How We Research Our Guides
ElectricCar.homes exists for one reason: to help people buy and run electric vehicles with their eyes open. This page explains exactly how every guide on this site is researched, written and checked — what sources we use, how we handle numbers we cannot confirm, and what we do when we get something wrong.
The sources we check
Every price, range figure and specification in our guides is checked at writing time against a primary source wherever one exists. In practice that means manufacturer specification pages and price lists, official EPA ratings published at fueleconomy.gov, and safety and recall data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Where a figure comes from independent testing — a range test or a charging curve published by a reviewer — we say so in the text. Lease deals and market prices are checked against live manufacturer offers and dealer listings on the day the article is written, and the article carries a “prices checked” date so you can see how fresh the numbers are.
Our own analysis
Some of the most useful numbers in our guides are ones we calculate ourselves, using the same logic as our free tools — the total cost of ownership calculator and the battery replacement cost estimator. Price per mile of range, the cost to fill a battery at average US electricity prices, and five-year fuel savings against a petrol equivalent are worked out from the checked figures above, so you can follow the maths yourself.
How we label estimates
Not every number can be confirmed. A model that has been announced but not yet EPA-rated has no official range, so we publish the best available estimate marked “(est.)” with its basis stated — for example, a European WLTP figure converted down to a realistic EPA expectation. When the official figure arrives, we update the article and change its “last updated” date. An estimate is never presented as a confirmed fact.
What we do not do
We do not accept payment from manufacturers to rank, score or recommend their vehicles, and no manufacturer sees or approves a guide before it is published. Our verdict scores are argued from the published figures — range, charging speed, price and running costs — and when a car is beaten by a rival on those numbers, the guide says so.
We also do not invent experience. If a guide is based on specifications, official data and published independent testing rather than our own time with the car, that is the basis the article stands on, and the sources box at the end of each guide shows it.
Corrections and updates
Prices, incentives and specifications change constantly in the electric vehicle market, and occasionally we will get something wrong. When a reader spots an error — or a manufacturer changes a price — we check the claim against the primary source and update the article, its figures and its “last updated” date. If you find something that looks off, please tell us through the site’s contact options; corrections from readers have already improved several of our guides.
Advertising
ElectricCar.homes is reader-supported and carries advertising. Advertising never influences our verdicts, scores or rankings, and advertisers have no say in what we publish. The same person never sells the ad space and writes the review of the product in it.
Who writes here
Our guides are written by beat writers, each covering one part of the electric vehicle world — cars, charging, costs, e-bikes, scooters, vans, trucks, buses, maintenance and buying advice. Covering one beat means each writer follows the same manufacturers, prices and problems every week, which is how errors get spotted and prices stay current. You can see everything a writer has covered by clicking their name at the top of any article.