From Business Insider · Ben Shimkus · · 1m 20s
400-mile EVs arrive as luxury makers lead the charge
BMW, Mercedes and Volvo are rolling out electric cars with 400-plus-mile range, signalling a shift in how the industry tackles American range anxiety.
In brief
BMW, Mercedes and Volvo are rolling out electric cars with 400-plus-mile range, signalling a shift in how the industry tackles American range anxiety. European luxury automakers are launching 400-plus-mile EVs priced around sixty thousand dollars, using smaller battery packs than American competitors to address US…
The 400-mile EV arrives
The auto industry is flipping into the two thousand twenty-seven model year, bringing a new crop of electric vehicles with four hundred plus miles of range.
BMW leads with Neue Klasse
BMW's next-generation Neue Klasse EVs set the pace. The coming i three sedan is expected to travel up to four hundred sixty-eight miles on a charge, while the iX four SUV coupe can go as…
Mercedes and Volvo join in
Mercedes-Benz's coming electric C-Class has a range of up to four hundred seventy-four miles under Europe's testing system.
Smaller batteries, better efficiency
These luxury EVs use smaller, more energy-dense battery cells than American competitors. BMW's iX three has a one hundred nine kilowatt-hour battery, almost half the size of G M's highest-range electric vehicles.
Priced for the mid-market
The cars are largely priced in the mid-sixty thousand dollar range. If this battery technology filters downmarket, four hundred miles of range could eventually become less of a luxury flex and more of a baseline.
“four hundred miles of range could eventually become less of a luxury flex, and more of a baseline”
The short version
European luxury automakers are launching 400-plus-mile EVs priced around sixty thousand dollars, using smaller battery packs than American competitors to address US range anxiety.
