EVs – what’s coming next in 2025

There’s no stopping the flow of new EVs, and their attractiveness as a company car is set to continue for years to come.

With zero emissions, they sit in the lowest 3% benefit in kind tax band for 2025/26 which rises to only 9% in 2029/30. So there’s a real incentive to choose an EV for a company car both from an environmental angle and from a financial point of view.

It’s not only company car drivers that benefit, but employees where companies offer electric car salary sacrifice can also enjoy a range of tax breaks that makes EVs more cost effective to run than leasing an EV personally. To find out more, head over to our salary sacrifice scheme for EVs page.

But for now, sit back and enjoy our bumper selection of new EVs coming your way in 2025, including some new names and lots of new technology.

BMW iX3

The next generation of electric BMWs will usher in a whole new look for a favourite among company car drivers. The next version of the iX3 (think 3-Series SUV) will kick off the range of NEUE KLASSE (new class – a name from the 1960s) BMWs, and we’ve had a good taster with the Vision Neue Klasse SUV concept.

The iX3 and then other new BMW will be brimming with new technology such as four high-performance computers, providing more than 20 times the computing power compared to the current vehicle generation. Crucially, the new batteries can potentially be charged with up to 186 miles in only ten minutes – great news for busy fleet drivers.

On sale December from an estimated £65,000 +
Maximum range: significantly more than the 286 miles of current iX3

BYD Atto 2 Boost

The BYD Atto 2 is an urban sized (4.3m long) SUV which is a rival for the likes of the Kia EV3, MINI Aceman and Skoda Elroq. In the UK there’ll be one version, the Atto 2 Boost, which has the biggest battery available. BYD says its ‘Blade Battery’ is particularly compact, and the top part of the casing acts as the floor of the car, which is completely flat – useful for sitting three people across the back seat.

All Attos 2s have a panoramic sunroof and come with vegan leather seats which are also easy to wipe clean. It’s also one of those EVs where you can plug in accessories like video game consoles, chargers, a kettle or a mini fridge. Like other BYDs, the central screen can be rotated from portrait to landscape as you like.

On sale summer 2025
Maximum range: up to 259 miles

Denza Z9GT

OK, so it’s not on UK sale until early 2026, but we couldn’t resist the Denza. Just when you thought there were a lot more car brands popping up, here’s a new premium brand from the mighty Chinese BYD company aiming at BMW and Mercedes buyers. The designer is Wolfgang Egger, who has worked for Audi and Alfa Romeo in the past. The first Denza in the UK will be the Z9GT sports estate, with three electric motors and a supercar-like 925bhp. Later, there’ll be a plug-in hybrid version.

Inside it’ll major on luxury and comfort with leather seats, air suspension and a built-in fridge. One extraordinary party trick which has been reported on, is the ability to pivot its wheels and sidle sideways into a parking space like a crab. Yes, really…

On sale late 2025. Price TBC
Maximum range: up to 391 miles

Fiat Grande Panda Electric

As part of the giant Stellantis group, the Grande Panda is based on the Vauxhall Frontera and Citroen’s e-C3 but is completely distinctive to look at. If you remember the original Giugiaro-designed Fiat Panda this one’s just as boxy and as compact – a city-sized SUV. With plenty of playful Panda badges dotted around and stamped into the doors.

The interior promises to seat five, offers lots of storage and in the top version has a glovebox covered in bamboo fibre. The cleverest idea by far is an integrated charging cable, which you just unwind from under the bonnet and plug into lower voltage chargers such as those on streets. With a 44kWh battery, up to 195 miles is claimed.

Also available as a petrol car, the electric Grande Panda starts at £20,975, so it’ll cost buttons as a salary sacrifice car.

On sale now from £20,975
Maximum range: up to 195 miles

Hyundai Ioniq 9

It’ll be Hyundai’s flagship EV with a flagship price. Due later in 2025, the Ioniq 9 (related to the Kia EV9) is a striking five-metre long American-sized SUV with three rows of seats, so can fit six or seven adults. The middle row seats are ‘captains chairs’ which swivel round to face the back row. There are cubbyholes and USB charge points all over the Ioniq 9.

Instead of door mirrors there are digital cameras looking down the sides with interior screens at the ends of the dashboard. Its 110.3 kWh battery is bigger than the Kia’s but with 800V electronic architecture can be plugged into ultra-rapid chargers up to 350kW DC, and is claimed to recharge from 10 to 80% in 24 minutes

On sale autumn 2025 from an estimated £80,000
Maximum range: up to 385 miles

Kia EV4

Kia is becoming a major fleet favourite and covering every base with a distinctive EV in every segment. Size-wise, the Kia EV4 will be a rival to the Tesla Model 3 – likely at a much lower price. The hatchback will be the most popular but it also comes as a swoopy traditional saloon with a separate boot, longer than the squared-off hatchback,

The interior is meant to be simple and airy and is packed full of tech. A TV pack will allow your passenger to amuse themselves with Netflix and the like. For working on the move, sliding the centre console becomes a table for coffee cups or a laptop.

The entry-level EV4 gets a 58.3kWh battery or for an impressive amount of range, a 81.4kWh battery. Rapid charging is possible with 31 minutes to go from 10-80%

On sale autumn 2025 from around £35,000
Maximum range: up to 391 miles

Kia EV5

The EV5 completes Kia’s suite of chunky (yet aerodynamic) and distinctive electric SUVs. It’s a size above the Kia EV3 and below the EV9 – making it a competitor for the Volvo EX40, BMW iX, Volkswagen ID.4 and Ford Explorer.

Kia says the interior is more ‘lounge’ than a traditional car cabin, and it’s very versatile. The second row of seats can be folded flat to become a camping bed and there’s a food storage compartment in the rear console that can cool down drinks or keep a bacon sandwich warm. Part of the boot floor becomes a table across the boot.

The battery choices available for the UK have yet to be published but there will be a choice of two and front or four-wheel drive.

On sale November from about £40,000
Maximum range: over 300 miles

MG Cyberster

An electric sports car? As a company car? Well, here’s another one we can’t resist showing you; the MG Cyberster (not ‘star’) convertible. It shows just how confident the modern MG brand has become on the back of talented fleet favourites like the MG4. Perhaps if you have your own company…

One or two motors will give you two or four-wheel drive, the latter in the GT model with a sporty 503bhp. Both versions have the same 77kWh battery and MG claims the single motor Cyberster will give you up to 316 miles combined range. The fun is in those looks and scissor doors which pivot upwards – great for show and good for tight spaces!

Excitingly, MG has just announced that a concept version of the Cyberster coupé is to go into production as a 2+2 hard top coupe later this year.

On sale now from £54,995
Maximum range: up to 316 miles

Mercedes-Benz CLA

It may look a lot like the old petrol-powered CLA saloon, but the new electric CLA is going to be a deeply desirable company car thanks to its ground-breaking battery range and charging tech.

By condensing some of the technology from the EQS limo, with an 800-volt electric system and new battery chemistries the maximum claimed range for the CLA 250+ with EQ Technology is up to an incredible 492 miles, and crucially, will still travel a claimed 431 miles at motorway speeds. When you do stop for that essential break, it can recharge up to 186 miles within 10 minutes.

There’ll be a hybrid petrol version, but if you have the electric CLA you gain a huge ‘frunk’ under the bonnet.

On sale late 2025 at an estimated £50,000 +
Maximum range: up to 492 miles

Nissan Leaf

It was an electric car pioneer, but the Sunderland-built Nissan Leaf became overshadowed by its rivals and ended production in 2024. The third generation shares much of its makeup with the larger 2023 Nissan Ariya SUV (and some Renaults) and will have more of a higher-riding crossover stance yet is slightly shorter than the current Leaf.

Nissan hasn’t yet given any details or shown an interior, but a range of up to 350 miles has been reported. The new Leaf will still be British-built and be followed by a new electric Juke in the same factory from 2026.

On sale late 2025 from an estimated £30,000 (based on old leaf)
Maximum range estimated up to 350 miles

Nissan Micra

Over to France now, for a revival of an old name as an all-electric supermini for Europe. The new Micra uses the ‘AmpR Small platform’ shared with Renault’s 5-E-Tech, and it also shares a lot of the Renault’s dimensions, but with a completely different look and a smiley face with big round daytime running lights. It will be built at the Ampere ElectriCity plant in Douai, France.

Like the Renault, the new Micra will be available with two battery options: 40 and 52kWh, providing a claimed maximum range of over 248 miles. Based on the prices of the Renault, it should start at around £22,000

On sale late 2025 from an estimated £22,000
Maximum range: up to 248 miles

Renault 4 E-Tech

Now that the Renault 5 of the 1970s has been re-imagined as an EV this summer comes a new take on its ancestor the Renault 4 (which you may not be old enough to remember…). Longer than the R5 E-Tech, the R4 E-Tech blends the old style into a compact SUV, including the original triangular third rear window and an optional electric folding fabric sunroof. For load carrying the front passenger seat folds forwards.

There’s a choice of a 52 kWh battery with 150 hp motor and a 250-mile range, or a 40 kWh battery and 120 hp motor with a 186-mile range.

On sale July from an expected £30,000
Maximum range: up to 186 miles

Suzuki e-Vitara

Suzuki’s first all-electric model the e-Vitara has gone for a chunky off-road look, with black plastic cladding to shrug off parking knocks – and it looks quite different from the current Vitara petrol hybrid too. It’s a joint venture with Toyota, a twin of the Toyota Urban Cruiser, which arrives in the autumn.

A competitor to the compact MINI Aceman, the e-Vitara should have genuine off-road ability from an electric motor front and rear. In slippery conditions downhill a ‘Trail’ mode applies the brakes to send the grip to the right wheels.

A 49 and 61kWh battery will be offered and two or four-wheel drive with a likely 250-mile range from the larger power pack.

On sale later in 2025 from an expected £30,000
Maximum range: up to 250 miles

Toyota C-HR+

The original Toyota CH-R hybrid’s good looks won it lots of fans, and it continues on sale. This new electric model takes some of that CH-R style and applies it to an all-new electric SUV coupé with a swooping rear deck. In Toyota’s electric range, it’s below the Toyota bZ4X and is MINI Countryman-sized.

Everyone onboard gets to share the tech; there are two wireless smartphone chargers and rear cabin USB ports; rear cabin air conditioning controls; and a panoramic roof.

Choose from a 57.7kWh battery in the front-wheel drive model or a 77kWh battery for both front and all-wheel drive powertrains. Toyota says it will have sportier handling than the hybrid C-HR and in all-wheel drive form it is powerful and quick with 338bhp and 0-62mph in just 5.2 seconds.

On sale late 2025 from an expected £38,000
Maximum range: up to 373 miles

Range Rover Electric

Jaguar’s gone to sleep, but the big news for 2025 in the Land Rover side of the business will be the first all-electric Range Rover, for you are invited to join a waiting list. The petrol hybrid and diesel RRs continue.

What do we know about the electric Range Rover? Well, it’ll look reassuringly like the ones already on sale and has been exhaustively tested on every kind of rough stuff and at every temperature as you’d expect (including deserts). It’ll be just as fast as a petrol Range Rover, even quieter and is reported to offer 350-400 miles of range (outside of sand dunes).

On sale late 2025, likely £120,000 upwards
Maximum range: up to 400 miles

Skywell Q

Another new name, Skywell currently offers the BE11, mid-sized SUV and next comes the all-electric Skywell Q which is about the same size as a Volkswagen ID.3 (or VW Golf for that matter) which will be followed by the Skyhome executive saloon and a large panel van.

Like other new Chinese brands, the equipment leaves little to the options choice apart from colours. The Q (don’t say Bond car) has a large opening ‘Skyroof’, a 360° panoramic parking camera and 128-colour ambient lighting should you wish.

There are two battery choices, the larger battery offering a combined range of over 300 miles according to Skywell and a recharge time of around 20 minutes (10% to 80%).

On sale August 2025 likely from £30,000
Maximum range: over 300 miles

Xpeng x6

Xpeng launched in the UK this year with its boldly styled electric SUV coupé, the G6, the first of a line of premium EVs. The brand is named after its founder, He Xiaopeng.

Like the future models, the Xpeng G6 comes with 800-volt fast charging technology, usually reserved for more expensive EVs and it can charge at speeds of up to 280kW. Xpeng has partnered with the BP Pulse charging network.

A Tesla Model Y rival, there are two G6 battery options: 66 kWh for up to 270 miles on a charge, or 87.5 kWh for up to 354 miles. Inside it majors on comfort, with eight-way power adjustable front seats.

On sale now from £39,990
Maximum range: up to 354 miles

Leapmotor B10

Leapmotor is becoming a more familiar name as the Chinese brand is selling its European cars through a joint venture with the Stellantis Group, which owns the likes of Fiat and Peugeot, so you’ll see Leapmotor models at Stellantis dealerships.

The tiny T03 city car was first to the UK followed by the mid-size electric SUV the C10, and this summer the B10 arrives, a compact hatchback with the C10’s SUV looks to take on such as the Kia EV3. The price or the technical specs have yet to be given, but based on the C10 expect the B10 to be a simple choice of one-generously-equipped model at a competitive price.

On sale summer 2025 at around £30,000
Maximum range: to be confirmed

Alpine A390

Alpine (say ‘Al-peen’) is the beloved French national sportscar, 70 years old this year but still not well-known here. Owned by Renault, all new models are fully electric. The Renault 5-based Alpine A290 hot hatchback has just gone on sale and this spring the A390 is what Alpine calls its first sport fastback, a full five-seater SUV. The concept car is pictured.

Built in France at the historic Dieppe factory, the A390 will be unmistakable on the road with something of the style of the A110 sports car. Unusually, it’s powered by three electric motors and is pitched at the premium Porsche Macan market – but likely to be rarer.

On sale December from an estimated £60,000
Maximum range: to be confirmed