New Electric Cars Coming to Australia in 2026 and 2027: Range, Battery, Charging and Price

Our 2027 month-by-month list tells you when cars arrive. If you're shopping for an EV, though, the questions are different: how far does it go, how big is the battery, how quickly does it charge, and what will it cost? This list answers those for each confirmed electric car on its way, using only what the manufacturer has printed for Australia.

We hold 45 coming-soon models stored as fully electric. 33 have a manufacturer's Australian page, release or named local executive behind them, and they're the ones listed in the tables. Four more are only reported, and eight we couldn't confirm at all. A blank isn't a zero. It means the figure hasn't been published here yet, and an overseas brochure figure isn't good enough to fill it, because Australian-spec cars often differ.

Priced Already, by Price Band

Current price on CarSorted: smart #5 Pro+ $58,900 RRP, as at 3 Oct 2026; smart #5 Premium $63,900 RRP, as at 3 Oct 2026.

Prices are as each manufacturer labels them. RRP, MSRP, MRRP and list price exclude on-road costs. The Polestar and Renault figures are the manufacturers' own drive-away prices for the postcode shown, read from their configurators on 1 October and 30 October, so they include on-roads and aren't comparable dollar for dollar with the list prices above them.

Under $60,000: Lepas L6 and smart #5

The Lepas L6 is the lowest printed price among the coming EVs, at $47,990 MSRP in a single grade with a 65kWh battery and 440km of WLTP range, according to Lepas Australia. The smart #5 Pro+ costs $10,910 more, but brings a 100kWh battery, 590km and a 400kW DC peak, with smart quoting 18 minutes for 10 to 80 per cent. Just below both sits Leapmotor's B03X, on pre-order at $29,990 drive-away as an end-of-year offer; we've left it out of the count because our row doesn't carry its powertrain yet. Our cheapest EVs guide covers what you can buy now at this money.

$60,000 to $100,000: Audi, Polestar and Renault

Audi Australia's Q4 e-tron release gives the rear-drive cars a 63kWh battery and 160kW DC charging, and the quattro an 82kWh pack and 185kW. It prints 494km and 509km of range without saying which drivetrain gets which, so we haven't guessed. The updated Polestar 4 carries 100kWh across the range and up to 630km for the Rear Motor, and the MY27 Q6 e-tron keeps an 83kWh battery with up to 225kW DC. Renault's Megane E-Tech esprit Alpine moves to 67kWh and up to 480km; our Megane story has the full breakdown.

Confirmed, No Price Yet

These 25 are confirmed for Australia by the manufacturer or its local distributor, but nobody has put a dollar figure on them. We've grouped them by body, because that's usually where a buyer starts.

Two notes on those numbers. BMW says its iX4 range figures are based on German-market equipment and its i3 page shows an overseas model, so Australian-spec cars may differ. And the Mercedes figures sit under the line "Vehicle specifications are yet to be confirmed", which is why we've marked them preview. BMW also lists 450kW and up to 754km or 777km for the iX3 and iX4 M60, but footnotes them as provisional, so we've left them out. Denza quotes a range for the Z9GT, but on China's CLTC cycle, which reads higher than WLTP, so it's not in the WLTP column.

How to Read Range, Battery and Charging Figures

A few things make these numbers easier to compare. WLTP range is a lab figure from a standard test cycle. It's the fairest like-for-like number published, but highway driving, heat, cold and big wheels each cut into it. Battery size is quoted two ways: gross (the whole pack) and net or usable (what you can actually draw on). Audi and smart print both, which is why you'll see 63kWh (59 net) in the table. Compare net with net where you can.

DC peak is the top rate a car can accept on a fast charger, not what it averages. A 400kW peak is only useful on a charger that can deliver it, and many Australian public DC chargers today are rated well below that. That's why a 10 to 80 per cent time, where a manufacturer prints one, is often the more useful number: smart quotes 18 minutes for the #5, and Lepas quotes 22 minutes for 30 to 80 per cent on a 120kW charger. If you mostly charge at home, AC speed matters more than DC, and our best electric cars guide walks through that trade-off.

Reported, Not Confirmed

Each has at least three separately written Australian reports behind it, but no manufacturer page we could read:

• Volvo EX40 update. CarExpert, Drive and CarsGuide attribute a 2027 Australian arrival to Volvo Cars Australia; Volvo's Australian news page gives only global timing.
• Kia PV7. A bigger electric van than the PV5, reported for Australia by CarExpert, Chasing Cars and carsales. Kia Australia has no page for it.
• Mitsubishi ASX VR-e. An electric ASX reported for late 2026 by CarExpert, Chasing Cars and carsales, with no Mitsubishi Australia page.
• GWM Haval Jolion Max EV. Reported for the fourth quarter by CarExpert, WhichCar and Drive; GWM Australia has no page for it.

What Is Not Coming Yet

We hold coming-soon rows for these electric cars, but there's no Australian confirmation we could read, or the news points the other way:

• Isuzu D-Max EV: carsales reported Isuzu ruling it out for Australia
• Skyworth BE11: its importer has put it on the backburner, with no timeline
• XPeng G7, XPeng G9 and LDV MIFA 7: not on the brands' Australian sites
• NIO Firefly, Alpine A390 and Zeekr 7GT: no Australian model page we could read on 6 November

What This Means for Buyers

If you want an EV in the next couple of months, the L6 and #5 are the realistic new arrivals with a price on them. Many of the rest are 2027 cars, and plenty still have no price, so you can't yet weigh them against what's in showrooms. If you're leasing, price matters for tax too: under current law, an eligible electric car below the fuel-efficient luxury car tax threshold of $91,661 can be exempt from fringe benefits tax on a novated lease, which puts the SQ6 and RZ 600e above the line on their printed prices. The Budget proposed changing the exemption from 1 April 2027, but that is a proposal, not law.

Want the timing view instead? See our 2027 month-by-month list and the cars still due in 2026. For the other powertrains, there's our list of new hybrids and plug-ins, plus new utes and new Chinese cars and brands. To see how a coming car stacks up against EVs on sale now, try our compare page or the best electric SUVs guide.