# The electric vehicle ETFs that returned most

> The electric vehicle ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Oct 20, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## The electric vehicle ETFs that returned most

See 6 funds ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year. Updated Oct 20, 2026. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, so the gap from top to bottom of this list reflects what they own, not the theme.

| # | Ticker | Fund | Total return, 1Y | vs its benchmark 1Y | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | EVMT | Invesco Electric Vehicle Metals Commodit | +12.0% | not measured | 0.0% | 0.59% |
| 2 | DRIV | Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles | +5.5% | not measured | 29.2% | 0.68% |
| 3 | FDRV | Fidelity Electric Vehicles and Future Tr | −10.6% | not measured | 21.3% | 0.39% |
| 4 | HAIL | State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Smart Mobil | −10.9% | −26.8 pts vs VOO | 19.7% | 0.45% |
| 5 | IDRV | iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF | −13.6% | −28.7 pts vs ACWI | 8.0% | 0.48% |
| 6 | KARS | KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future | −14.4% | −29.5 pts vs ACWI | 6.9% | 0.69% |

### Method

The 6 of 8 ETFs in the electric vehicles and batteries theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Oct 20, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -14.4% to 12.0%. A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

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