We give you the facts.
We give you our opinion.
You decide.

Electric cars come with plenty of claims. WATTCAR works out what they actually mean — and tells you what we think.

SIMPLIFY THE COMPLEX.
QUESTION THE CLAIMS.
TEST WHAT MATTERS.
WATTCAR COTY 2027WATTCAR COTY 2027

Contenders. So far.

Australia’s Car of the Year award just for plug-in cars.

The field is building. These are some of the WattCars we think could be in the conversation as we search for Australia’s best electric car.

WATTCAR COTY possible contenders
BEV · MEDIUM SUV

ZEEKR 7X

TESTED

We’ve driven it. Now we know what we want to test properly. REPORT CARD →

BEV · SMALL SUV

KIA EV3

CONTENDER

The sort of EV that could make electric feel normal. REPORT CARD →

PHEV · LARGE 7-SEAT SUV

TESLA MODEL Y

CONTENDER

Still the car everyone else quietly measures themselves against. REPORT CARD →

BEV · MEDIUM SUV

BYD SEALION 8

CONTENDER

There’s a lot of car here. We want to know how much of it is good. REPORT CARD →

THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET

Every WattCar you can buy in Australia.

84 today. And counting.

One constantly updated list of every BEV and serious plug-in currently on sale.

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PRICES & SPECS REGULARLY CHECKED
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Red electric performance car on a wet track under lights MarketWattch.The Australian EV market. Moving fast. Very fast.
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WATTCAR FEATURE 001 · JANUARY 2027
Abandoned rusting petrol bowser at an old service station THE ICE AGE IS ENDING. A WattCar special report.
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EDITORIAL

Watt matters?

RANGE

650km. Great. Now show us the motorway number.

Claimed range is useful. Real range is useful-er.

Long empty highway
CHARGING

350kW. For how long?

Peak speed makes a good headline. The charging curve gets you home.

Public charging frustration PUBLIC CHARGING

Range anxiety is disappearing. Charging anxiety isn't.

We stopped worrying about reaching the charger. Now we worry about what happens when we get there.

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Orange iCaur V25POSSIBLE CONTENDER · 2027

This is getting interesting.

The iCaur V25 is coming to Australia. And it might be exactly the sort of plug-in we mean.

READ →
Blue Xiaomi SU7POSSIBLE CONTENDER · 2027

First the phone. Now the car.

Xiaomi is coming to Australia — and the SU7 gives us another reason to watch 2027 very closely.

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WATTCAR NEWS

EV news.
Worldwide.

A live scan of electric-car news from around the world. We surface the stories worth knowing and send you to the original publisher.

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WATTCAR NEWS scans EV reporting from Australia and around the world. Headlines and reporting remain the work of their original publishers. We link directly to the source, with thanks to the journalists and publications doing the work.
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EV, TRANSLATED

WATT THE?

The electric-car world speaks another language. We translate.

kW, kWh, WLTP, DC, V2L… the jargon can be confusing. Our plain-English guide explains the terms you actually need to know — with the occasional translation the brochure forgot to mention.

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OUR AMBITION

An award worth winning.

Our ambition is simple. To make WATTCAR COTY an award Australian car buyers value — and manufacturers are genuinely proud to win.

That means doing the work, asking the right questions and judging every contender on what really matters.

WATTCAR COTY 2027