ABARTH 500EBEV · SMALL & CITY
Electric hot hatch theatre in a very small package.
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BEVs and serious plug-ins. No conventional hybrids. The useful basics, plus one line from us.
THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETBEVs and serious plug-ins. No conventional hybrids. The useful basics, plus one line from us.
Electric hot hatch theatre in a very small package.
Proof that affordable EVs no longer have to look apologetic.
Another new name asking the established SUVs an awkward question.
The sensible Audi EV. That may be exactly the point.
New-generation Audi hardware with something to prove.
Electricity, tailored beautifully and priced accordingly.
One of the easiest ways into an EV without feeling like you joined a movement.
Executive-car familiarity, now with a plug.
For when silent running needs a very large back seat.
BMW’s compact electric SUV plays it reassuringly straight.
The iX1 with more attitude and less square.
Still visually divisive. Still technically serious.
This is where EV pricing starts getting genuinely interesting.
Small SUV, small price, very large ambitions.
BYD keeps moving the goalposts before rivals settle in.
Affordable, useful and far more important than its cute name suggests.
The Tesla Model 3 alternative that made everyone look twice.
A serious amount of car for the money.
The Volkswagen Group EV with its collar loosened.
Cupra proves sensible EV hardware needn’t look sensible.
Italian city-car charm with a charging cable.
A good electric SUV carrying a very heavy name.
The electric transition matters just as much at the loading dock.
Another price point that should make legacy brands uncomfortable.
Geely arrives with scale, experience and no reason to be timid.
Genesis does premium EV differently — and mostly on purpose.
A familiar luxury SUV made quieter and much quicker.
Charming, cheap-ish and impossible to confuse with anything else.
GWM’s next attempt to turn value into desire.
Small electric cars are finally becoming interesting again.
Tiny outside, clever inside. Exactly what city EVs should be.
Mature, practical and no longer the odd one out.
Hyundai’s EV family is getting crowded. That’s a good problem.
Still one of the smartest pieces of EV thinking on the road.
The EV that stopped performance enthusiasts rolling their eyes.
If the 5 N was the warning shot, this is the follow-up.
Big family EVs are finally becoming properly big.
A sharp price is only useful if the rest of the car stacks up.
An electric ute that will be judged by ute people. As it should be.
The sort of EV that could make electric feel normal.
A family-shaped EV with mainstream ambitions.
Still handsome, still fast-charging, still relevant.
Proof an electric family bus can have presence.
Leapmotor is moving from curiosity to proper range very quickly.
Value will get attention. The drive will decide the rest.
A lot of electric SUV for a relatively unfamiliar badge.
Lexus refinement meets the realities of dedicated EV competition.
A Lotus SUV was once unthinkable. An electric one, apparently less so.
A four-door electric Lotus. Purists may need a moment.
Mazda finally gets a serious electric conversation starter.
Compact Mercedes familiarity with an electric drivetrain underneath.
Seven-seat usefulness gives this Mercedes a reason to exist.
Quiet luxury, substantial battery, substantial everything.
An engineering statement looking for buyers who like statements.
One of the cars that made affordable rear-drive EVs real.
MG takes its value formula into the family-SUV sweet spot.
The MINI idea suits electricity rather well.
The MINI between MINIs — now only with a plug.
MINI grows up, stretches out and plugs in.
Late to Australia, but not necessarily too late.
The Polestar that established the brand still has work to do.
Polestar goes big without abandoning the design brief.
No rear window. Plenty to talk about.
A crucial test: can Porsche make its best-selling formula electric?
Still one of the EVs that makes the powertrain feel secondary.
French restraint in a segment that often tries too hard.
The family Renault returns with batteries and a different mission.
Skoda practicality was always going to suit an EV.
The car that reset expectations now has to defend them.
Still the car everyone else quietly measures themselves against.
Toyota’s EV deserves to be judged on the car, not the badge’s history.
Volkswagen’s mainstream EV finally gets its Australian examination.
Same family, sleeker roofline, slightly different argument.
Small Volvo, big performance numbers, bigger expectations.
A familiar Volvo EV now wearing the name it probably always should have.
Style-first Volvo EV, but usefulness still matters.
The new names are learning very quickly.
Compact, quick and more premium than the badge recognition suggests.
We bought one. That should tell you something.
We’re not interested in hybrids that use a battery mainly to improve a fuel-consumption number. For WATTCAR, plugging in has to make a meaningful difference. These are the PHEVs we think deserve to be part of the electric-car conversation.
IF YOU CAN’T PLUG IT IN, IT ISN’T A WATTCAR.Cheap PHEV is easy to advertise. Electric usefulness is what matters.
A plug-in hybrid that helped make the category mainstream again.
An electrified ute with enough novelty to deserve a proper test.
A family SUV where the plug has to justify the complexity.
The old hand of Australian plug-in hybrids now faces much younger rivals.
We aim to list every new BEV, PHEV and plug-in range-extender currently available in Australia. At time of publishing, anyway. The market moves fast. Spotted one we’ve missed? Tell us.