Ford Explorer review
The Ford Explorer is an electric SUV with 5 seats, a 77 kWh battery and a quoted WLTP range of 270 miles. On paper it suits families who want space without moving up to a van. Prices start at around £39,000, with leases quoted from about £379 a month.
Not sold in the United States. This review is kept for reference and the figures below are United Kingdom market data in GBP — browse the United States line-up instead.
This review is automatically generated from manufacturer specification data, not from hands-on testing. It is a structured summary of the published figures, not a road test.
- From
- £39,000
- WLTP range
- 270 mi
- Battery
- 77 kWh
- 0–60mph
- 6.4s
- Body
- SUV
- Seats
- 5
- Boot
- 470 L
- Lease from
- £379/mo
Overview
The Ford Explorer is an electric SUV with 5 seats, a 77 kWh battery and a quoted WLTP range of 270 miles. On paper it suits families who want space without moving up to a van. Prices start at around £39,000, with leases quoted from about £379 a month.
Its headline specification point is straightforward: ford chassis tuning on VW's proven platform. The sections below break the published figures down and set them against the other electric cars in our Your UK region database.
Design & practicality
Bodystyle is an SUV with 5 seats and 470 litres of boot space. Against every EV in the database that puts it around mid-pack for outright carrying capacity, and around mid-pack among other SUVs.
Boot volume is typical of the class: fine for a weekly shop and a couple of cases.
Range & charging
The quoted WLTP range is 270 miles from 77 kWh of usable-plus-buffer capacity — around mid-pack in the database for distance between charges. Real-world figures are typically 10–25% lower in cold weather and at sustained motorway speeds.
That is a big-battery setup with solid rapid-charging speeds. As with any EV, the running-cost picture depends far more on whether you can charge at home overnight than on the charging speed itself.
Performance
The published 0–60mph time is 6.4 seconds, which puts it around mid-pack for acceleration here and makes it brisk by the numbers. Electric drivetrains deliver that pull instantly from a standstill, so town-speed responses tend to feel stronger than the figure suggests.
Tech & features
We score cabin technology at 8/10 based on published equipment levels, which is below average across the database. The specification highlight is that ford chassis tuning on VW's proven platform.
Expect a large central screen, over-the-air updates and driver assistance as standard on most trims.
Price & value
New prices run from £39,000 to £52,000, with three-year-old used examples from around £32,000 and leases quoted from £379 a month. That sits at the middle of the electric cars in this database, and the middle of the SUVs specifically.
Our value score, which weighs the price against range, space and equipment, is 7/10. Whether it works out cheaper than your current car depends on your mileage, fuel price and charging setup — the cost calculator does that maths properly.
Pros & cons
Generated from how this car scores against every other EV in our database on range, price, space, performance, tech and value.
- No obvious weak spot: mid-pack on price, range and space
- ford chassis tuning on VW's proven platform
- Nothing stands out as a weakness in the specification, but rivals may undercut it on price
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