EV Price Pulse – How UK EV MSRPs shifted
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Key take-aways at a glance
- Selective inflation – Recent facelifts push stickers up: Kia EV6 +16 %, VW ID.4 +8 %. Bigger batteries and upgraded kit carry a price premium.
- Strategic cuts – Audi and BMW lure entry-level buyers: Q4 e-tron –8 %, iX1 –6 %. Stripped-back base trims keep footfall flowing.
- Tesla steadier – The 2023 price yo-yo is over; Model Y edges up 4 %, Model 3 holds flat, with tweaks now on a calmer quarterly cycle.
- Flat mainstream EVs – Volume staples (MG4, ID.3, Kona) barely move, turning list-price stability into a selling point for cost-conscious fleets and private buyers alike.
Key take-aways – selective inflation to flat mainstream EVs
1-year delta – Top-20 UK models
• Kia EV6 Air headlines the price gains, jumping £6.4 k (+16 %), while VW ID.4 Pro adds £3 k (+7.7 %).
1-year delta – Top-20 UK EVs (top 5 models shown)
(The full 20-model CSV will be available for download when the service will be fully started)
What’s driving the moves?
- Battery-cost plateau – the raw-material windfall of 2022–23 ended in Q4 ’23; cell spot prices have flattened since.
- Trim reshuffles – Audi’s Q4 45 Sport and BMW’s eDrive20 push the entry ticket lower even while higher trims creep up.
- Grant sunset – with the UK Plug-In Car Grant gone, list prices have crept back to pre-subsidy territory.
- FX drift – a softer pound versus the KRW and CNY adds roughly +1 % to Korean & Chinese-built models.
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Points clés
- Inflation sélective : restylages et batteries plus grosses font bondir le Kia EV6 (+16 %) et le VW ID.4 (+8 %).
- Baisses tactiques : Audi (Q4 –8 %) et BMW (iX1 –6 %) lancent des finitions dépouillées pour doper le volume.
- Tesla stabilisé : après le « yo-yo » 2023, Model Y n’avance que de +4 % et Model 3 reste figé, avec des ajustements désormais trimestriels.
- Stagnation volume : MG4, ID.3 et Kona tiennent leur prix (≈ 0 %), misant sur la promesse de stabilité budgétaire.
Points clés – inflation sélective à stagnation volume
Variation Jan 24 → Mai 25 – Top 20 UK
- Kia EV6 Air décroche le record de hausse : +6 350 £ (+16,2 %), portée par une batterie allongée et un restylage complet.
- VW ID.4 Pro 77 kWh suit avec +3 050 £ (+7,7 %), la mise à jour logicielle et l’autonomie étendue justifiant le surcoût.
- Tesla Model Y LR reste sage : +2 000 £ (+4,4 %), signe de la nouvelle politique « prix stables » du constructeur.
- Côté baisses, Audi Q4 45 Sport recule de 4 030 £ (-8,0 %) grâce à une finition d’entrée épurée, tandis que BMW iX1 eDrive20 cède 2 990 £ (-6,5 %).
- Les 15 autres modèles à fort volume n’ont quasiment pas bougé : entre 0 % et +2 %, confirmant une tendance générale à l’apaisement tarifaire.
Variation janv 24 → mai 25 – top 5 des modèles au Royaume-Uni
Pourquoi ces écarts ?
- Fin du plug-in grant UK → retour progressif au tarif catalogue.
- Nouveau positionnement de gamme (Audi Q4 45 Sport, BMW eDrive20) qui fait baisser le prix d’entrée de gamme.
- Faiblesse de la livre face au KRW/CNY → hausse légère des Kia, BYD, MG.
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Sources
- Fleet News UK price lists — Jan 2024 & May 2025
- Official UK configurators & PDF “Price & Spec” packs (Tesla, VW, Audi, Kia, BMW)
- EV-Database historical snapshots (UK market)
- CAR Magazine UK pricing updates – Apr 2025
- Stellantis media kit – Corsa Electric facelift 2024
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