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New awards celebrate all forms of electric mobility, with winners to be named on Wednesday 30 March

Six finalists have been revealed for the Best Electric Car award at the first Move Electric Awards 2022 in partnership with OVO Energy.

Move Electric is Autocar's new sister brand that covers all forms of electric mobility. Its inaugural Awards will recognise the products, people and companies that are helping to transform the transportation world. Categories will celebrate the best electric vehicles on both two and four wheels.

The Best Electric Car award is only open to full battery electric cars, with the judges emphasising machines that are both excellent to drive and own, and also push forward EV technology. The six finalists are: the BMW iX, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Kia EV6, the Polestar 2, the Porsche Taycan and the Skoda Enyaq IV. You can read more about why each of the finalists made the shortlist on Move Electric.

The Move Electric Awards 2022 will also feature awards for the Best Electric Bike and Best Electric Motorbike, as well as a prize for the Best Use of Electricity, which celebrates the diverse world of electric mobility. There will also be a range of special awards highlighting innovative companies and technology.

The winners are set to be announced on Wednesday 30 March. You can keep up to date by subscribing to the Move Electric newsletter.

James Attwood

James Attwood, digital editor
Title: Acting magazine editor

James is Autocar's acting magazine editor. Having served in that role since June 2023, he is in charge of the day-to-day running of the world's oldest car magazine, and regularly interviews some of the biggest names in the industry to secure news and features, such as his world exclusive look into production of Volkswagen currywurst. Really.

Before first joining Autocar in 2017, James spent more than a decade in motorsport journalist, working on Autosport, autosport.com, F1 Racing and Motorsport News, covering everything from club rallying to top-level international events. He also spent 18 months running Move Electric, Haymarket's e-mobility title, where he developed knowledge of the e-bike and e-scooter markets. 

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Electrohead 27 March 2022

Well done Autocar and Move Electric. You've managed to lose all credibility with your first awards by not including a Tesla Model 3 or Y. If Tesla dont buy an ad or join the SMMT they get cancelled eh?

bol 26 March 2022

I'm a regular defender of Autocar's impartiality, but how on earth can you have a top six with no Tesla in it? By what measure are the Polestar or Skoda better than a Model 3? Range? Performance? Handling? Efficiency? Space? Ease of use?Value for money? "Yeh, but they've got hatchbacks, and early Teslas weren't built very well" is not the answer surely? Please don't undermine your credibility at the outset. 

Vertigo 26 March 2022
Agreed. Especially with the Polestar: the Model 3 is faster-charging, substantially more efficient, massively lighter, more usable space, can be optioned to have more range and performance, and has access to the best charging network.

Does build quality and a driver's binnacle really beat all of those? Kind of ridiculous.

Jeremy 26 March 2022

Entirely understandable when you realise how little Tesla spend on advertising with Autocar...