10 Biggest News Stories of the Week: Hyundai Ioniq 6, Tesla Model 3 Lead the Charge Vs. Mazda3
Despite car prices starting to level off from pandemic-related record highs, make no mistake: Cars are still expensive. And if you’re trying to get in on (or stay up on) the ongoing all-electric evolution, electric vehicles are typically even more expensive than their gas-only counterparts. To help you expedite your plug-in purchase, we’ve done the legwork to narrow the field to the most affordable electric cars available in Cars.com’s most popular news article of the past week.
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Our roster of just shy of a dozen cheap (relatively speaking) EVs features a variety of body styles, including hatchbacks, sedans and SUVs that range in price from just over $29,000 at the low end up to just over $43,000 at the high end (all prices include a destination charge). That’s in addition to increasingly anxiety-reducing driving ranges ranging from 114 miles up to 361 miles. Starting at the inexpensive end, the list of model-year 2024 EVs includes the Nissan Leaf, Mini Cooper, Hyundai Kona Electric, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Fisker Ocean and Tesla Model 3 before wading deeper into the $40,000s.
For the full list of the 11 cheapest EVs you can buy — including some key specs and additional context on each model — follow the link below to the No. 1 news story on this week’s countdown of most read articles.
In other pricing news, we can give you an idea of how much you can expect to spend on a Mazda3 for the 2025 model year — and it might just be less that you would’ve paid for a 2024 if you opt for the new entry-level hatchback version among the 13 available trim choices. The sedan body style offers six of those trim levels, with the base 2.5 S boasting the Mazda3’s lowest price of $25,135 and rising up to just under $37,000 for the 2.5 Turbo Premium Plus. Back to the hatchback, the base 2.5 S opens the bidding at $26,135, while that 2.5 Turbo Premium Plus will run you $1,150 more than the four-door version. The hatch also offers a seventh trim level: the middle-ranging 2.5 S Premium for just under 32 grand.
For the full breakdown of pricing by body style and trim level — in addition to their respective specs, equipment, safety features and fuel-economy estimates — follow the link below to the No. 3 news story of the week.
Beyond all that, we’ve got headlines on the Chevrolet Equinox EV, Toyota Tundra, Jeep Wagoneer and much more — so don’t stop reading till the digits double. Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past week:
1. Here Are the 11 Cheapest Electric Vehicles You Can Buy
2. 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV Review: The Apple-Pie Electric Vehicle
3. 2025 Mazda3: New Base Hatchback Starts at $26,135, Sedan Priced From $25,135
4. What Are the Hidden Costs of Owning an Electric Car?
5. BMW Announces 2025 Updates for 6 Models
6. Which Automaker Owns Your Luxury Brand?
7. Electric Cars With the Longest Range
8. Which SUVs, Minivans and Sedans Have the Most Cargo Space?
9. What Is the Toyota Tundra 1794 Edition?
10. Jeep Wagoneer Named Top Safety Pick; Chevrolet Tahoe, Ford Expedition Struggle in Crash Testing
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