Enthusiasm and demand for electric cars may have cooled recently, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a strong lineup of new EVs arriving next year. Crossovers still dominate the market, of course, yet 2026 will also see the debut—and in one Chevy’s case, the return—of some genuinely affordable options.
Expect new compact crossovers from BMW and Mercedes-Benz, two high-performance models from Korea, fresh electric takes on existing nameplates with varying degrees of heresy, and the first EV from the world’s most iconic supercar maker.
Every vehicle on this list has been confirmed or, at minimum, officially expected to be revealed or go on sale next year. No "maybe" or "someday" models like the next-gen Toyota Corolla, Jaguar's Type 00, Bentley’s future Urban SUV, or Genesis’s G-Wagen-rivaling GV90.
With that, here are the most exciting new EVs coming in 2026.
Acura RSX
Price: $60,000 (est.)
Yes, Acura is bringing back the RSX. Instead of a swankier version of the new Honda Prelude, however (which would’ve made total sense), it is an electric crossover. Because of course it is. Questionable name aside, the RSX will be notable for being the first production car built on Honda’s in-house “0 Series” EV platform post-GM breakup. The RSX will drop in the second half of 2026 and be built in Ohio alongside the Integra. It will also run a new Asimo operating system named after the lovable Honda robot. Dual-motor all-wheel drive, sport-tuned double-wishbone front suspension, and Brembo brakes are all said to be standard equipment.
Projected specs like range, charge times, horsepower, and price, however, are all TBA for now. Frankly, part of me is still waiting for Acura to yell “sike” and unveil a new, two-door, low-slung, front-drive coupe as the real 2027 RSX. The power of dreams.
BMW iX3
Price: $60,000 (est.)
Say what you will about modern BMW design, modern BMW steering feel, or modern BMW decisions, but its electric cars are generally quite good. The company isn’t resting on its i4 and iX laurels, though—it’s starting a new chapter with the iX3: An electric version of its best-selling compact crossover and the first production BMW to wear the neue-Neue Klasse design language.
The iX3 promises 400 miles of range, charging speeds of up to 400 kilowatts thanks to a BMW-first 800-volt architecture, and the debut of a whole new infotainment setup with a big, shiny display at the base of the windshield. Most important BMW in decades? Most important BMW in decades.
Chevrolet Bolt
Price: $29,990
Rejoice, EV buyers with regular paying jobs: Back by popular demand is the Chevy Bolt. It’s slated to start at just $29,990 for a launch edition when it drops early 2026, followed by an even cheaper $28,995 LT. This will make the new Bolt America’s least expensive electric car, undercutting the new Nissan Leaf.
Key specs include a 255-mile range from a 65.0-kilowatt-hour battery, charge speeds of up to 150 kilowatts, 210 horsepower, and a NACS charging port. You can even get Super Cruise as an option, but, being a General Motors product, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are completely off the table. On the bright side, the car should still cost less than 30 grand after accounting for the Amazon phone mount that would solve this problem.
Ferrari Elettrica
Price: $600,000 (est.)
Just two weeks before Jeremy Clarkson punched a guy and it all blew up, I distinctly remember James May reviewing the hybrid LaFerrari hypercar on TV and explaining how it isn’t able to run on electric only because Ferrari is "not interested in electric cars." Fast forward a decade, and I guess Ferrari is finally interested in electric cars.
Using engines and batteries developed in-house and a chassis that’s 75 percent aluminum, the upcoming Elettrica will be a grand tourer (think 612, FF, or GTC4Lusso) putting down more than 986 horsepower thanks to four electric motors—one for each wheel. The front motors are the same as the ones in F80, and the bulk of the power will come from the rear. Projected range is 329 miles on WLTP, but the metrics you actually care about here are zero to 62 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 192. Independent rear-wheel steering, a 48-volt active suspension system by Multimatic, and an interesting-sounding shifting system round out the confirmed details. Not much else is known about the first all-electric Ferrari, but as admirers of fast cars, Maranello’s first EV will be one to watch on premise alone.
Genesis GV60 Magma
Price: $80,000 (est.)
Ever since Genesis broke off into its own luxury brand a decade ago, I’ve been quietly fantasizing about what the inevitable high-performance arm would look like. Well, Magma is almost here, and its first production car will be the GV60 Magma, a very orange, go-fast version of the brand’s electric crossover that Genesis says will debut "later this year."
Given the base GV60’s Hyundai-Kia roots, it’d be reasonable to assume the Magma will share quite a bit with the Ioniq 5 N and EV6 GT—dual motors, 641 peak horsepower, 60 mph in the mid 3s—but design boss Luc Donckerwolke was once quoted in saying it’ll make “hundreds” more ponies than the 429-hp GV60 Performance. Two hundred is still “hundreds,” I guess.
Hyundai Ioniq 6 N
Price: $60,000 (est.)
On the Hyundai side of things, the Korean giant is prepping its second all-electric N car: The Ioniq 6 N. Think Ioniq 5 N, but in a lower-slung sedan body. Two motors make 601 horsepower most of the time, but N Grin Boost unlocks 641 for 10 seconds. Zero to 62 miles per hour is said to take 3.2 seconds, and the car tops out at 160.
Reworked suspension, a reengineered chassis, and new “stroke sensing” adaptive dampers let it corner as hard as it accelerates, while the 5 N’s nifty ICE-mimicking noises and “gears” will carry over. Given the sport compact segment’s historically young, male, and questionably mature target demo, you cannot tell me Hyundai didn’t know what it was doing when it used words like “stroke sensing” and “grin boost” in its literature.
Lexus ES
Price: $50,000 (est.)
Long overshadowed by mostly rear-drive German rivals, the Lexus ES is tapping out of that whole melee by going electrified-only. In addition to the ES 350h hybrid, the 2026 ES will also come as purely electric in the form of the single-motor ES 350e and dual-motor 500e.
Preliminary specs for 300e and 500e models, respectively, include 220 and 338 horsepower, 7.7 and 5.4-second sprints to 60 miles per hour, as well as 300 and 250 miles of range. The next-gen Lexus mid-size sedan will use the NACS port and be able to go from 10 to 80 percent charge in 30 minutes. This new ES also gets a very minimalist, screen-heavy interior—a big departure from pretty much any Lexus cabin we’ve seen before.
Mercedes-Benz GLC
Price: $60,000 (est.)
Not to be outdone by that BMW iX3, Mercedes-Benz is coming out with an all-new electric GLC. Set to release in the second half of 2026, the new GLC with EQ Technology also brings with it a bit of a reset for its brand’s electrification efforts. It looks completely different from any other EQ car before it (thank goodness), rocking an imposing new corporate grille and one long taillight bar reminiscent of the Wankel-powered C111 of the ‘60s.
Like the competing Bimmer, the GLC uses an 800-volt architecture to charge at speeds up to 330 kilowatts. Its quoted 443 miles of range is impressive, but that’s assuming the more generous WLTP test cycle; expect the EPA range will be notably less. A dash-spanning, 39.1-inch Hyperscreen is still available, but MB is restoring balance by bringing back a good handful of physical controls not present in a lot of its recent products. Nature doesn’t always heal as quickly as we’d like, but it does heal.
Porsche Cayenne Electric
Price: $120,000 (est.)
Porsche may have backtracked on some longstanding electric plans recently, but as of this writing, the new Cayenne Electric is still happening in 2026. The headline here is 1,000-plus horsepower in Turbo form—the most powerful production Porsche ever when it drops. Torque will stand at 1,106 pound-feet, and the car will get from zero to 62 miles per hour in three seconds flat, and 124 mph in less than eight.
Porsche promises 373 miles of range on the easier WLTP cycle and max charge speeds of up to 400 kilowatts. The rear motor is mounted backward for better weight distribution, uses direct oil cooling to let it go harder for longer, and the whole thing shares a chassis with the very dynamically solid Macan Electric. One of the most notable design features, however, may just be the new infotainment touchscreen, which is curved. But not the way you think.
Rivian R2
Price: $45,000
If Bimmers and Benzes are a bit too… legacy for you, there’s the Rivian R2. This is the California EV startup’s upcoming mid-size SUV due out in 2026. Essentially a smaller, more affordable R1S, the R2 is said to start at $45,000 for a single-motor model, seat five, get more than 300 miles of range.
The R2 should be plenty quick, too; it can allegedly hit 60 miles in three seconds, presumably in its top tri-motor form. The R2 will come with a NACS port, and the rear window can be rolled down, Toyota 4Runner-style.
Toyota C-HR
Price: $40,000 (est.)
Toyota may have been (rightfully) hesitant on EVs in favor of hybrids, but the next-gen C-HR compact crossover will be electric only. Like the C-HR before it, the shape is still funky, stubby, and coupe-like, but unlike the old one, this one makes 338 horsepower and gets from zero to 60 miles per hour in five seconds flat thanks to a motor at each axle.
Toyota estimates 290 miles of range from its 72.7-kilowatt-hour battery, and it’ll feature the NACS charging port. There’s a 14.0-inch infotainment touchscreen inside, seemingly taken straight from Lexus, and the XSE model gets two-tone paint. Official pricing is TBA, but considering a 2026 bZ Limited with similar range and power starts in the mid-$40Ks, expect the smaller C-HR to land in the high-$30K, low-$40K range.
