How far can electric cars REALLY go in the summer? We drive 12 until they DIE! | What Car?

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How far can electric cars really go in the summer? It should be perfect conditions for EVs, but is it?? We drive 11 new electric cars and one VERY old 250,000-mile Tesla Model S to find out how many miles they can REALLY travel before they die.




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[robmccafferty]

"Wouldn't be safe to run cars totally out of charge on the public road network"
Shots fired Matt Watson from CarWow

[ObiePaddles]

NEDC = Not even damn close.

WLTP = way less than predicted.

[lucasmorse]

It should be noted that the Model 3 is on the optional 19 inch wheels, this drops the estimated range by 26 miles on the WLTP cycle, even taking the shortfall in to account that would be an approximate 20 mile range increase in this test and a corresponding increase in efficiency.

[turbogeek.]

That 9-year old, 250k mile Tesla seems to be well worth the money!

[LeedsRider]

Can confirm that in my 2024 Tesla Model 3 RWD I'm frequently getting 4.4 m/kWh on longer trips. It's not an anomaly.

[Adamlllllllllllljjjljljjjjj]

I love how you included the used Tesla model S. Theres multiple electric range test videos online but adding in a high mileage car does make it more interesting

[Tom-ievc]

Nobody charges at home at 22.4p rate.!!! More like 7p. You misleading people here.

[thelaserhive]

It’s never a fair comparison if you make a Tesla charge at Gridserve! I guarantee that no Tesla ever charges at Gridserve as Tesla Superchargers are everywhere. That’s simply nonsensical.

[Peter-gdxf]

Please check your calculations for mini cooper. The short fall is 12.8%, not 18 as your table.

[anton_grahn]

A test including both highway efficency and charging would be great! Range by it self is interesting but only half the story!

[UKDagnar]

Never see vids of driving ICE cars till they run out of fuel for some reason. It would be relevant if there wasn't a charging network but there is so these tests are completely irrelevant. Only serve to titillate the anti EV crowd and infuriate EV owners that know the truth. The vast majority of journeys in the UK by all types of car owners is under 35 miles, the only time range matters is if travelling 200 miles plus in which case both EV and ICE cars will usually have to stop for toilet break / food and regularly fill up / charge (honestly how many ICE owners fill their car up and then drive until their fuel warning light comes on?). Recent drive round scotland in EV and every time we stopped for food we plugged in had 20 mins for food etc and came back to a 90%+ charged car, no range issues whatsoever.

[niceboy]

Financially Renault Scenic Won 😳
It's £ 8, 000 Less and you loose around 10 miles compared with the Polestar 2
.
I mean is a Extra 10 miles range Realy Worth 8k 🤷 you decide

[homertrix]

The only test you need is…. can you travel until your next food and/or bathroom break. Can you get enough charge in during that food and/or bathroom break to see you through to the next one. And repeat until you reach your destination. I don’t understand why people are obsessed with range when they should be looking at “does it fit in with my needs”

[fyve]

The Kona had the wrong wheels, top spec can have the smaller wheels on the Advance and gives an extra 37 miles official range. So if you want max range you need the smaller wheels.

[Gdank]

The ONLY test you need Will it go over 2 hours at motorway speed? Which is yes to almost every EV.

As at just over 2 hours the cast majority of people stop for a break.

I know the haters will tell me they do 600+ miles without stopping, but the RAC study showed 99% of domestic motoway trips stop somewhere between 2-3 hours of driving.

Most EV's will do 20-80% in 30mins.

The same RAC report said the average stop time was 30mins.

Personally unless I'm eating my stops are 15mins, which 3/4 of time is enough to get me range for the next leg of the trip.

[mvp]

The Minis shortfall looks too high - should only be 13% (well, 12.8%)

[nibotkram]

Trying to understand the point of this. M/kw average is the key metric. If they are doing this for entertainment purposes then maybe ok.
Kinda of a meh video.
I guess people need to work.

[pf]

Telsa is still the efficiency king, although the lack of indicator and light stalks is unforgivable.
The Audi Q6 is the most disappointing, no more efficient than the older Q4 or Q8 even though it's built on a new 800v PPE platform, and even less legroom for rear passengers than the smaller Q4. The German automakers should be focused more on efficiency than fancy lights.

[DanJHayes]

Almost everyone I know who charges at home uses a much cheaper overnight tariff - I think you should quote the 7p per KW/h costs in future.

[mattmyers]

The video does not highlight the different battery sizes. Not surprising that the larger battery cars go further!!