We're moving towards the latter stages of 2024, but there are still several new electric cars on the way to be excited about.
It's been a huge year for EVs, with some of the biggest brands in the industry launching new models: the Lotus Emeya, MG Cyberster, Cupra Born VZ and the new Mini Cooper to name but a few.
This year has also seen the Dacia Spring emerge as the cheapest electric car, assuming you don't count quadricycles.
Car makers are also aiming to satisfy the government's zero-emission vehicle mandate, which requires a certain percentage of cars sold to produce zero emissions.
Essentially, slightly more than one in every five cars that a firm sells in the UK during 2024 has to emit no carbon, and without a hydrogen fuelling infrastructure to speak of, those cars are bound to be battery-electric.
Read on for our guide to the all-new electric cars still to come in 2024 – or, if you’re curious to see which petrol and hybrid cars are also on the way, check our full list of the new cars worth waiting for.
Aiways U5
The Aiways U5 is a competent if uninspiring family SUV from China that has been on sale in mainland Europe since 2020. It’s set to go on sale in the UK soon, priced to rival the Skoda Enyaq.
Read our Aiways U5 review
Citroën ë-C3
The electric version of the new C3 is one of the most important cars arriving next year. That's because it costs from just £21,990 in the UK, making it one of the cheapest electric cars on sale. That price still gets you a 44kWh lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack that delivers an official range of 199 miles, with the ability to charge at rates of up to 100kW.
Read our Citroen e-C3 review
Fiat Topolino
Few cars are as bold a statement of a brand’s identity as the Topolino. It’s the Citroën Ami redesigned in line with Fiat’s ‘dolce vita’ mindset, gaining retro styling and one colour option: mint green. You can even have one with nightclub-style ropes instead of doors.
Everything we know about the Fiat Topolino
Ford E-Transit Custom
Perhaps the most consequential of all the year’s arrivals, given that it’s an electric version of the UK’s best-selling commercial vehicle. Twinned with the next-generation Volkswagen Transporter, the new E-Transit Custom van will be available with a choice of 134bhp and 215bhp rear-mounted motors, both making 306lb ft of torque. Its payload capacity tops out at just above a tonne.
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Autocar loses credibility every time it inserts a comment about Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles into one of these articles. It already seems abundantly clear that hydrogen is just not going to happen for passenger cars.
Yep, correct. But these 'magazines' aren't written by so-called petrolheads, anymore - they are hipsters with green credentials on their CV, and with no experience of driving an MGB GTV8 around a country lane. They haven't a clue.
The little self entitled electic car brats will rejoice.. but of course its just basically more e-trash coming onto the roads.. this madness needs to be stopped there driving (see what i did there) every ones electricity bills through the roof.. because Electric cars use National Grid power.
You created an account to post just once. If you're going to do that why not make it a good interesting post instead of the tripe you did type.
@E****carsI was going to accuse you of being part of the orchestrated fossil fuel lobby against EVs, which is entirely aimed at protecting the profits of the oil industry, not about helping the car buyer benefit from a better product. But then I realised that you can barely string a sentence together, so it was unlikley that you are that organised. For you information, EVs are likely to help lower bills in the future. For a start it is already way cheaper to run an EV so your bills will immediately drop, not increase. Secondly because EVs can become part of an integrated smart grid they will actually lower electricty bills over time by switching consumption to cheaper times of the day. Or you could just charge from solar panels on your roof, which is free.
What about the Fisker Ocean, £36k for the base model. Seems like good value.
Fisker are reported to have stopped production and are said to be seeking a £350 million cash injection. Nissan are supposed to be the likely buyers.