4 popular long-range electric cars put to the test by the experts – Photo: Carwow
Caravo’s Matt Watson tests the actual mileage of four electric vehicles with a claimed range of 600km. These are the Ford Mustang Mach E (600 km), BMW ix (612 km), Tesla Model 3 (626 km) and Mercedes-Benz EQS (747 km).
All cars are fully charged, come from Oxford, driven by him in factory default mode.
Throughout the journey, he obeyed the speed limit, drove without sudden acceleration, activated the cruise control system and set the air conditioner to 20 °C.
As a result, none of the cars covered the correct distance according to the published parameters. The most realistic is the BMW ix with parameters whose mileage is equal to 82% of the manufacturer’s operating range.
But the most efficient car (in terms of mileage per kWh of battery capacity) is the Tesla Model 3. especially:
| car model |
Actual distance covered (km) |
Declared Operating Range (km) |
reality vs revelation |
Actual mileage per battery kWh (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ford Mustang Mach E |
463 |
600 |
77% |
5,3 |
|
bmw ix |
488 |
612 |
82% |
4,3 |
|
Tesla Model 3 |
467 |
626 |
75% |
6,6 |
|
Mercedes-Benz EQS |
521 |
747 |
72% |
5,1 |
All 4 cars were driven until the battery was completely dead and could not continue. Because they did not reach their destination as expected based on the parameters, Watson had to call the rescue service.
The test video has been viewed nearly 2 million times on YouTube. Most viewers say they appreciate such tests.
He says he still likes electric cars, but video helps him estimate distance better than looking at numbers under ideal conditions.
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