Sure, there have been some delays, but a slate of all-new EVs are set to make it to driveways in the coming year. Some cars, like the reintroduced DeLorean Alpha5, likely won’t make its highly aspirational 2025 goal, but the rest should squeak in by the end of the next calendar year. These are the EVs with a bit more oomph than your everyday plug-in, so look for instant torque, quick acceleration and plenty of horsepower to go around. Here’s to a shiny and speedy 2025.
2025 Audi A6 E-Tron
With aerodynamics front-and-center, the newest Audi EV is based on the Q6 E-Tron with a shared platform with the Porsche Macan Electric. With a single-motor RWD version expect 362 horsepower, a zero-to-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds and 130 mph top speed. Bump up to the Quattro and the dual motor up front means 422 horsepower and 4.3 seconds to 60 mph. A launch mode is even faster with 3.7 seconds from zero and a 149 mph top speed.
The A6 in all its versions has a 100 kWh battery and a 800-volt system for fast charging (about 20 minutes to go from 10% to 80%). Look for the A6 by the start of next summer, which is closer to when pricing should be announced.
Chevrolet
2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV
While the new Chevy Silverado EV is most certainly a pickup truck, it’s a truck that can move. With a massive range (up to 460 miles), the RST trim offers 760 horsepower and 785 pound-feet of torque. Two motors (one up front, the other in the back) power the General Motors Ultium battery. Pricing is wide-ranging across different trims, but the top-level powerful RST starts at $89,395 including a $2,095 destination fee. For 2025, Chevy added the LT trim starting at $81,995 with a 390-mile range.
2025 Dodge Charger Daytona
The first electric Dodge Charger is here as the Daytona R/T First Edition. In true muscle car fashion (even with a battery), a power upgrade boosts the car to 496 horsepower and 404 pound-feet of torque. The R/T trim starts at $59,595 excluding a $1,995 destination fee, while a two-door coupe version, Scat Pack, will start at $73,190. The Scat Pack brings it with 670 horsepower and a zero-to-60 mph time of 3.3 seconds.
On the Stellantis platform, both trims have a 100.5 kWh nickel-cobalt-aluminum battery and dual motors.
2025 Jeep Recon
There’s still much to learn about the upcoming Jeep Recon, but we’ve gleaned that the all-electric Jeep will be based on the STLA L platform with dual motors and a 100 kWh battery. It’ll be an off-road beast with 600 horsepower and 800 pound-feet of torque. The starting price is expected to be around $60,000 with sales starting in 2025.
Cadillac
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ
The celebrity-famous Escalade is getting the electric treatment with its debut as an IQ version of the fullsize SUV. The big Caddy’s electric specs are fearsome, especially when in Velocity Max drive mode. Look out for 750 horsepower, 785 pound-feet of torque and zero-to-60 mph times under 5 seconds—and all that with an estimated 460-mile range. Keep in mind this is a three-row behemoth (the gasoline version reaches over 6,000 pounds, so the battery should push the IQ to over 8,000 pounds). Pricing for the Escalade IQ starts at $120,990.
2025 Chevrolet Corvette EV
The Corvette nameplate is pushing the limits yet again. After the 2024 E-Ray hybrid, the Chevy sports car is arriving next year (according to plans) as an all-electric version. The likely two-seater will need more than two motors with its plans to offer over 1,000 horsepower and all-wheel drive. Expect pricing to surpass the E-Ray’s $105,000 starting price.
2025 Lucid Gravity
Lucid is known for its Air sedan’s range-defying battery and quick pickup, so it makes sense that its next vehicle will retain much of that but in family-friendly SUV form. The Gravity will offer more seating (three rows!), but the same battery and motor arrangement as the Air. That translates to an SUV with at least 800 horsepower and a zero-to-60 mph time of under 3.5 seconds. It still plans to crush the competition further with 440-mile range on its highest capacity battery. It’s expected to be priced just under $80,000.
Final thoughts
While many all-new EVs will saunter in for a new year, only a few will really rev it up, so to speak. The trend of new EVs as more family-friendly SUVs continues (the Hyundai Ioniq 9, Polestar 4, Volvo EX30, Buick Electra E5 and Cadillac Optiq come to mind), although a few spicier options will push through. But with high performance comes higher prices, so these speedsters will likely stick to a more niche electric driver.