Electric cars with the best power-to-weight ratio: Superminis 2025

The less weight each horsepower has to move, the faster a car accelerates. These are the new cars registered in the EU in 2025 with the best power-to-weight ratio.

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1
MINI JCW E
255 hp · Electric · 1,730 kg (3,814 lb)
6.79 kg/hp
14.97 lb/hp
2
Alpine A290
215 hp · Electric · 1,554 kg (3,426 lb)
7.24 kg/hp
15.97 lb/hp
3
MINI Cooper SE
215 hp · Electric · 1,680 kg (3,704 lb)
7.83 kg/hp
17.26 lb/hp
4
Peugeot 208
154 hp · Electric · 1,530 kg (3,373 lb)
9.92 kg/hp
21.87 lb/hp
5
Opel Corsa
154 hp · Electric · 1,544 kg (3,404 lb)
10.01 kg/hp
22.07 lb/hp
6
Lancia Ypsilon
154 hp · Electric · 1,561 kg (3,441 lb)
10.12 kg/hp
22.32 lb/hp
7
Peugeot E-208
154 hp · Electric · 1,574 kg (3,470 lb)
10.21 kg/hp
22.50 lb/hp
8
Renault 5 E-Tech Electri
148 hp · Electric · 1,517 kg (3,344 lb)
10.28 kg/hp
22.67 lb/hp
9
Nissan Micra
148 hp · Electric · 1,527 kg (3,366 lb)
10.35 kg/hp
22.82 lb/hp
10
Peugeot 208 100 Elek.
134 hp · Electric · 1,545 kg (3,406 lb)
11.52 kg/hp
25.40 lb/hp
11
Citroën E-C3
111 hp · Electric · 1,492 kg (3,289 lb)
13.40 kg/hp
29.55 lb/hp
12
Fiat Grande Panda
111 hp · Electric · 1,536 kg (3,386 lb)
13.80 kg/hp
30.42 lb/hp
13
Citroën C3 83 Elekt.
111 hp · Electric · 1,542 kg (3,400 lb)
13.85 kg/hp
30.54 lb/hp
14
Dongfeng Box
94 hp · Electric · 1,429 kg (3,150 lb)
15.22 kg/hp
33.56 lb/hp
15
Cupra Raval
94 hp · Electric · 1,545 kg (3,406 lb)
16.46 kg/hp
36.29 lb/hp
16
MINI Cooper E J01 HC0
74 hp · Electric · 1,615 kg (3,560 lb)
21.90 kg/hp
48.27 lb/hp

How it's calculated

Official type-approval data for the new passenger cars registered in the European Union, published by the European Environment Agency. One spot per model (its best version), and only versions with at least 30 registrations, to rule out errors in the records. Ratio = mass in running order (kg) divided by power (hp).

By powertrain, based on each version's official type approval: “Combustion” covers petrol, diesel, LPG, CNG and ethanol; “Hybrids”, both regular and plug-in hybrids; “Electric”, fully electric cars. With a powertrain selected, each model appears with its best version of that powertrain.

Each model's body type (SUV, hatchback, sedan…) and size come from its Wikidata classification and our own review of the best-sellers; models without a type yet only appear under “All”.

Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), “Monitoring of CO2 emissions from passenger cars”, CC BY 4.0 licence. 2025 data (provisional), imported on September 24, 2026. We automatically check for new data every 6 hours (last check: September 25, 2026 at 02:17 PM GMT+2). This is the type-approval data declared by manufacturers and it may contain errors.