900km (560 mile) electric v petrol challenge! It was close...just $14 between them!

Everybody says electric vehicles are cheap to run. If you have solar at home they're also free to charge. But, what happens if you don't have solar at home or you want to go on a road trip and have to rely on public charging infrastructure, how much does an EV stack up then? Paul Maric and @JoeAchilles1 hit the road to find out!

Skip Ahead:
Intro: 00:00
Hitting the road: 01:58
Stop 1 (Tarcutta): 10:15
Stop 2 (Sutton Forest): 16:44
Final result/Verdict: 18:48

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[rennywillins]

Every EV owner knows you don't charge over 80% when on a road trip because the last 20% takes about as long as the first 80%. Was this done on purpose for dramatic affect?

[siraff]

Why would you even consider sandbagging the petrol? The ev is heavier because its an ev. Thats just part of the pie. Thats also why it has 140kg less payload.

[christianalvarez]

If only the depreciation was as slow as the i7 charging time

[Zander.and.lightning]

I disagree with adding weight to Joe's car. Also with comparing super long range this model vs super efficient that model cars. This video showed me exactly what I wanted to see. Identical cars driven the same way, on the same road in the same conditions. Electric vs Petrol.

[JoeAchilles]

Fantastic video guys, thanks for making my trip so😮 awesome (including coming last in the karts!) 😂 Interesting results, for the record, the older G11 730d would have covered both directions on a single tank! See you legends again soon hopefully ❤️👊🏽

[SomethingRandomChannel]

So as a summary:

EV Model: BMW i7 M70
EV Vehicle Price: $344, 900
EV Energy Cost: $131.92
EV Wait Time: 2hr 8min

ICE Model: BMW 740i
ICE Vehicle Price: $272, 900
ICE Energy Cost: $117.88
ICE Wait Time: 0hr 6min

Total Trip Distance: 873km

In summary:
- EV costs ~70k more to buy
- ~12% more to run
- ~2000% longer to refill

When compared to the equivalent ICE vehicle.

[markc]

Adding weight to the ICE car is ridiculous as it's going to artificially harm the fuel efficiency.

[tobyfellas]

So the i7 is 600 kg heavier, more expensive and takes 20x longer to charge.

The future is here guys.

[-PORK-CHOP-]

Under 7l for the big 7 series is outstanding

[adelaidecity]

6 minutes stop time vs 2 hours and 8 minutes...the 'future' is SLOOOOW

[MrJordanwain]

Brilliant to see Joe on your videos!! There’s something satisfying about seeing a YouTuber you watch pop up in a video from another YouTuber across the world 🗺️

[JasonISF]

Glad you called out the average speed traps Paul as also here in South Australia, they have them on a lot of highways and I definitely think they do more harm than good, encouraging bad driving and inattentiveness.

I’m going to disguise my phone as a 2 way radio soo I can hold it whilst driving

[ThysiosX]

Would be interested to see a similar video that involves city driving and charging at home. Something far more people actually do than this cross country drive.

[stevencooper]

@CarExpert. Interesting that the i7 used exactly 200KWh & the 740 used 56.16lt @ 8.9KWh/lt so 500KWh of energy for the same journey. So the EV was 2.5 times more efficient than the petrol.

[HorribusAT]

So when is the creator going to address the obvious bias in this test? What bias you ask? Well, the biggest one is that the 'petrol' car is a hybrid. They've also chosen a very inefficient EV, which will take longer to charge. Then the initial charge/fill wasn't included, which would typically done at much cheaper home rates for the EV while the hybrid would pay the rate it always does. I'm guessing they sought out 50kw chargers based on the slow charging time - on a 350kw charger I'd take 18 minutes to do 10-80% and I'd need a total of 45 minutes or less charging for this trip in a Kia EV6.

It's amazing what the results look like when you decide ahead of time what you want them to be. Now redo the same test, but include the initial charge/fill and a month's normal use.

[SCELO_MYEZA.]

In my opinion, I think car manufacturers should focus more on making hybrid cars. This idea of jumping from the internal combustion engine straight to EVs is quite a problem. These things are still expensive, and the charging speed is not there yet. 😑 Range exiety is a real issue no matter how you look at it. You need to be mindful of how you put your foot on the acceleration pedal, especially if you're doing a long trip. All this will be solved by PHEVs, best of both worlds 🌎

[tuppawareAU]

I think charging to 100% is defeating the benefit of an EV. Obviously you're trying to get across that ICE still has a place, yep we get that but a good amount of EV users know that you charge short charge often which is more efficient and saves time. And if you're taking kids on a road trip they would enjoy breaks more often.

[carl]

Those prices per kWh is too damn high! That's almost 2x more than national average that people pay at home in AUS. WTF Australia!

[geekscoments]

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