COTY 2027

The search.

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

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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 PERFORMANCE AWD

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 →

BEV · MEDIUM SUV

TESLA MODEL Y

CONTENDER

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

PHEV · LARGE 7-SEAT 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 search for COTY 2027.

BEVs, PHEVs and externally chargeable range extenders. If you can’t plug it in, it isn’t a WattCar.

Testing continues through 2027. Contender status and early impressions are provisional. Winners are announced in December 2027.

AI-created editorial illustration of a silver Polestar 2 parked outside a contemporary Australian home.COTY 2027

A great car deserves a second opinion.

Introducing WattCar Used Car of the Year. A used plug-in car we’d spend our own money on.