What Is the Most Expensive Electric Car?
Steve Birkett is an electric vehicle advocate based in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. He is a content creator and marketing professional who contributes written and recorded pieces to a wide range of media outlets. His analysis has been featured in Find The Best Car Price, WWLP TV, and Torque News, among others. He has also had video content featured on Inside EVs. Birkett was an EV Guide for Plug in America events in Massachusetts (Drive Electric Cambridge and Drive Electric Lowell) and Ohio (Earth Day 2019 at Cleveland Zoo). He participates in quarterly advisory panel meetings for EVolve New York (a state-level charging initiative) and has contributed to focus groups for prominent U.S. charging networks.
Birkett is a father-of-two who loves nothing more than packing up the family and hitting the road in their latest electric car, which is currently a 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5. With multiple Chevy Bolts in his past, as well as a Chevy Volt and Tesla Model 3 LR in the extended family, plus various EV rentals when he ventures back home to his native United Kingdom, Birkett has more than 100,000 all-electric miles under his belt and is always ready to try out a new electric vehicle.
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The most expensive mass-produced EV currently on sale in the United States is the 2023 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo, which starts at $190,000 MSRP.
For this outlay, owners will get an EV that sprints to 60mph in 2.6 seconds and hits a top speed of 162 mph, along with all of the premium appointments that come with purchasing a Porsche.
For affluent EV buyers more focused on range, the Lucid Air Sapphire Edition is positioned to take Porsche’s crown as the most expensive electric car in the near future. The Sapphire will start at an eye-watering $250,000, which nets the owner range of 400+ miles, and potentially double what the Taycan achieves on the EPA test cycle.
The Lucid is also expected to eclipse the Taycan Turbo S in terms of performance, with a rumored 1,200+ HP aimed at delivering sub-2-second sprints to 60 mph and a top speed in excess of 200 mph.
