Which One Of These EVs Will Give You The MAXIMUM Amount Of Range?

A Tesla Model 3 was put up against a lineup of the world’s most popular electric vehicles in a test to see what car’s battery could outlast the rest. The assessment performed by popular British YouTube channel Carwow tested six fully-charged electric cars by driving them until they died.

Carwow chose the Model 3 Long Range AWD, Audi e-tron, Jaguar I-Pace, Nissan Leaf, Kia e-Niro and Mercedes EQC for the experiment. Each vehicle was driven along a highway in the United Kingdom to determine what electric car had the best range and battery performance.

 

skytop - 1/15/2020 12:35:26 PM

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Like having a spare can of gas for a petrol car, I am surprised there is no 'spare case of lithium-ion batteries' to plug in when your EV dropped dead.

My $49. power drill comes with a spare battery so why doesn't a $60,000 or $120,000 EV auto do so?

atc98092 - 1/15/2020 12:50:02 PM

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Exactly where would you carry such a large battery, and how would you switch it out? Apples to bananas...

valhallakey - 1/16/2020 12:23:20 AM

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I agree and I don't think it has to be some giant thing, just something you can plug in for a few minutes to get your 20-30 miles....

Truthy - 1/15/2020 12:49:18 PM

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There are more reasons to buy a car aside from range. This is what Tesla hangs their hat on at the risk of fires and other issues. The other makes intentionally keep the range lower for better life and greatly reduced fire risk.

SanJoseDriver - 1/16/2020 3:16:33 AM

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Fire risk will be the same between any of these cars and a Model 3/Y/PlaidS&X

cidflekken - 1/15/2020 1:09:11 PM

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Disappointed in the Audi and Benz performance. Both at around 75% of published range. Great job for the Kia, though.

Car4life1 - 1/15/2020 1:25:11 PM

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Agreed, Kia definitely presents great value/bang for buck here, id probably still go for the Benz though since I have short commutes and every review says it’s comfort/cabin is unmatched in the class

cidflekken - 1/15/2020 6:43:57 PM

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I agree. The interior is my favorite of all EVs today. And i like the looks of it with the blacked out grille

countguy - 1/15/2020 4:07:02 PM

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E-Tron is the only one I would drive. The rest look like crap.

carloslassiter - 1/15/2020 4:57:25 PM

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My $49. power drill comes with a spare battery so why doesn't a $60,000 or $120,000 EV auto do so?
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You can't really be this clueless, can you?

valhallakey - 1/16/2020 12:27:55 AM

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I actually think the idea was like a spare can of gas. On the other hand I really like the idea of just swapping out batteries. Instead of sitting around for a couple hours to recharge, just make the batteries easily removable and have these stations be geared to automagically swap out your battery. The battery you arrived with goes onto a charger, one fully charged goes into your car and off you go.

SanJoseDriver - 1/16/2020 3:19:53 AM

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NIO is doing this successfully in China.

I still think fast charging will trump battery swaps in the near future. 250 kW charging is already good enough with 100 miles of range in 5 minutes. 350 kW is coming soon while EVs are getting more efficient with even larger batteries.

USNA1999 - 1/15/2020 7:54:08 PM

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Tesla is definitely doing something right. Not sure why the other auto manufacturers haven't been able to figure it out.

jeffgall - 1/15/2020 11:24:25 PM

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The other auto manufactures engineer to a higher quality at the risk of range. As the Teslas inch into main stream buyers, the patience for their quality short coming and high defects will dwindle.

SanJoseDriver - 1/16/2020 3:22:55 AM

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I don't think that is the case at all. There is no benefit to the decreased range from other manufacturers. If you watch any teardown video, the motor and battery in the Model 3 is leagues ahead of any other car.

jeffgall - 1/16/2020 6:18:40 AM

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The cooling and heating systems of the battery are built to a higher standard, but at the expense of power used to operate them. This is where range is being impacted.

vdiv - 1/16/2020 10:50:41 AM

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The extra weight and power consumption of the cooling system should not result in such a gap in range, arguably the opposite as it would keep the battery in a better thermally optimal regime.

malba2367 - 1/16/2020 11:30:14 AM

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Is this guy serious about spare batteries? A spare battery to give you 25-30 miles of range will weigh 200 lbs and take up half of the car. This isn’t like charging your iPhone snowflake!