Everything Electric Twickenham: What to Expect at the UK's Biggest EV Show

Later this month, the biggest date in the UK electric calendar lands in south-west London. Everything Electric GREATER LONDON runs at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on 11 and 12 September, filling the stadium's West Car Park with electric cars, home energy technology and more live content than most visitors can physically attend. If you are weighing up an electric car, a heat pump, or both at once, this is the one weekend of the year built for exactly that question.

What the show is

Everything Electric is the rebranded, expanded descendant of Fully Charged Live, the festival of electrification that grew out of Robert Llewellyn's YouTube channel. It is now a touring operation with events across the UK, Europe, Australia and North America, and its Greater London edition styles itself as the world's number one electric vehicle and home energy expo. The 2026 UK tour has already called at Harrogate in May and Cheltenham in June; Twickenham is the finale, and the biggest stop.

The venue itself is a statement of intent. The show debuts at Allianz Stadium on 11 and 12 September, using the West Car Park as a large-scale outdoor event space suited to test-drive experiences, brand activations and festival-style formats. Twickenham sits close to central London and Heathrow, with the transport links that implies, so expect the largest crowd of the UK tour.

The test drives are the headline

For most visitors the reason to go is simple: you can drive dozens of electric cars in one day. Brands exhibiting include BYD, Ford, Geely, Genesis, Hyundai, MG, Nissan, Polestar, Renault, Tesla, Volvo and XPENG, and the organisers bill the test drive programme as the largest in the UK. Each drive lasts 15 to 20 minutes, booked directly with the manufacturer on the day, and runs first come, first served.

That format rewards arriving early and having a shortlist. Back-to-back drives in the same conditions are the most honest comparison tool a buyer can get, and no dealership forecourt offers it. Our Chinese brands guide covers why names like BYD, Geely and XPENG now deserve a place on that shortlist alongside the established badges.

Several manufacturers are also using the show for public unveilings of brand-new electric models, so expect a few cars on the stands that have not yet reached UK showrooms. If first sightings matter to you, Friday or Saturday at Twickenham is where they happen.

The Electric Theatre

The indoor programme, such as it is in a festival setting, centres on the Electric Theatre: more than 20 live sessions across the weekend covering first EV buying, smarter charging, company cars and salary sacrifice, solar, battery storage and heat pumps, plus future-facing sessions on AI and autonomous driving. Speakers include the familiar presenting team of Robert Llewellyn, Helen Czerski, CEO Dan Caesar and Dave Borlace of Just Have a Think.

The sessions on choosing a first EV and on charging costs are the ones most worth planning your day around if you are mid-decision. The charging session should pair nicely with our own state of the public charging network and charging prices per kWh explainers for the numbers behind the stage talk.

A business day bolted on

New for the London edition's second year, Friday 11 September hosts a dedicated B2B EV Day aimed at fleet managers, business owners and HR teams. Qualifying business professionals attend free of charge, with expert-led sessions on salary sacrifice and company car schemes alongside the test drives. The Friday also doubles as the finish line of the 2026 EV Rally, so the rally cars and their drivers will be arriving on site through the day.

For context on why companies are switching, our company car tax guide for EVs in 2026/27 sets out the BiK arithmetic that has made electric saloons the default company car choice. Friday's theatre programme is effectively that argument, delivered in person.

Beyond the cars

The home energy side is not a sideshow. Exhibitors cover solar panels, battery storage, heat pumps, home charging and smart home energy technology, with independent experts on hand. For EV owners, the pairing of a car and a home battery is increasingly the full picture of going electric, something we examined in our piece on home battery storage for EV drivers. There is also a Commercial Vehicle Zone hosted by commercial EV specialist Paul Kirby, showing electric vans, trucks and last-mile delivery vehicles, open to all visitors across both days.

Family logistics are covered too: the show keeps its established family-friendly format, with a kids' zone and test rides on e-bikes, scooters and skateboards on the Micro-Mobility Test Track.

Practical details

Doors are open 9am to 4pm on both days. Day tickets are priced from £10, with under-16s admitted free, which makes it a cheap family day out by any measure. The show programme with the final test-drive lineup is published in the week before the event, so check the organisers' site then rather than relying on today's brand list.

A few tips from the format. Wear shoes you can walk miles in, because you will. Book your most-wanted test drive as early in the day as possible, since the popular cars develop queues by lunchtime. If you are comparing specific models, drive them consecutively so the impressions stay fresh. And if a heat pump or solar quote is on your agenda, bring a recent energy bill, because that is the first thing the stand staff will ask for.

The timing is apt. Battery electric cars took a 27.5% share of new car registrations in July 2026, a record for the month, and the September plate change lands the week before the show. A lot of buyers will arrive at Twickenham with a fresh 76-plate on their mind and a decision to make. For that crowd especially, a weekend of side-by-side test drives is the most useful shopping tool the UK electric market has.