What EV does Santa drive? 

​Nicola Hume

We all know what Father Christmas is driving – a Ford Puma Gen E. He likes something small enough for the reindeer to pull but also with a huge boot (including the mega box) for all the presents. 

It must have heated seats for him because it’s gonna be a chilly evening and the cup holders will be filled with brandy... that’s OK right? He’s not technically driving. Mrs Claus however, well, she’s back at base waxing the wheels of her electric G-Wagen because she’s the tartiest of tarts and spends her weekends doing 360º turns in the North Pole snow.

Vicky Parrott

Obviously, Santa would drive a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Why? Well, it’s not for the Christmas Eve dash with the presents – only the magic reindeer and sleigh can achieve that. No, it’s for the rest of the year, when Santa and Mrs Claus like to dabble in a bit of competitive ice-driving and rallying. 

In winter, they get the elves to recreate famous tracks from around the world on a frozen lake. You should see the 5 N do its drift mode thing round there! In summer, they like a bit of loose surface rallying through the pine forests. Mrs Claus is a dab hand at the Scandinavian flick. And although she does regret that the 5 N is lacking a hydraulic handbrake, its four-wheel drive trickery and sheer power is more than enough to make up for it. 

The Hyundai’s V2L is also useful as it powers the trackside mince pie and candy cane vending machine. And yes, they are considering the 6 N, but Mrs Claus isn’t sure about the styling...

​Ginny Buckley​

Santa would 100% drive something big, efficient in the cold, and packed with clever storage – basically an EV that’s half sleigh, half logistics van. 

My pick – from our EV brand of the year – would be the Kia EV9. It's comfy for long journeys, and with three rows of seats and a massive boot there’s enough room for elves, and all the pressies. Battery preconditioning will help with range and charging when it’s freezing and vehicle to load will let Santa plug in his Christmas lights, and keep his mulled wine warm. 

If he wanted something for pure gift moving efficiency, he’d probably go for a Kia PV5 Cargo which, let's face it, is basically an electric reindeer with sliding doors. But for the classic Santa vibe? It’s an EV9 in Aurora Red all day. As for Mrs Claus, she’s totally rocking a snow white Alpine A290 for errands in Lapland – which may end up with her taking a slight detour for a spot of drifting.

James Batchelor

I can see Santa in the new Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake EV – it’s got big range (up to 484 miles) so that he can get about the place with minimal recharging needed, and it’s suitably spangly. Someone who wears a lot of fur trim would probably like an expensive Mercedes, too. Though I’ve picked this car mostly so I can shoehorn in a CL-sleigh-A pun.

Sam Burnett

I’m going to assume that Santa will keep running the sleigh for tax purposes, plus even if he makes use of the UK government’s electric car grant to get a chunk off his company wheels (the Norwegians are phasing their incentives out) it’s not a good look to be making reindeer redundant in this economic climate. 

Much as I love the narrative that Vicky has concocted for them, I’m also going to assume that Father and Mary Christmas like to summer on the French riviera, so for his post-Christmas EV Santa would probably enjoy squirrelling about among the hills above Nice in a Rimac Nevera or similar distastefully expensive electric hypercar. 

And to get down there with the reindeer he’s probably going to have a tidy little nine-seater Citroen e-Spacetourer tucked away somewhere – they'll need the rest, you see, hypersonic flight really takes it out of them. 

​Nicki Shields​

You lot are all idiots – obviously he would be driving the Peugeot e-Traveller van of course! Space for ALL the presents and if the reindeer need a little break they can hop in the back and rest their weary legs. Okay, so he would likely run out of juice at the end of the first road but with the magic of Christmas, he can supercharge on the go!

The Peugeot e-Traveller could be sensible, spacious transport for Santa. It's not as cute as Rudolf, though.