Bloomberg Green’s Electric Car Ratings

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The electric car revolution is picking up speed. As automakers pledge to kick their gasoline habit entirely, they have launched dozens of electric models — and dozens more will be rolled out by the end of 2023. Bloomberg Green’s EV ratings dashboard catalogues the models currently available in the US. Along with car specs, we also have come up with a Green rating for each model, based on how efficiently the cars travel once on the road and the resources needed to manufacture the batteries in those cars.

Who’s got the most green power?

The Green rating for each car is a weighted score of its ( range ÷ curb weight ) + battery size , on a scale from 0–100 (100 is the highest/best rating). See full methodology

Manufacturer / model
Green rating
Range (miles)
Battery size (kWh)
Charging speed (miles/min)
Base price (USD)
Picks
Lucid Air Pure RWD
73.6
419
88.0
16.7
$77,400
Tesla Model S Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive
70.0
405
104.0
16.2
$74,990
63.6
259
65.0
3.7
$26,500
Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive
62.6
272
61.0
12.6
$38,990
61.9
258
64.0
5.0
$33,550
Kia EV6 Wind (RWD)
61.9
310
77.4
16.0
$48,500
Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor
60.8
320
82.0
13.3
$49,900
60.7
253
64.8
5.5
$39,550
60.1
247
65.0
3.5
$27,800
Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE RWD Standard Range
58.9
240
53.0
26.4
$41,600

Comparison shopping: Do more expensive electric cars have a longer range?

Longer-range electric cars tend to be more expensive, but more expensive EVs don’t always have a longer range — some are just fancier models. The longest-range EV in the US is the Lucid Air, which maxes out at 516 miles and $179,000. Other long-range models include the Hyundai Ioniq 6, the Mercedes EQS and the GMC Hummer.

Electric car newcomers

More than two dozen additional electric cars will become available in the US by the end of 2024. The dashboard will be updated as new models make it to market. Among the EVs we are tracking and expect to be added to the dashboard in the coming year:

Corrections
July 7, 2022: Corrected base price and battery range of Lucid Air; the latter established a new economy benchmark for the category. See full note on our methodology page.