How far can electric cars REALLY go?? – we drive 12 until they DIE! Tesla, BYD & more | What Car?

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How far can electric cars really go in the winter? We drive 12 EVs – including the Tesla Model 3, MG4, VW ID.7 and BYD Dolphin – until they die to find out.




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[sergio_azenha]

I think I speak for all non-UK based viewers: would you please add the metric system equivalent to the miles and mph you mention during the video? A simple text overlayed on the video would suffice. Thank you!

[sonofagun]

Ah the Jeep Avenger. Awarded car of the year before there were even pre-production test units. There definitely wasn't any back-door dealings there. Pinnacle of quality

[Kirmo]

I have a hard time comprehending how such high-budget and professionally produced piece of content can make financial sense to provide for free on the internet!
12 brand new EVs, on a closed off private track all recorded by a team of professionals and presented by two great journalists. Really good job guys, no doubt you've got one of my likes

[MarekzAnglii]

It's insane to think that just 35 years back (which, in the grand scheme of things is not that long ago), you could have bought a 2-4 bedroom house in the London suburbs within the price range of these cars!

[malvnathaniel]

Now I get why toyota keep saying bad stuff about EV while themself making such a bad EV. Its horrid.

[ManfredvonHolstein]

Excellent. Would have loved to see the Ioniq 5 and 6 and Model Y in this too…

[don.timeless]

as James May said, it's more likly recharge anxiety not range anxiety. & i can't agree more

[ggj]

Looks like i'm sticking with my 2006 Peugeot Expert Diesel, just done Cornwall and back almost 900 miles and only one refill on the way back which took about 4 minutes. :o)

[tomhv]

For context, the Tesla superchargers price right now ranges from 0.38p to 0.55p/kWh, much less than £0.79p/kWh.... but not just that! it shows you the price in the car, for that day, with a bar chart which shows the varying prices at different times of the day.

[rimizoem]

An interesting test would be to repeat this on the same cars but with them all being 3 years old...
Nice work!

[RS-jiui]

Do test middle of winter using heater, lights etc and with families inside 2 kids & parents and everything they need for a trip.

[markchisholm]

So basically, the average EV has about a 30% lower range than claimed. Frankly that's appalling and this level of inaccurate reporting by manufacturers should be illegal.

[wasbeen]

The heat pump makes a much bigger difference with short daily journeys, bringing the batter and cabin temperature up from cold, to body temperature each time. Constant driving makes less difference.

[peterwalters]

Whilst the drop in range in EVs does have a greater impact on journeys due to charging times taking longer than filling up with fuel, the manufacturers using unrealistic claims isn’t exclusive to EV.

My 1L ecoboost engine claims to have an MPG of 55.4 and has achieved 38 (31.5% drop) over the 5 years I have had it.

My ID3 achieves 200 miles in colder weather against a claimed 263 range (24% drop). And does about 220-230 in the summer

Nice to see you include home charging rates in your figures this time… nearly every EV owner uses these tariffs and it is important people know that these exist.

Would be good if you did a similar test with ICE cars and EVs in to compare.

[eduardbass]

My bigger question is how long can it drive after 7 years

[bungee]

Interesting to see how expensive EVs are in the UK (I’m in New Zealand), while the public charger rates are about twice what we pay.

[alancobbin]

Model 3 is still the efficiency king, cheers guys 👍😉💪

[ollieknox]

Is it just me or is it outrageous that on average these are 30% short of claimed range. What’s that about?

[Dislagmintation]

You guys are so good at dragging the video. The cars introduction could've been done in a matrix with 10 seconds on the screen. Mt attention span was done after the heat pump thingy talk

[davidpowley]

Majority having a range less than 100miles of the advertised range is just diabolical... criminal even there are advertising laws