Nonetheless, there will be a few new EVs hitting the market and here we take a quick look at them. The Tesla Model 3 and the next-gen Nissan could have easily made the list. The new version of the Nissan Leaf is a similar situation. So far deliveries have been mostly limited to Japan and the vehicle is only arriving in volumes in other markets early next year.

With a launch in the next few months and production in the second half of 2018, Jaguar’s first all-electric car will likely be one of the first to hit the market next year. The sport SUV is equipped with a 90 kWh battery pack with a range of “over 500 km” NEDC-rated - or “a targeted range of approximately 220 miles on EPA test cycles”, according to Jaguar. The biggest unknowns about the vehicle at this point are its charge rate and price.

The automaker has only been referring to a DC fast-charging capacity of 50 kW at standard DC stations. W stations coming up now. As for the price, the best information we have now is coming from early reservation holders in the Netherlands who have reportedly been given pricing and options by the British automaker. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Technical Development, beside the concept car Audi e-tron quattro at the International Auto Show 2015 in Frankfurt/Main.

Jaguar’s I-Pace is going to have some competition with Audi’s own all-electric vehicle. This will be Audi’s first vehicle to be all electric from the ground up, aside from the dead-on-arrival electric R8. Also an all-electric SUV, the Audi quattro is equipped with a 95 kWh battery pack enabling “310 miles of range”.

Audi usually uses NEDC rating for electric vehicle range. 49,000. If the e-tron quattro is offered around the same price before incentives, it would shake up the market, but it’s unclear at this point. After the fairly successful launch of the Ioniq Electric, Hyundai is expected to leverage its EV effort to launch two new crossover versions for the Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro. The vehicles will reportedly be equipped with a 50 kWh battery pack, which could bring their range close to 200 miles on a single charge. With this said, new EV startups could surprise this year and we might end up seeing something cool hitting the market.

An electric range of 31 miles is quoted, and considering that many a Range Rover / Sport are used for local work, it would make sense for plenty of buyers to go electric. Starting prices are north of the £70,000 mark, but that won’t put some customers off. If you think that Jaguar Land Rover will start 2018 with no electric models available to drive off a forecourt, and end it with three at the very least, it’s going to be a busy year for the company.

We don’t know yet what the A-Class will look like exactly, or that it is definitely going to feature a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Though the first Mercedes on this list is the least concrete model mentioned, the next - this GLC F-Cell - has been confirmed for production, and it’s an interesting model.

The world’s first production plug-in hydrogen fuel cell hybrid, the GLC F-Cell will be able to run for more than 300 miles on hydrogen power, and take just a few minutes to refuel. There will also be the option to charge the battery from a plug though, just like a conventional PHEV, which will give drivers further to go between hydrogen fill-ups. It’s not likely to change the car market overnight, but ideas like this could become far more normal in the next couple of years, and credit should go to Mercedes for putting it into production.

Here we are; the big ‘un, the best-selling EV in the world, and the first second-generation EV to go on sale - the new Nissan LEAF is a big deal indeed. With sales still holding up strongly on the out-going model, we can expect the new LEAF to carry on where the 24kWh and 30kWh models left off - namely to remain the best-selling EV in the world.



Porsche continues to roll-out its Le Mans-developed hybrid technology, this time in the new Panamera estate. The company has been shocked as to how popular the E-Hybrid PHEV versions of its line-up are proving, and the big-booted Panamera isn’t likely to buck that trend. Yes it’s fast and expensive, but underneath is a genuinely good PHEV powertrain that allows for an all-electric range of more than 30 miles.