The Long-Range EV Boom Has Arrived
Electric car options with more than 300 miles per charge have quintupled in the US since 2021. It’s pushing the country’s average battery range to record highs.
There have never been so many options for electric road trips.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergAmerican car buyers demand more range from electric vehicles than drivers in any other country. For years, a few models made by Tesla were the only long-range game in town, but the era of scarcity is suddenly over.
In the US, the number of EV options that can go 300 miles or more on a single charge, which many consider the threshold for a long-range vehicle, jumped to 30 models at the beginning of 2024, a 500% increase in three years. An additional 20 are set to go on sale later in the year, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg Green. Long-range EVs now come in all shapes and sizes, from the swoopy Hyundai Ioniq 6 sedan that offers 361 miles per charge to the armor-clad Tesla Cybertruck with 340 miles.