Every seven seat electric vehicle you can buy right now
Sam Burnett
26 Jan 2026
Electric vehicles aren’t just about small crossover SUVs, posh executive cars or nimble city runabouts anymore – you’ve got a growing list of super flexible, family friendly seven seat electric cars you can choose from when looking for a new car.
Whether you just need the occasional extra space, plenty of luggage storage or you’re regularly packing the car up and going on long trips, there’s a range of choices available from cheap and cheerful to premium options. Check our list of all the seven seat electric cars that are available right now.
Citroen e-Berlingo XL
Price: from £32,140 / Range: 206 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
We like the Citroen Berlingo – its whole schtick is that it’s a practical, no nonsense car that’s based on a small van. It’s got a bit posher and more refined with time, but it’s still a little bit tinny and rough around the edges and quite slow. This electric version is positively speedy with a 9.9-second 0–62mph time and an 82mph top speed, but you won’t be pumping in anything like those sorts of numbers to try and save your electricity. But the Berlingo is charming, and it’s terribly practical, even if the two seats at the back aren’t as neatly integrated as they could be. There are some nice little options available too, like the airline-style storage in the ceiling. A heat pump is a £720 option that you’ll probably want to go for, and £300 gets you 11kW three-phase charging with V2L capability – future proofs the car a bit. A brief warning on this car – you’re going to see it a lot in this list, but with different badges on. Citroen is owned by Stellantis, so there are Vauxhall and Peugeot versions of the Berlingo, but we like the Citroen the best.
Price: from £35,495 / Range: 215 miles / Electrifying score: 7
An absolute classic of the electric people carrying genre, like e-Berlingo the Citroen e-Spacetourer is based on a shared van platform that’s also used by fellow Stellantis brands Vauxhall and Peugeot plus Toyota’s involved for some reason, so this one is going to pop up a few times as well. The best looking one of these passenger minibuses is the Fiat version which sadly isn’t available in the UK. Oh well. Top tip though – if you go for the highest spec Max trim you get two rows of individual seats in the back with three Isofix points on each. Phew. Handy if you’re a childminder or Mike and Carol Brady (from the Brady Bunch, that old show with the couple who had lots of children). The e-Spacetourer gets a 75kWh battery and isn’t particularly efficient, but what way of carrying up to nine people is?
Look at all these people enjoying the many seats of the Citroen e-Spacetourer
Ford E-Tourneo Custom
Price: £59,713 / Range: 202 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
Everybody loves the Ford Transit, and that’s because it’s so good (an 8/10 for us). What the E-Tourneo Custom does is take a Transit and turn it back into a car, with some seats and a bit of fanciness like sound deadening and some plastic trim. You can squeeze up to nine passengers into the E-Tourneo Custom and while its range isn’t as good as you’ll get from the Stellantis crew, that’s because its battery is much smaller with 64kWh of usable battery. It’ll charge from 10–80% in 39 minutes, which is a medium speed, you’ve got the possibility of V2L functionality of up to 2.3kW (running electricals off the E-Tourneo’s battery) and five trim levels to choose from. The Ford is also slightly taller than its Stellantis competitors, but still squeezes under the 2.0m mark for car parks and similar.
Price: £64,995 / Range: 385 miles / Electrifying score: 8
The Ioniq 9 is the same car underneath as the Kia EV9 below because they’re both part of the same group, but the Hyundai has some extra goodies – like the 106kWh of usable battery, which is 10kWh more than the Kia. A 385-mile WLTP range is impressive nonetheless. The standard heat pump will help in winter too. It’ll also charge faster than the EV9, with a 233kW max charging rate which means 10–80% takes 24 minutes. We also like the practicality – you still get 338 litres of boot space with all the seats up, and the storage is absolutely cavernous once you start flipping them down. Plus there’s a 52-litre frunk under the bonnet for charge cables and all sorts of other bits and pieces. There are three power outputs to choose from on the motor, and the entry car is rear drive but the rest of the range is all-wheel drive. You can get heated and ventilated middle row seats, which is very posh for a Hyundai, but it’s less of a surprise when you see that the model range tops out at an extremely punchy £78,595 for the six-seater Calligraphy version with all the power.
Price: £66,035 / Range: 349 miles / Electrifying score: 9
You’d think a giant expensive Kia would have people running screaming, but it’s a sign of how far the brand has come that the EV9 just works. There are loads of screens and fancy tech is available – you can get it with a digital key on your phone and fingerprint recognition inside, plus there’s a heat pump as standard and V2L tech too. Having said that, the cheapest model, the ‘Air’ trim, is probably the one we’d go for. It’s got the most range (the only way you’re getting close to that 349-mile figure) and avoids spending lots of money on bits of tech you probably don’t want if you’re really honest with yourself. All models get a 96kWh usable battery and it’ll charge at up to 210kW, which means 10–80% in 24 minutes.
Maxus Mifa 9
Price: £66,364 / Range: 270 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
How much for what now? The Maxus Mifa 9 has a lot of work to do to try and convince people to hand over this much cash for an unknown badge, but in the back of it is probably the best place to be – where you don’t have to look at the outside of it or drive it, mainly, but also because you’ve got limo levels of space in the electrically adjustable middle row seats in the seven-seat version. There’s an eight-seater version of the Maxus with two sets of three rows in the back. Range is reasonable enough from a large MPV with an 84kWh usable battery, but we suspect you’d be more likely to see one of these on airport shuttle duties than as a family runabout. Just look at the price and the range compared with that Kia EV9…
Price: £52,810 / Range: 324 miles / Electrifying score: 8
The EQB was one of the first EVs on the market to offer a proper seven-seat option when lots of rivals just couldn’t fit the extra seats in with their batteries. We’ve always liked it because of the old-school 4x4 styling too, it’s not trying to be a sleek SUV. Its age shows in the 71kWh usable battery, that will charge at a peak rate of 100kW, which means 35mins to get from 10–80%. The 11kW AC charging as standard is a nice touch, as is the two Isofix points on the rearmost seats. You’ll get 495 litres of space in the boot with five seats up, but it’s a bit more compromised when you’re carrying seven. Some Mercs can get a bit carried away on the price list, but this one tops out at a sensible £61k. There’s a new EQB on the way in 2026 (but it will be called the GLB), so you’ve probably got time to back a decent deal on this generation.
Price: £129,480 / Range: 398 miles / Electrifying score: 7
The EQS SUV has had the giant luxury EV market to itself for a long while, but now we’ve got the Porsche Cayenne Electric and soon the Range Rover EV to give the posh big SUV a bit of competition. The EQS SUV does still have an ace up its sleeve though – those extra two seats in the back, which the Porsche and RR can’t do anything about. It’s an absolute chonker of a car with a 118kWh battery, which is one of the biggest packs you can heave about the public highway short of an electric HGV. So there’s big range, but it’ll cost you to fill up – and take 31mins to get from 10–80% at 200kW. Phew. The Merc does get 22kW AC charging as standard, probably worth getting three-phase electricity installed at home if you want to be able to fill it up overnight on a home plug. There’s loads of tech though, including the bonkers Hyperscreen up front. That, to remind us, is a 12.3in digital instrument display, a 17.7in central infotainment and another 12.3in touchscreen display for the front passenger all set under a piece of glass several metres across. Rear passengers even get a little touchscreen to control their seats and the aircon. Good luck to whoever buys one of these second hand in about 12 years.
Sure, the Mercedes EQS SUV is huge, but those two back seats are still occasional rather than full time
Price: £92,255 / Range: 222 miles / Electrifying score: 8
Like the EQS SUV, the electric V-Class got in there nice and early with an electric variant where others feared to tread. Now though it’s a different story, with plenty of other minibus-style rivals to choose from. The EQV is another prime candidate for the airport shuttle run, but with a much better badge than either the Citroen e-Spacetourer or Maxus Mifa 9 if image is what you’re after. The fancier badge doesn’t necessarily translate into a fancier experience once you’re on board, so if you’re after a family wagon you’d probably be better off saving a bit of money and going for something else.
Peugeot e-Rifter Long
Price: from £31,750 / Range: 199 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
Is this most stylish of the Citroen/Vauxhall/Peugeot/Toyota quadrumvirate here? Alright, maybe not from the angle above. It’s arguably the better looking from the outside, but the Citroen e-Berlingo has a bit more charm on the inside. The e-Rifter is around £400 cheaper though, so that could be enough to swing it the Peugeot’s way. It will probably depend too on whether you get on with Peugeot’s steering wheel/instrument panel approach, but otherwise you get the same 50kWh battery and middling real world range. Worth noting that these four van-based EVs all qualify for the £1,500 electric car grant in the UK too.
Peugeot E-Traveller
Price: from £35,490 / Range: 215 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
How much more can we say about exactly the same van with different badges? The Peugeot version looks quite nice up front with the family face grafted on, though the carmaker’s designers haven’t managed to work the same magic at the back. The E-Traveller is £90 more than the Vauxhall, but £5 cheaper than the Citroen and a massive £10k cheaper than the Toyota version. Who works these things out? You get the same interior layout options (anywhere from six to nine seats), the same 75kWh battery and the same slightly iffy real world range. You’ve got ‘standard’ and ‘long’ lengths to choose from, with the latter a £900 premium if you want the extra boot space.
Price: £48,560 / Range: 414 miles / Electrifying score: 9
We actually rate the Peugeot E-5008 a lot better than its smaller sibling, the E-3008. It’s £51,260 for the 97kWh Long Range powertrain with the entry trim, which is probably the one to go for, depending on which bits of kit you’d like. There are four trims available, and you can have the top spec car with a dual-motor setup that only comes with the smaller battery for £57,225. You’ve got 160kW max charging speeds and the car takes 27 minutes to get from 20–80% charge. The smaller 73kWh only has up to 310 miles of WLTP range depending on the trim, and the dual motor car with the perkier performance only musters up 289 miles of WLTP range.
Toyota Proace City Verso
Price: from £31,995 / Range: 213 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
Can’t quite think who’d want to buy one of these or why – it’s French designed and Spanish built at the Stellantis factory in Vigo. It doesn’t look remotely like a Toyota and you get none of the usual benefits of one of the firm’s cars apart from the warranty that extends up to 10 years if you service with a Toyota dealer (who will have to pop over to a Citroen dealer to get the parts). Toyota’s like the one person in the group presentation who never turned up at the library to do the work. Still, if the Vauxhall Combo Life Electric is too exciting for you, there’s always this.
Like the other four versions of this car, the sixth and seventh seats are removable for extra luggage space (they also fold)
Toyota Proace Verso
Price: from £45,895 / Range: 214 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
The most expensive starting price of the four brands that share the same van. Is the Toyota image worth that much extra? You do get a mile more of range than the Vauxhall Vivaro Life Electric, but one less than the Citroen e-Spacetourer. Hmm. Range isn’t brilliant on any of these minibuses, but on the plus side they’re capable of rapid charging at up to 100kW. You’re not really getting anything extra for the more expensive starting price of the Toyota – the entry version still comes with steel wheels and plastic trims and there’s only one 75kWh battery/136hp motor combo to pick from. If you want all the bells and whistles the Proace Verso tops out at £56k for the long wheelbase Excel version, but that has such delights as power operated sliding doors that you can open by waving your foot under the side sills. It would be nice to have something you could show off about if you were stuck driving one of these, wouldn’t it?
Lots of seats to be found inside the Toyota Proace Verso, so that's nice
Vauxhall Combo Life Electric XL
Price: £32,265 / Range: 213 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
The third version of the same car spun off the same underpinnings – everything is present and correct, but somehow Vauxhall has made it a little bit more boring. And weirdly the Combo Life Electric XL’s entry spec is £100 pricier than the Berlingo, and £500 more than the Peugeot version – who would have thought there would come a day when the Vauxhall was the more expensive version of anything? It’s hardly a premium van you’re getting, is it. Though you are getting marginally the longer range compared with the others – the Vauxhall badge must be very aerodynamic. The 50kWh battery will charge from 10–80% in 30 minutes at a 100kW peak and an 11kW AC charger is a £300 option versus the 7.4kW on board charger as standard.
Vauxhall Vivaro Life Electric
Price: from £35,400 / Range: 213 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
The final of the quartet of Stellantis/Toyota van-based minibus things, the Vivaro Life Electric actually comes with nine seats as standard, the little overachiever. This is because it has the three-seater van layout up the front, rather than two individual seats. It also benefits from the electric car grant in its entry level Combi trim, which is nice. Despite the handy saving you’ll probably want to spend the extra money and get the decently kitted out trims if you’re going to be spending a lot of time in this though, the entry model is pretty miserly equipped. You do at least get aircon as standard (in the front), as well as Apple and Android connectivity and a heated rear window. Top spec Ultimate trim gets six or eight individual seats with lots of luxury touches, but it costs £48k and doesn’t go any further on a charge. We’ve not driven the passenger version of this, but we did give the van 8/10 when we drove it.
Volkswagen e-Transporter Shuttle
Price: from £56,129 / Range: 194 miles / Electrifying score: tbc
In the spirit of the majority of this list being cars with shared underpinnings to save money, this Volkswagen isn’t actually a Volkswagen but rather a rebadged Ford Transit, so essentially the same as the E-Tourneo Custom towards the top of the page. But still, it all looks lovely with a few Volkswagen badges around the place and strangely the VW starts out rather cheaper than the Ford. We’ve not driven the e-Transport Shuttle version yet, but we’ve given the van a solid 8/10. Here the £56k price is for the basic entry level Life version. For lots more money (£7k more) you can get the fancier Style version that has things like tinted windows, a heated windscreen, keyless entry and three zones of air conditioning. Both versions have eight or nine-seat options to choose from and get the same 64kWh usable battery that the Ford has.
Volkswagen's e-Transporter a-Fords you a bit more legroom (that pun really didn't work)
Price: from £60,533 / Range: 292 miles / Electrifying score: 8
We do like the ID.Buzz, it's a car that should be given an OBE or something for 'services to making the electric vehicle slightly cooler than it was' – sure, it's done it by playing on our collective weakness for nostalgia (we remember the good old days when carmakers relied on just making good cars), but it's nice to see an EV trundling around that elicits favourable emotions, rather than the cool indifference afforded to most. The long wheelbase version is the best – that's your only option for seven seat living – though the e-Transporter Shuttle is obviously a touch more practical on board if you're less bothered about the image, the ID.Buzz does offer a superior amount of range thanks to a larger battery option. You can use all of the seats more of the time in the Buzz than you can in say the Kia EV9 or Mercedes EQB, though luggage space is still slightly compromised with only 306 litres on offer with all the seats up. That's significantly less than the likes of the Citroen e-Spacetourer.
Price: from £80,160 / Range: 378 miles / Electrifying score: 8
Despite some of the badges in this list, the Volvo EX90 is probably the fanciest feeling of the lot – there’s something about the Mercedes EQS SUV’s tech fest interior that leaves us a little cold. The EX90 is an absolute beast, though it’s not a everyday seven-seater in the same way that the van-based Stellantis options in this list are. You’ve got single motor, rear-wheel drive and twin motor, all-wheel drive options to choose from. The former comes with a 92kWh battery for 351 miles of WLTP range, while the latter gets a 106kWh battery and will cost an extra £7k for 27 more miles of range. The EX90 will charge at up to 250kW, which means a 10–80% time of 30 minutes. The EQS SUV is a lot more expensive than the Volvo, but it claws back a bit of the fight in terms of real world efficiency, where we found it’s a bit more efficient than the Swede.
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