2027 Lexus ES price: ES 350e vs ES 350h, range and specs

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Lexus has released U.S. pricing for the 2027 ES. The all‑electric ES 350e starts at $47,610 before delivery and comes in $2,195 cheaper than the ES 350h hybrid. Range tops out at 307 miles EPA, and a 10–80% DC fast charge takes about 28 minutes.

In the same Premium trim, the electric 2027 Lexus ES 350e undercuts the ES 350h hybrid by $2,195. The official U.S. price with the mandatory destination fee is $49,005 for the ES 350e, versus $51,200 for the hybrid. Technically, the 2027 lineup carries over unchanged from MY2026.

Before the $1,395 destination fee, Lexus lists base MSRPs of $47,610 for the ES 350e and $49,805 for the ES 350h. The all‑wheel‑drive electric ES 500e Premium starts at $52,005 with delivery, and the range‑topping ES 500e Luxury AWD starts at $60,405. Electric versions rose just $110 over the previous model year, hybrid versions about $105 — the electric ES 350e undercutting the hybrid is a pattern that already showed up a model year earlier, when the ES 350h hybrid launched almost level with the electric ES 350e.

The longest‑range variant is the front‑wheel‑drive ES 350e. Its 74.7 kWh battery feeds a 221‑hp electric motor, and range on the standard 19‑inch wheels reaches 307 miles EPA, about 494 km. Switching to 21‑inch wheels drops that to 292 miles. The ES 500e gains a second motor for a combined 338 hp, and DIRECT4 all‑wheel drive cuts the 0–60 mph sprint to 5.1 seconds, though range falls to 276 miles, about 444 km.

Both EVs get a NACS port. Peak DC charging power is 150 kW, so under the right conditions a 10–80% top‑up takes about 28 minutes. A full charge from an 11 kW AC source takes roughly seven hours; Lexus also bundles a CCS/J1772–NACS adapter.

The ES 350h hybrid tells a different story. The sixth‑generation system pairs a 2.5‑liter naturally aspirated engine with electric motors for 244 hp regardless of drivetrain. The front‑drive version is rated at roughly 46 mpg combined, the all‑wheel‑drive version at about 44 mpg combined. AWD models get a separate 54‑hp rear electric motor, and the electronics can shift torque as far as a 20:80 split toward the rear axle.

That price relationship differs from the Japanese market, where this summer the ES 350h hybrid and the electric ES 350e both launched at the same 7.9 million yen. The U.S. lineup already showed this same unusual logic in the previous model year — the base EV priced below the hybrid.

2027 Lexus ES deliveries in the U.S. are expected in September. For buyers, the choice now comes down to a fairly unusual fork: the cheaper ES 350e delivers nearly 500 km of rated range but requires charging infrastructure; the extra cost of the ES 350h doesn't buy more power — it makes 244 hp versus the base EV's 221 hp — it buys the freedom to drive without depending on charging stations.