Tesla Model 3 and Porsche Taycan Turbo - Nextmove range test [video]. Is the EPA wrong?

German electric car rental company Nextmove tested the Porsche Taycan Turbo and Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD at 150 km / h. It turned out that Porsche is doing much better than it would seem according to the EPA procedure.

Porsche Taycan Turbo and Tesla Model 3 on the track

Porsche promises that the Taycan Turbo will travel between 381 and 450 units according to the WLTP, but the battery-powered car is capable of covering 323,5 km in the Taycan Turbo version and 309 km, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ... kilometers in the most powerful version of the Taycan Turbo S.

> The actual range of the Porsche Taycan is 323,5 kilometers. Energy consumption: 30,5 kWh / 100 km

The Porsche Taycan Turbo took part in the Nextmove experiment.

Testing the car was carried out at a cruise control speed of 150 km / h on a 90-kilometer motorway ring around Leipzig, the cars completed three laps. The vehicle is in normal mode - in Range mode the speed is limited to 110 km/h - the suspension is lowered and the Porsche Innodrive is off. According to the driver, the latter option was responsible for the big change in the car's acceleration.

The average speed during the experiment was 131 km / h.... The temperature was in the fall, 7 degrees Celsius, winter tires on both cars. The heating in the Porsche was set to 18 degrees, which is a little cool.

The Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD (rear-wheel drive) with a suspension lowered by 4 centimeters became the benchmark for Porsche:

> Does a lower suspension save energy? Includes – Nextmove test with Tesla Model 3 [YouTube]

The car is no longer for sale and was chosen because there was no Tesle Model S with large batteries at the time.

The Porsche Taycan Turbo's range is significantly better than according to the EPA.

Experiment Average Porsche Taycan Turbo power consumption was 28,2 kWh / 100 km (282 Wh / km). In the Tesla Model 3, it was 25 percent less, at 21,1 kWh / 100 km (211 Wh / km). Electric Porsche at 150 km / h was able to overcome 314 km per chargeTesla Model 3 has gained 332 kilometers.

Compare this to the EPA figures:

• Porsche Taycan Turbo: 314 km on the highway (nextmove) vs 323,5 km according to EPA,
• Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD: 332 km on the highway (nextmove) vs. 523 km according to EPA data.

Even when you consider that Tesla already has 40-68 kilometers and offers 97 kWh of usable battery capacity, Tesla's estimate is well below the EPA, while Porsche is gaining XNUMX percent of the EPA.

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On the other hand: we must not forget that despite the smaller battery – 68 kWh for this Tesla Model 3 versus 83,7 kWh for the new Porsche Taycan – Tesla will travel more distance on a single charge.

So the EPA is wrong with the Porsche Taycan?

This is an important question for us, we have repeatedly conducted and compared tests of the EV line with the results provided by the EPA. The values ​​were so close that, although the WLTP is active in Europe, it EPA results are cited by the editors of www.elektrowoz.pl as “real range”.... Apparently, there are deviations from the norm.

Tesla is on the verge of EPA results. Compared to EPA, Hyundai Kona Electric and Kia e-Niro perform better (higher). Porsche also appears to be offering more than the EPA procedure suggests. Why is this so?

> Kia e-Niro with a real range of 430-450 kilometers, not 385, according to the EPA? [we collect data]

We suspectthat Hyundai and Kia were tested with maximum equipment and load to avoid legal action, which is the norm in the United States. As a result, it is enough to drive a little more economically or turn on the air conditioner only for the driver, so that the cars reach a greater range without recharging.

Porsche's problems, in turn, can arise from the immediate availability of high power, which falsifies performance gains with variable driving - and here's what the EPA procedure looks like:

On the other hand, in the Nextmove test, in which air resistance was reduced and the main load on the engine was to maintain a given speed, the results were better than expected.

> Porsche Taycan Turbo S, user experience: great acceleration, but this is energy consumption ... Range of only 235 km!

The whole test:

www.elektrowoz.pl editorial note: We plan to adjust the results of Hyundai Kona Electric, Kia e-Niro and Porsche Taycan in our provided "real range" tables. All of them will be revised upwards - we just need to find the right ratios.

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