The German auto magazine Auto Bild decided to test the range of eight electric cars. With an outside temperature of just 5º C and the AC set to 21º C, all electric cars were submitted to the same 143 km route, which included a 43 km long highway ride at speeds up to 130 km/h.
Some of the tested electric cars didn’t have enough range to complete the route…
Let’s see the results.
|
Electric car |
Range |
Efficiency |
|
Volkswagen e-up (18,7 kWh) |
79 km |
23,7 kWh/100 km |
|
Smart ForTwo Electric Drive (17,6 kWh) |
84 km |
21 kWh/100 km |
|
Nissan e-NV200 Evalia (24kWh) |
101 km |
23,8 kWh/100 km |
|
Kia Soul EV (30 kWh) |
167 km |
18 kWh/100 km |
|
Hyundai IONIQ Electric (28 kWh usable) |
192 km |
14,6 kWh/100 km |
|
Volkswagen e-Golf (35,8 kWh) |
208 km |
17,2 kWh/100 km |
|
Renault Zoe (41 kWh) |
244 km |
16,8 kWh/100 km |
|
Opel Ampera-e (60 kWh) |
273 km |
22 kWh/100 km |
While I would rather have the Smart ForFour ED tested instead of the ForTwo ED, and the Nissan Leaf instead of the e-NV200 Evalia, the results are interesting. Furthermore, the BMW i3 should also be included.
The fact that the Volkswagen e-up was beaten by the Smart ForTwo ED in range and efficiency surprised me. I guess that the smaller cabin of the Smart requires less energy to keep it warm and this made the difference.
Another thing that became apparent was the importance of a heat pump in cold weather, the Opel Ampera-e really needs one. This is not surprising and was already discussed in a past article.
My two favorite electric cars did great, the Renault Zoe proved it has the range, while the Hyundai IONIQ Electric has the efficiency. At the moment the only electric car that appears to combine near perfect efficiency and range is the Tesla Model 3. Maybe next year this German auto magazine will test it…
Any comments about the test and its results?
