Most electric car comparisons repeat manufacturer press releases. This one tries to be useful instead: real-world figures next to official ones, sources on every number, and an honest account of what nobody actually knows.
What this site is for
Buying an electric car involves a handful of numbers that are genuinely hard to find and easy to misread. How far does it actually go, as opposed to what the brochure claims? How long does a charging stop really take, once the peak-power headline has tapered away? What will the battery be worth in eight years? Does the whole thing save money, or only for some people?
Every page here is built to answer one of those, with the working shown.
How it is different
- Every number carries its source and the month we recorded it. Click through and check us.
- EPA and WLTP figures sit side by side and are never merged. They are different tests, and a site that averages them is inventing a number that does not exist.
- Modelled values are visibly labelled. Anything we calculated rather than measured carries an estimate tag and links to the formula.
- Blanks stay blank. Where a car is not sold in a market, or a figure has no citable source, we show a dash rather than a guess.
- The calculator shows its assumptions. Every default is on screen and editable, so you can see exactly which number the answer turns on.
Who runs it
EV Model Compare is an independent publication written and maintained by Muhammet Çay, who founded it in 2026 and edits every page. No manufacturer, dealer or advertiser stands behind it.
Where the data comes from
Every figure is taken from a public source and recorded with the month we read it. The main sources are:
- U.S. EPA (fueleconomy.gov) for range and efficiency ratings of vehicles sold in the United States.
- NHTSA for U.S. crash-test ratings and recall records.
- U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center for charging-network data and electricity rates.
- Eurostat and the European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin for European household electricity and fuel prices.
- Manufacturer documentation for WLTP figures, battery capacity and charging curves, each linked from the page that uses it.
What you will find here
- The EV database: one page per vehicle, with range, battery, charging curve and running-cost inputs.
- Charging guides: how long a charging stop really takes and what it costs, model by model and state by state.
- Ranked lists: 800-volt cars, LFP-battery cars, the most efficient cars and used EVs with the strongest warranties.
- Head-to-head comparisons of two vehicles side by side.
- Running-cost analysis for the United States and Europe.
How it is funded
We do not sell cars, take manufacturer money, or accept payment for placement or a better verdict. Advertising may appear on the site; it will never determine what a page says about a vehicle, and it will never be dressed up to look like editorial content.
What we get wrong
Specifications change mid-model-year, prices move constantly, and some of the figures here are class averages standing in for measurements nobody publishes. The methodology page is explicit about which is which, and the corrections policy covers what happens when we get something wrong. If you spot an error, tell us — it will be fixed and the change noted.