Chevrolet Bolt vs Nissan Leaf vs Kia EV3: Which Budget EV Should You Buy?
The Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf, and Kia EV3 all start near $30,000. Price, range, charging, space, and warranty compared on the numbers each manufacturer publishes.
Head to head EV matchups.

The Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf, and Kia EV3 all start near $30,000. Price, range, charging, space, and warranty compared on the numbers each manufacturer publishes.

Three genuine three-row electric SUVs, all under $70,000: the Kia EV9, Hyundai Ioniq 9, and new Tesla Model Y L. We compare price, range, charging, cargo, tech, and the measurement that matters most, third-row room, to find which fits your family.

The value champion versus the best seller. We put the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV and Tesla Model Y head to head on price, range, charging, tech, and space to find which electric SUV you should actually buy.

A category-by-category head-to-head of the Lucid Gravity and Cadillac Escalade IQ: range, performance, space, driving feel, charging, driver assistance, and value.

Every so often, two cars arrive that exist in a rarefied world almost none of us will ever shop in, and yet they’re absolutely fascinating to compare, because they represent two nations’ answers to the same audacious question. What should the ultimate electric luxury car be? Rolls-Royce answered with the Spectre, a hand built British…

The Rivian R2 Performance and the Tesla Model Y Performance carry the exact same $57,990 sticker, and once each company adds its destination and order fees, the out the door totals stay within a rounding error of each other. So the money can’t settle this one. The cars have to speak for themselves. And these…

The midsize electric SUV is where most of America shops, which is why it’s the most crowded and competitive corner of the whole EV world. Three of the most interesting choices come at the same buyer from completely different angles. The Tesla Model Y is the best selling EV in the country, the efficient, tech…

When the Ford Mustang Mach-E arrived in 2021, it did something bold. It borrowed the most famous name in Ford’s history, stuck it on an electric SUV, and went straight after the Tesla Model Y, the best selling EV in America. Plenty of Model Y challengers have come and gone since then, but the Mach-E…

Not so long ago, if you wanted a compact luxury electric SUV, the choices were German and expensive. Then two challengers arrived from Asia with different ideas about what luxury should feel like. Genesis, Hyundai’s upstart luxury brand, brought the GV60, a car bursting with personality, cutting edge charging technology, and a rotating crystal ball…

Here’s a fun bit of trivia that shapes this entire matchup. The Kia EV6 and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 are, underneath their wildly different skins, the same car. They share the same excellent 800 volt E-GMP platform, the same battery packs, the same motors, and the same corporate parent. And yet they’ve grown into two…