Leapmotor B10 review: a £29,995 electric SUV

The Leapmotor B10 is a family-sized electric SUV that comes in one fully loaded spec for just £29,995, and covers about 220 miles in the real world. 

You get heated and cooled seats, a 360-degree camera and a panoramic roof without ticking a single option box. On the flip side, almost everything is controlled on the touchscreen, which isn’t for everyone.

As Alvin, our resident EV reviewer, put it in our video review, it's annoying when a cheap starting price ends up costing you thousands more for heated seats and a reversing camera. The Leapmotor B10 throws that out of the window. So what's the catch? Is there one? For this Leapmotor B10 review, we've been living with it to find out.

• The Leapmotor B10 comes in one spec, priced at £29,995, including Leapmotor's own £1,500 discount until 31st December 2026.
• Real-world range is about 220 miles from a 65kWh battery.
• A 10 to 80% charge costs around £3.19 at home on Octopus Energy's Intelligent Octopus Go - EV Saver tariff.
• Using an ultra-rapid public charger, a 10 to 80% charge costs around £37.67, including the 10% Electroverse discount for Octopus EV leasing drivers.
• The boot holds 430 litres, and there's a 25-litre 'frunk' (aka a 'front trunk') for your charging cables.
• The trade-offs are a lack of physical buttons, a boot button that's not in the most obvious spot, and driver alert noises that can get on your nerves.

The Leapmotor B10 is a five-seat, mid-size electric SUV. It's up against electric cars like the Skoda Elroq and Kia EV3, and as Alvin points out, it's coming for petrol cars too.

Leap who? It might sound like a gamble on a Chinese start-up you've never heard of. But the B10 has a secret weapon: it's backed, sold and serviced by Stellantis, the car giant behind Peugeot, Vauxhall and Fiat. 

Stellantis owns 51% of Leapmotor International, the business that sells Leapmotor's cars outside China.

Just one. In the UK, the Leapmotor B10 comes in a single trim, called Design, with everything included as standard. Which is refreshing in a world full of bewildering choices. 

So the only real choice is colour. Inside, you pick between Light Grey and Shadow Grey eco-leather, at no extra cost. Outside, every shade other than Starry Night Blue costs £575 extra.

The Leapmotor B10 costs £29,995. That price includes Leapmotor's own £1,500 Leap-Grant, which runs until 31st December 2026 for private buyers. It's a discount from Leapmotor, not the government's Electric Car Grant, which the B10 doesn't qualify for.

Alvin reckons you'd normally pay around £45,000 for this much kit on other cars. Here's what comes as standard:

• A 14.6-inch touchscreen and an 8.8-inch driver display
• A 360-degree camera and rear parking sensors
• A panoramic glass roof and ambient lighting
• Heated and ventilated electric front seats
• Wireless phone charging, 18-inch alloys and flush door handles
• Vehicle-to-load (V2L)

The Leapmotor B10's real-world range is about 220 miles from its 65kWh battery. The official WLTP (aka lab tested) figure is 270 miles. Your actual range depends on your driving, the terrain and the weather, so expect less on a freezing January morning.

Is 220 miles enough? For most families, yes. Alvin points out it's roughly London to Manchester on a single charge. Though he admits he'd definitely need a stop. You’re not alone Alvin! 

On a 7kW home charger,a 10-80% charge takes around 7 hours 21 minutes, which is more than doable overnight. 

The B10 charges at a maximum speed of 168kW. On a 150kW ultra-rapid charger, 10-80% takes about 29 minutes, and on a 50kW rapid charger it's just over an hour. What does that mean when you’re at a service station? Alvin has three kids. By the time he's sorted drinks and loo trips, the car's ready before they are.

Most drivers keep the battery between 10 and 80%, so that's what we've based these prices on. At home, it's a few pounds. On a motorway ultra-rapid charger, it's more like a round of drinks.

Charging prices and times from octopusev.com in October 2026. Energy prices change, so check the current price before you plan around them.

The cheapest option needs a 7kW home charger. Intelligent Octopus Go - EV Saver is Octopus Energy's home charging tariff, and its discounted rate is exclusive to Octopus EV drivers. Public charging costs more. Which you’d expect, as you’re paying for the convenience of charging on the go, often much more quickly than you could at home. 

How does it all compare with petrol? You’re looking at £3.19 to charge at home, compared with around £38.79 you’d pay for petrol, for the same miles in a VW Golf. 

How practical is it inside?

Very. The boot holds 430 litres, and the floor moves. Keep it level for the weekly shop, or drop it down to fit a suitcase. Fold the back seats and you get 1,700 litres, enough space for Alvin to crawl through the car and out the other side.

In the back, the flat floor means three people can sit across without anyone's knees up by their chin. Alvin's six foot (his words: don't fact check that) and still has plenty of room behind his own seat. There's a rear armrest with cupholders, too, for kids who never go anywhere without a drink.

Up front, the big screen is quick and works a lot like your phone. Your actual phone sits on a non-slip charging pad, so it won't rattle around when you take a corner.

Two features stood out when we filmed the car:

• Driver profiles remember your settings. As Alvin puts it, when you get in, it's your car. When your partner gets in, it's theirs.
• Vehicle-to-load turns the battery into a power bank for anything with a three-pin plug. No outdoor socket? Mow the front lawn anyway. Off to the beach? Keep an electric cool box running all day.

One gripe: the boot opens with a little button tucked away in the corner, not the handle you might expect.

In one word, easy. And it's quiet and relaxing, though if it were Alvin’s car you wouldn’t notice over the music he’d be blasting.

The rear suspension is more sophisticated than you'd expect at this price. In plain English, the car stays settled over bumps, so you don't feel like you're on a boat rocking on the sea. As Alvin says, we used to expect this from German brands, but lots of new arrivals drive really smoothly too.

It'll do 0 to 60mph in 8 seconds. Not sports-car-quick, but quick enough.

The heated and cooled seats are one of Alvin's favourite features, especially on a day when, as he put it, his bum was very cold. The one thing he missed on long drives was adjustable lower back support. You'll also hear plenty of bings and bongs from the driver aids, like the lane keeping assist.

Honestly, not really one, as long as you know what you're signing up for. There are a handful of quirks:

1. There are almost no physical buttons, so most things happen on the touchscreen. Alvin reckons it could do with a couple more.
2. The boot button is a little hidden.
3. There's no head-up display, which isn’t a must-have for most drivers anyway. 
4. Parking sensors are at the back only, though the 360-degree camera makes up for it.

Some drivers say rear visibility isn't great, but Alvin had a pretty large cameraman in the back and could still see out of the window just fine.

For the kit you get at this price, it's hard to beat.

Prices and specs checked October 2026. All prices are on the road, and the Elroq price has the £1,500 government grant taken off. The Qashqai runs on petrol, so we've shown its official fuel economy, and its boot is measured without the parcel shelf.

The Skoda Elroq is the obvious electric rival. We've taken the £1,500 government grant off its £33,970 on-the-road price, because it qualifies and the B10 doesn't. Even then, the cheapest Elroq costs about £2,475 more, with less kit and range. It does have a bigger boot and, according to What Car?, a more polished drive.

Thinking of sticking with petrol? The cheapest Nissan Qashqai costs about £1,150 more than the B10. Nissan quotes a bigger boot, but the B10 has more kit and typically costs much less to run if you charge at home.

Alvin's verdict? The B10 is an astonishingly good value package, and ideal for growing families and budget-conscious tech lovers who want maximum features without paying the premium brand tax.

If this Leapmotor B10 review has you tempted, leasing is one way to get into it without buying it outright. We offer the Leapmotor B10 on personal lease, with servicing, MOTs, maintenance and repairs included. It's also available on salary sacrifice, if your employer runs a scheme with us. 

Many of our leases come with a free home charger. And Octopus Energy's Intelligent Octopus Go - EV Saver tariff gives you a discounted rate that's exclusive to Octopus EV drivers. Away from home, the Electroverse app gives you one large public charging network, on one card and one bill.

Leapmotor, a Chinese electric car brand. Stellantis, which owns Peugeot, Vauxhall and Fiat, is a major shareholder and runs Leapmotor International, the business that sells its cars outside China. In the UK, the B10 is sold and serviced through Stellantis's dealer network.

On a 7kW home charger, the B10 adds about 21 miles of range an hour, and a 10 to 80% charge takes just over 7 hours, so an overnight plug-in covers it. On a 150kW ultra-rapid charger, the same top-up takes about 29 minutes. Cold weather may slow all of these.

About £3.19 for a 10 to 80% charge at home on Intelligent Octopus Go - EV Saver, Octopus Energy's tariff whose discounted rate is exclusive to Octopus EV drivers, or about £11.38 on a standard rate. On an ultra-rapid public charger, it's about £37.67 with the Electroverse discount.

The B10 is new to the UK, so there's little long-term data yet. It comes with a four-year warranty covering up to 60,000 miles, and eight years or 100,000 miles on the battery. It also scored the full five stars from Euro NCAP for safety in 2025.

The B10 costs about £2,475 less, comes with more kit as standard, and goes a little further in the real world. The Elroq has a bigger boot and a more polished drive. If value decides it for you, the B10 wins. If the driving feel does, the Elroq might pip it.

A note on our video review: the information in this review is the latest available, so some details, such as range, charging times and prices, may not exactly match what you see in our video.