Range anxiety? Here are 26 range-extender EVs on sale now (or coming soon)

On sale: 2027 (North America)

Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning died late last year a little over three years after it hit production, but the idea of an electric version of America’s most popular vehicle hasn’t gone away altogether. At the time of its cancellation, Ford confirmed plans to bring it back as a range extender, with a combustion engine generator on board to push overall range beyond 700 miles. Further details are scarce for now, but it shouldn’t be too long before we find out more.

On sale: now in China, potentially 2028 in Europe

This is the first model from the unexpected revival of the Freelander name as a standalone brand, a tie-in between JLR and Chery with the British company handling design and the Chinese one supplying the tech. A range extender SUV with a 60kWh battery boosted by a 1.5-litre turbo engine, it gets up to 818bhp. Because of course it does. European sales are only a rumour for now, but given Chery’s willingness to roll out new brands in Europe (Jaecoo, Omoda, Lepas and Chery itself), we wouldn’t be surprised to see Freelander join them.

On sale: 2027

Hyundai is betting big on range extenders, and that’ll include its upmarket Genesis brand. The company confirmed at its 2026 investor day that a Genesis EREV will launch in 2027, bringing upwards of 640 miles of range, and while details beyond that are thin on the ground, industry chatter points to it being a version of the likeable but flawed GV70 SUV.

On sale: 2027

Confirmed at the same Hyundai event was a range extender version of the ultra-chunky new Santa Fe, which is already well in development and which should arrive in early 2027. Upwards of 600 miles is promised before it’s out of both electricity and dinosaur juice. Hyundai’s range extender push, though, is likely to be concentrated on the US and China – whether either of these vehicles makes it to Europe, where EREVs face more regulatory hurdles, is unconfirmed.

On sale: 2028 or 2029

The Ineos Fusilier was happening, then wasn’t happening, and now is apparently happening again, albeit later than originally planned – the launch date has slipped from an originally planned 2027 to 2028 or potentially even 2029, at which point it’ll be five years since it was unveiled. The son-of-Grenadier is eventually due to get both EREV and full EV versions, but the range extender is likely to arrive first.

On sale: late 2026 (North America)

The first of a batch of North American market EREVs from Stellantis is a version of the enormous Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The range extender part of the equation will be suitably big, too – rather than a compact turbo unit, the engine acting as a generator will be Chrysler’s trusty and lightly ancient 3.6-litre V6. It’ll be used to top up a 92kWh battery, which in turn will feed a pair of motors packing a total of 647bhp. After multiple delays, it’s set to finally go into production in the last months of 2026.

On sale: late 2027

Karma is the company that formed from the ashes of Fisker, which went bankrupt in 2014 (not to be confused with Fisker, which went bankrupt in 2024), and has been steadily building updated versions of the original Fisker Karma since 2016. It’s got plans to expand that range, though, starting with the Amaris, a handsome two-door coupe with a 708bhp EREV powertrain. Last we heard, Q4 of 2027 has been earmarked for sales to begin.

On sale: late 2026

Karma’s other upcoming range extender is the Gyesera, the successor to the Revero that’s been its bread and butter since day one, although it’s pretty clearly still based on the original Fisker Karma that entered production way back in 2011. That’s no bad thing, though: 15 years on, it’s still as handsome a shape as ever. It promises 566bhp, 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds, and a $140k starting price when it goes on sale in the US in late 2026.

On sale: by 2030 (North America)

Kia has never sold a pickup in North America before, but with trucks’ popularity showing no signs whatsoever of slowing down, it’s getting ready to jump into this mega-lucrative corner of the market, complete with both full EV and range extender versions, likely sharing a powertrain with Hyundai’s upcoming EREVs. With a launch still several years off, we don’t have many other details, but Kia has confirmed it won’t be based on the Tasman, the bizarrely-styled pickup it sells in other parts of the world.

On sale: 2029 (North America)

Confirmed by Kia at its 2026 investor day presentation, the Telluride – its massive North American market three-row SUV – is gaining a range extender version in 2029. Like all the other upcoming EREVs from the Hyundai/Kia/Genesis trio, we don’t have many details beyond that, but once again, expect it to share its powertrain with its relatives.

On sale: now

While range extenders are a huge deal in China and growing in the US, they’re in a trickier spot in Europe, thanks to a quirk in the way the WLTP test cycle calculates emissions. One of the only manufacturers to actually offer true range extenders, now that the unloved Mazda MX-30 R-EV is dead, is Stellantis-affiliated Chinese company Leapmotor, whose B10 compact electric crossover also comes with the option of a 1.5-litre petrol engine generator, providing a quoted 559 miles of range.

On sale: now

We wouldn’t blame you one bit for not having paid much attention to Leapmotor’s lineup. Neither have we, to be honest. The C10, though, which is a larger EV crossover (think Skoda Enyaq/VW ID.4 size), comes with the same 1.5-litre range extender setup as its little sibling. Because it’s a bigger car, and thus can fit a bigger battery, its combined range sits at 602 miles.

On sale: now

There is one range extender which plenty of people in Britain have experienced, albeit while fighting the urge to redecorate the interior with lots of lagery spew, because it’s the modern take on the London black cab. Developed by Geely and built in Coventry, it uses a dual-motor electric powertrain with the 1.5-litre three-cylinder engine from the Volvo XC40 serving as a generator. There’s a van version too, the VN5. There’s a next-gen cab coming in 2027, though, and it’s not clear whether it’ll keep the EREV setup.

On sale: 2027 (North America)

Plans for electrified versions of the pickup formerly known as the Dodge Ram have always included a range extender, but with the fully electric version killed off during development, it’s now only the EREV that’ll make it to showrooms as the first range extender pickup in North America. Due on sale in spring 2027 after several delays, it’ll share its 647bhp dual-motor powertrain and hefty 3.6-litre V6 ‘generator’ with the Jeep Grand Wagoneer EREV.

On sale: late 2020s

One of the few companies actively working on range extenders for Europe is Renault. Its next-generation EV platform, the utterly unmemorably-named RGEV 2.0, is being developed to accommodate range extender powertrains too, with the company promising up to 870 miles of overall range from the setup. Exactly what vehicles will get these powertrains, though, is currently unknown.

On sale: 2028 (North America)

Scout, a new VW-owned off-road brand borrowing its name and its retro stylings from the old International Scout 4x4, plans to launch a duo of closely related models in 2028, a year later than originally planned. They’ll be available as both full EVs and range extenders, the latter of which will be badged as Harvesters. For some reason. The Terra is the pickup version…

On sale: 2028 (North America)

…and the Traveler is the SUV version. Exact details are still under wraps, but the duo will get proper body-on-frame construction and lots of other off-road goodies, and the range extenders, which will likely use an existing VW engine as their generators, are slated to provide upwards of 500 miles of total range.

On sale: Now in China, 2027 in Europe

Despite the arrival of a new Chinese car in Europe seemingly every day, the vast majority of range extenders available in China haven’t made the jump westward. One that will, though, is the Xpeng L03, which the company calls “a Next-Gen AI SUV Coupe.” Us neither. It’ll come as a full EV too, but the range extender, which gets a 1.5-litre petrol engine as its generator, is expected to get around 600 miles of WLTP range.

On sale: Now in China, potentially 2027 in Europe

Yangwang is a brand you’ve almost certainly heard of by now, even if it currently doesn’t sell any cars outside China. That’s set to change soon, though, with a European launch for the BYD-owned luxury brand planned for 2027. That launch will almost certainly include the U8, a monolithic 1,180bhp range extender SUV. You’ve probably seen viral clips of it, wincing in sympathy with its tyres as it does a 360-degree turn on the spot or watching it being lightly amphibious.

On sale: Now, technically

Not a car, but “a dedicated all-in-one engine and generator package,” according to its maker, the strangely-named Renault/Geely powertrain partnership, Horse. It’s designed as a ‘drop-in’ solution for manufacturers caught on the bounce by faltering EV demand, offering a compact suitcase-sized petrol engine that can theoretically allow an existing EV to be converted to an EREV with comparatively little effort. Horse offers similar packages allowing EVs to be turned into regular hybrids too, although to our knowledge, neither have any takers yet.

A lot of blurred lines exist where range extenders and plug-in hybrids overlap, with some manufacturers using the terms almost interchangeably. BYD, for instance, says its Super DM plug-in hybrid system functions like both a PHEV and a range extender, because it’s designed to prioritise electric power and only trouble the petrol engine when it really needs to. Because the combustion engine can drive the wheels, though, it’s not really a true range extender system – and BYD’s not the only company to take this route.

Fellow Chinese company Chery, for instance, promises similar EREV-like behaviour from its Super Hybrid system, versions of which are found in Chery, Jaecoo, Omoda and Lepas cars (all sub-brands of the main Chery mega-corp). In fact, until very recently, the massive Omoda 9 claimed the longest electric range of any PHEV on sale in the UK, at 93 miles. It can also hit 62mph in 4.9 seconds, for reasons we don’t entirely understand.

Even closer to being a ‘true’ range extender, but still capable of driving the wheels directly from the engine, is the Lotus Eletre X, the new hybrid version of the massive purist-enraging electric SUV. Electric power, though, is very much the order of the day, with a quoted 217-mile all-electric range, way above what you’d expect from even the leggiest traditional plug-in hybrids. See what we mean about the lines being blurred?

Nissan’s e-Power hybrids are a whole thing of their own. Functionally, they’re range extenders, meaning the combustion engine is only there to juice up the batteries and never drive the wheels. Where they differ is that ‘true’ EREVs can be plugged in and charged like full EVs, whereas this curious setup can’t – you refuel it when the petrol generator is running low, and the car decides how much charge the battery gets. You can get this system in the Euro-market Qashqai and X-Trail hybrids, and now in the North American Rogue Hybrid too.

Volvo’s latest generation of plug-in hybrids push further than ever into range-extender territory – in fact, when the first, the Chinese-market XC70, was announced, Volvo cheekily called it an ‘extended-range plug-in hybrid’. The updated XC60 PHEV is the new leader when it comes to electric range for PHEVs, with an almighty 124 miles, but at the end of the day, it’s still a traditional PHEV, just one that can go very far without troubling the engine.

Coming to Europe (but potentially not the UK) soon – and let’s face it, you’re not going to miss it when it arrives – the enormous Zeekr 9X uses a version of the same almost-a-range-extender system as the Lotus Eletre X (both brands are owned by Geely). When it lands in Europe, it’ll have 885bhp, which sounds like a lot, until you learn that in China, you can get it with 1,380bhp. Then again, that’s way less than most container ships, which are about the same size.