
Welcome to Top Gear's Electric Awards 2025: the best EVs in the world right now
The electric class of 2025, in one handy list

Best EV hypercar: Lotus Evija
āJust look at it. Designed by a team led by the indefatigable Russell Carr, it has roughly the impact of a meteor thatās crash landed into Earth. Not bad for something the worldās had six years to get used toā¦ā
Advertisement - Page continues belowEV weāre most looking forward to driving in 2025: Renault 5 Turbo 3E
āLunacy is what the Renault 5 Turbo has always been about, its raison dāetre stretching back to the 1980 original is to shock, amaze, be unruly and make no senseā¦ā
Best EV design: Honda 0 Series
āIf these cars reach production exactly as they are, Honda wonāt be winning any awards for its naming strategy. Thankfully, the 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes unveiled at CES 2025 both look incredibleā¦ā
Advertisement - Page continues belowBest EV SUV: Polestar 3
āThe standard Polestar 3 is technology turned up to 10. Itās a connected car that successfully channels cutting edge solutions, while also being a beautifully designed, clean driving and thoroughly useful SUV. But up here I need more, which must be why Polestar created the 3 Arctic Circleā¦ā
Best EV off roader: Mercedes-Benz G580e
āItās still a G. Looks like a G, feels like a G, shimmies and shudders like a G, itās engineered like a G, off roads like a G. Actually, it off roads better than any G beforeā¦ā
Best luxury EV: Rolls-Royce Spectre Black Badge
āSure, youāve got a couple of modes to talk about with your pals over a quick bite at Nobu, but the essential Rolls-Royceness remains, now with added bragging rightsā¦ā
Best EV estate: BMW i5 Touring
āThe enormous breadth of smug ability served up by BMWās vast i5 Touring means the rest frankly neednāt have botheredā¦ā
Advertisement - Page continues belowBest bargain EV: Dacia Spring
āThe Spring is actually surprisingly fun to drive. Not so much for passengers, thereās a lot of lean. Itās a bit like driving a modernised version of a 2CVā¦ā
Best EV crossover: Kia EV3
āIām frankly staggered how the EV3 is taking all of this in its stride. The distance, the temperature, the relentless schedule, the impromptu off roading. No worries. No error messages or glitchesā¦ā
Advertisement - Page continues belowBest EV super saloon: Porsche Taycan Turbo GT
āItās as fast as you could feasibly want to goā¦ā
Best seven seat EV: Hyundai Ioniq 9
āThe Ioniq 9 is surprisingly adroit. This is an upmarket play from Hyundaiā¦ā
Best compact EV: Renault 5
āDown a road it has a harmony and neatness of motion. The damping is fluid and mature. So you feel confident working it hard. Itās a sophisticated carā¦ā
Electric car of the year: Renault 4
āAll this classic car stuff neednāt matter if you donāt care about car design history or cultural resonance. The new Renault 4 is a smart little modern car in itself, recognisably different from the waves of generic looking stuff washing up in dealers all over the country.
āIn the EV age, design maters more and moreā¦ā
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