The best electric estate cars to buy in 2025

We’ve seen lots of electric hatchbacks and electric SUVs, but carmakers have been a bit slower to build other body styles.

There are only one or two electric convertibles, and only a handful of electric estates. That's partly due to needing to package a bulky battery pack which, in an SUV, can be hidden in the floor quite easily.

Estate cars are great for carrying people and luggage, with a big boot that’s accessed by a tall, wide opening. Their low ride height means it’s easy to load bulky items – or leggy labradors – and they typically drive as well as hatchbacks or saloons. Add in a clean, quiet electric powertrain and you’ve got a recipe for a relaxing load-lugger. Here are the best electric estate cars.

1. MG 5

Range: 250 miles

Charging rate: 100kW

Charging time (0-80%): 40 mins

The MG 5 was the first electric estate car for sale in the UK, and was the only mainstream choice for several years. It combines family-friendly space with a cosseting, comfortable driving experience and impressively good value for money. All MG 5s come with a reversing camera, air conditioning, adaptive cruise control, sat nav, keyless start and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, but used examples start at barely more than £10,000.

2. Peugeot e-308 SW

Range: 258 miles

Charging rate: 100kW

Charging time (10-80%): 30 mins

If you want curtain-twitching style and a car that's still incredibly useful, you need to check out the Peugeot e-308 SW. It’s not obviously electric unless you spot its green number plates and blue ‘e’ badges – you get the same arresting looks that grace every new 308. The similarities continue inside, as the e-308 SW boasts a state-of-the-art interface with a fantastically crisp touchscreen, and a versatile 548-litre boot.

3. Vauxhall Astra Electric Sports Tourer

Range: 258 miles

Charging rate: 100kW

Charging time (10-80%): 30 mins

Have you seen that meme with the two Spidermans (Spidermen?) pointing at each other? That’s the Peugeot e-308 SW and the Vauxhall Astra Electric Sports Tourer – they both have the same underpinnings and the same focus on stylish design. The Peugeot has a marginally bigger boot, though, and perhaps looks a teensy bit more eye-catching. Inside the Astra, it’s screen central, with two 10-inch displays to look at – plus parking sensors, keyless start, 18-inch alloys and a list of active safety features that’d almost make a Tesla blush.

4. Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer

Estate cars are still going to be a feature of the landscape in the electric age, and Volkswagen's joined the fray. The ID.7 is like an electric Passat, with all the tech and refinement to make long motorway journeys pass by in a flash. It feels like it's purpose-built to consumer vast amounts of miles in one hit, and seems so well-suited to relaxing journeys. Its sleek shape helps the big-battery version to manage over 420 miles of range.

Read our Volkswagen ID.7 review to see what to expect from the estate version.

5. BMW i5 Touring

Range: 348 miles

Charging rate: 205kW

Charging time (10-80%): approx. 30 mins

For the first time ever, the new BMW 5 Series Touring is available with purely electric power. There are actually two versions to choose from – a standard version called the eDrive40 and an M60 rocketship. You can think of the latter as a sort of M5 estate, seeing as it has nearly 600hp, a sub-four-second 0-62mph time... and a near-six-figure price tag – albeit without the V8 soundtrack. There's no practicality penalty for picking the i5 Touring over any other 5 Series estate, as all get the same 570 litres of boot space.

6. Porsche Taycan

Range: 315 miles

Charging rate: 270kW

Charging time (5-80%): 23 mins

For a while, your only electric estate choices were the aforementioned MG and the Porsche Taycan, and we doubt anyone has ever cross-shopped them given the Porsche starts at £90,000. So, unsurprisingly, the Taycan will comprehensively win in a game of Top Trumps, with up to 762hp on tap in the top-spec Turbo S. Engage all that power and you’ll hit 0-62mph in just 2.8 seconds. Almost all versions of the Taycan estate are available in two treatments – there’s the Sport Turismo, and the Cross Turismo (pictured) with its higher ride height and body cladding. All versions have the power to rearrange your internal organs.

7. Audi A6 Avant e-tron

The BMW 5 Series Touring and Audi A6 Avant have long been close rivals, and that rivalry is going to continue with punchy electric powertrains. Its platform will enable super-fast charging – like the Taycan above – while Audi has ensured the A6 Avant e-tron is as slippery as possible. In fact, it's one of Audi's most aerodynamic models ever, including its racing cars. Get the biggest battery and you'll manage up to 438 miles between charges; even the entry-level model offers up to 363 miles.

Read more about the Audi A6 e-tron

Electric estate cars coming soon

Subaru Trailseeker

Subaru's second electric model – after the Solterra SUV – is going to launch in the UK in 2026. it's going to be an electric estate car with a similar look to the current Outback. Like the Outback, the Trailseeker (which might have a different name on our shores) has drive modes for snow/dirt and deep snow/mud, plus hill-descent control and rugged plastic body cladding. An e-motor on each axle gives permanent, symmetrical all-wheel drive, and there's 210mm of ground clearance.

Denza Z9GT

Chalk this one down as a possible. We're told that BYD's posh sub-brand Denza is UK-bound with a vast 5.2-metre land yacht that's sort of part estate and part hatchback. There'll be PHEV and full EV versions, both with 0-62mph times of around 3.5 seconds... and the ability to slide into a parallel parking space sideways, like a crab.

Read our guide to the 12 Chinese car brands coming for the UK market.