How to choose the best electric car for your company

The fact that more and more private buyers are choosing an electric car is clear from the statistics. During the first half of 2025, new car sales of electric cars increased by 16 percent, and on the used car market by as much as 63 percent . In total, distributed between both the used and new car markets, more than 85,000 electric cars changed hands during the first half of the year.

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The electric cars available on the used market are largely determined by the vehicle choices made by the country's companies three years earlier. In this way, your company's vehicle choice can be a catalyst in the green transition.

4 tips for choosing the right electric cars for your company

1. Review your needs

Do your employees mostly travel short or long distances? And do the trips mostly take place in and around urban environments where charging is rarely a problem, or out in the countryside, where charging infrastructure may be more limited? Once you have an idea of your driving needs, it becomes easier to determine the range you need.

2. Keep TCO in mind

TCO is the abbreviation that constantly appears in contexts related to company cars and stands for Total Cost of Ownership . It breaks down the total costs of the car into a monthly cost, which shows what the car actually costs to own. The total cost includes, among other things, tax, insurance, fuel/charging, service and depreciation.

Read more: How much does it really cost to own a car?

3. Choose secure(er) cards over insecure ones

In recent years, many new brands have landed in Sweden. And new brands mean that it can still be uncertain with spare parts, service and not least demand on the second-hand market a few years in the future. Choosing brands that are well-established in Sweden can therefore be a safer choice.

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4. Keep an eye on best-selling lists

An easy way to get a feel for the market is to see what is most popular on the second-hand market. The easiest way to do this is with best-selling lists. When we take a look at the best-selling electric cars on kvdbil.se last year, it looks like this:

The best-selling electric cars on kvdbil.se last year (August 2024-August 2025).

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