: 400PS

CO2: 0g/km

It might look more compact than other large SUVs, but it’s a trick that has been enabled by adopting a fully electric powertrain for the new Jaguar I-Pace.

It’s shorter than an F-Pace, but the I-Pace is roomier inside.

Although we haven’t seen a production version yet, as the car’s launch is still more than a year away, Jaguar is talking of a 300-plus miles range on a full charge, and lively performance from its 400PS electric motor, with 0-62mph achieved in around four seconds.

Electric vehicles available now
	P11D price from (£)	Battery range	CO2 (g/km)
Battery electric
BMW i3	33,015	125	0
Citroen C-Zero	20,440	93	0
Ford Focus Electric	31,625	100	0
Hyundai Ioniq electric	29,440	174	0
Kia Soul EV	30,440	132	0
Mercedes Benz B250 e	33,235	124	0
Nissan e-NV200 Combi	28,252	106	0
Nissan Leaf 24kwh	26,125	124	0
Nissan Leaf 30kwh	30,235	155	0
Peugeot Ion	20,440	93	0
Renault Zoe 22kW	24,290	149	0
Renault Zoe ZE40	28,215	250	0
Tesla Model S	68,330	253	0
Tesla Model X	71,380	259	0
Volkswagen e-Golf	32,135	118	0
Volkswagen e-up	25,225	93	0
Plug-in hybrid/range extenders
Audi A3 e-tron	35,875	31	38
Audi Q7 e-tron	65,945	31	48
BMW 225xe Active Tourer	33,130	25	46
BMW 330e	34,420	25	44
BMW 530e	43,930	29	46
BMW 740Le	70,085	29	49
BMW i3 Range extender	36,165	190	12
BMW i8	106,255	23	49
BMW x5 xDrive40e	55,665	29	77
Kia Optima plug-in hybrid	33,940	33	37
Mercedes Benz C350 e	39,500	19	48
Mercedes-Benz E350 e	45,455	19	49
Mercedes-Benz GLE 500 e	66,485	19	84
Mercedes-Benz S500 e	91,610	20	65
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	34,749	31	41
Toyota Prius Plug-in	31,640	39	22
Volkswagen Golf GTE	30,580	31	38
Volkswagen Passat GTE	36,960	31	40
Volvo V60 Twin Engine	38,650	30	48
Volvo XC90 T8 Hybrid	61,650	25	49
Hydrogen fuel cell
Toyota Mirai	66,000	342	0
Mild hybrid
Ford Mondeo Hybrid	27,870	n/a	92
Hyundai Ioniq hybrid	20,440	n/a	79
Infiniti Q50 3.5h hybrid	41,260	n/a	144
Infiniti Q70 3.5h hybrid	43,410	n/a	145
Kia Niro hybrid	21,490	n/a	88
Lexus CT 200h	22,440	n/a	94
Lexus NX 300h	30,940	n/a	116
Lexus GS 300h	35,940	n/a	104
Lexus GS 450h	52,805	n/a	141
Lexus IS 300h	29,940	n/a	97
Lexus LS 600h	99,450	n/a	199
Lexus RC 300h	39,940	n/a	116
Lexus RX 450h	48,440	n/a	120
Mercedes-Benz C300 hybrid	36,595	n/a	94
Mercedes-Benz S300L hybrid	75,695	n/a	120
Toyota Auris Hybrid	20,840	n/a	79
Toyota CH-R	23,540	n/a	86
Toyota Prius	24,045	n/a	70
Toyota Prius+	27,495	n/a	96
Toyota Rav4	33,070	n/a	118
Toyota Yaris	16,125	n/a	75
Vans
Nissan e-NV200	27,160	106	0
Renault Kangoo ZE	21,813	107	0
Peugeot Partner Electric SE	25,560	106	0
Citroen Berlingo Electric	25,560	106	0
Mitsubishi Outlander Commercial PHEV	30,103	32	42