Tesla Model 3 vs. Audi e-tron at the Ionity charging station. Who will charge faster? [video] • CARS

Bjorn Nyland posted an interesting video about charging the Audi e-tron and Tesla Model at the Ionity station (up to 350 kW). The first of the cars theoretically, it supports power up to 250+ kW, but here it did not even reach 200 kW. In turn, the Audi e-tron theoretically supports a maximum of 150+ kW, but in the record it has reached a little less. Which car will charge faster?

Table of contents

• Audi e-tron vs Tesla Model 3 on ultra-fast charging
  • Audi keeps high power for longer, but consumes much more energy
  • Result: Audi wins percentage, Tesla wins in real time.

The main curiosity that immediately catches your eye is the charging power of the Tesla Model 3: at the Ionity station, they managed to achieve “only” 195 kW. We say "only" because the Supercharger V3 is supposed to push the car to 250+kW!

Tesla is moving forward quickly, but at 40 percent battery capacity, it starts to deplete. Meanwhile, the Audi e-tron starts at 140 kW and gradually increases the charging power to 70 percent of the battery capacity. The Tesla Model 3 replenishes about 30 percent of its energy at top speed, while the Audi e-tron replenishes up to 60 percent..

> Tesla Software 2019.20 goes to the first machines. In Model 3, it allows charging at 250+ kW.

Audi keeps high power for longer, but consumes much more energy

According to the meter readings on the screen, the cars loaded at +1200 3 (Tesla Model 600) versus +3 km/h (Audi e-tron). This was influenced by the charging power as well as the significantly higher power consumption of the Audi e-tron: the Tesla Model 615 reached +94 km/h at 615 kW and the Audi e-tron +145 km/h at speed. XNUMX kW.

Thus, it is easy to calculate that Audi recognizes that it uses 50 percent more energy while driving than the Tesla Model 3.:

Audi overtook Tesla in battery 81 percent. However, let's add that these percentages are not equal, because the useful capacity of the battery is:

• in the Audi e-tron, 83,6 kWh (total: 95 kWh), i.e. 81 percent equals 67,7 kWh,
• in the Tesla Model 3, it is about 75 kWh (total: 80,5 kWh), or 81 percent of 60,8 kWh.

31 minutes after connecting to charger:

• Audi e-tron added +340 kilometers (the value is indicated on the counter),
• Tesla Model 3 gained about +420 kilometers (value calculated by the editors).

Result: Audi wins percentage, Tesla wins in real time.

When Tesla completed the charging process to 90 percent of the battery's capacity, it increased the range by 440-450 kilometers. At the same time, Audi was able to charge the battery to 96 percent, which gave it 370 kilometers shown on the meters.

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