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Volkswagen ID.3 Pro Essential

£35,700 base price

52.6

Green rating

58

Battery Size (kWh)

9.3

Charge speed
(miles/1 min)

270

Range (miles)

1,821

Curb weight (kg)

5

Seats

The Green rating for each car is a weighted score of its ( range ÷ curb weight ) + battery size , on a scale from 0–100 (100 is the highest/best rating). See full methodology

Volkswagen has long excelled at hatchbacks that appeal to both families and driving aficianadoes. In the ID.3, it reboots that strategy in a hugely efficient EV, second only to Tesla on our green ranking.

Source: Stuart G W Price; Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg