The best electric vehicles for long distance travel? 1 / Tesla Model S LR, 2 / Model Y, 3 / Model 3 [C&D]

Car & Driver covered 11 kilometers across the United States in 1 electric vehicles. Tesla's very good range and the ability to use the Supercharger network meant that the Californian manufacturer's models took over the entire runway. The fourth, with a much slower time, was the Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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The rating of electricians is as follows, the time is the sum of driving and charging, excluding overnight charging (source):

1. Tesla Model S LR + – 16:14 ч,
2. Tesla Model Y Performance – 17:50 p.m.,
3. Tesla Model 3 Performance – 17:55 ч,
4. Ford Mustang Mach-E 4X – 20:31 ч,
5. Porsche Taycan 4S with extended battery - 21:00,
6. Kia e-Niro – 23:20 ч,
7. Audi e-tron – 23pm,
8. Volkswagen ID.4 – 23:30 p.m.,
9. Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge - 25:47 h,
10. Polestar 2 – 26:52,
11. Nissan Leaf Plus (Europe: e +) – 32:57 p.m.

The purpose of the experiment was not to drive 1 kilometer at the maximum possible speed. Rather, it was the American equivalent of Bjorn Nyland's 600-kilometer test. The idea was to test the range and energy efficiency of electric vehicles during normal use, as well as the duration of downtime caused by the need to recharge the battery. And the state of the charging infrastructure: whoever came across a faulty charger had a problem.

She did not participate in the test Tesla Model Xan older version was also used Model S (not a plaid) i Tesle Model 3 / Y Performance... Musk himself noted: Tesla Plaid could be better, and the Performance options were designed with dynamic, not long-range driving in mind. The same applies to this Mustanga Mach-Ewhich with rear-wheel drive has a greater range than the all-wheel drive variant.

Top six electricians rating (c) Car and driver

The general conclusion seems obvious: the longer distances you cover, the better it will be to choose an electric vehicle with the greatest possible range, which charges as quickly as possible... Here, not only the maximum charging power is taken into account, but also the course of the recharge curve. A sustained 150 kW may be better than 200 kW for short peaks.

Nissan Leaf e + was the worst in the testwhich is not surprising. The car uses the Chademo port and can theoretically charge up to 100 kW, but in practice rarely exceeds 50 kW due to the lack of fast chargers. Geely models (Volvo XC40 P8, Polestar 2). Their powertrains impress with performance and dynamics, but energy consumption is higher than the competition, as we have seen for ourselves (see: Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge - impressions).

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