How stocks of electric vehicles are declining on highways [DIAGRAM]

Horst Luening, a German youtuber and electrician, has put together a very honest overview of the range of electric vehicles on the highway. In the experiment, he took into account not only the speed of movement and the height of the suspension, but even discussed the differences in wheel circumference depending on the speed.

Luening tested the vehicles on a stretch of highway of about 38 kilometers. He tested the following car models:

Hyundai Ioniq Electric,
Tesla Model S 75D,
Tesla Model S 100D,
Tesla Model S P85D,
Tesla Model X 90D.

Among other things, he tested the range versus suspension height and found that at high speeds, lowering the suspension reduces power consumption (= increases range) by 3,4–6,5 percent. He also praised the Tesla Model S for its accurate speedometer performance, which didn't skew the speed readings like most cars do.

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Conclusions from the experiment? Driving at 90 km / h, all vehicles have reached a range greater than EPA's required range. anyway at highway speeds (150 km / h) Tesla's range dropped by a good 25-35 percentthat is, approximately 120-140 kilometers had to be deducted from the real cost.

At the same speed, the Hyundai Ioniq covered only 120 kilometers instead of 200 kilometers on a single charge.

The results of the Luening experiment: the range of an electric vehicle depending on the driving speed (c) Horst Luening, compiled by www.elektrowoz.pl

At 200 km / h it was even worse... Driving at this speed resulted in Tesla losing more than half of its EPA. In other words: while 150 km / h still guarantees a reasonable distance on a single charge, 200 km / h at distances above about 200 km will mean that we will lose more time at the charging station than we gain after accelerating 50 km. ... / h (150 -> 200 km / h).

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