Lexus UX 300e quietly pulled from sale in the UK
The Lexus UX 300e has been removed from sale after half a decade in the UK.
The compact SUV was the Japanese premium brand’s first EV and despite beating rivals to market, it failed to make much impact on the UK.
Sharing a platform with the UX300h hybrid, the 300e came with a 54.3kWh battery and managed just 186 miles of range on the WLTP test cycle. Upon arrival in 2020, it also came with an already-outdated CHAdeMO charge connector, which offered a maximum charging speed of 50kW. Despite a mid-life refresh in 2024, Lexus has sold just 3,400 of them since 2021.
As things stand, the RZ SUV is the only all-electric Lexus on sale at present. While perhaps not as popular as other vehicles in the mid-sized SUV segment, such as the Tesla Model Y and Polestar 4, it does offer up to 346 miles of range and a much faster charging speed of 150kW.
Within a few months, Lexus will expand its UK EV line-up by adding the all-new ES. For the first time in its 37-year lifespan, the ES will be fully electric and will be available as either the 338bhp, all-wheel drive ES 500e, or the 221bhp, front-wheel drive ES 350e.
Both versions of the ES will come with a 77kWh battery, with the less powerful of the two managing 300 miles on a single charge. The additional performance of the more powerful version sees range slashed to 250 miles.
We recently reported that while Lexus is remaining tight-lipped on its plans, an electric-only version of its IS 200 saloon is heavily rumoured to come back as an EV by 2027.
