There is a lot of talk about difference between approved and real autonomy that are achieved with an electric vehicle. The first figure comes from WLTP homologation tests that try to be realistic, but are difficult to replicate in real traffic situations. In addition, there are other factors such as ambient temperature that affect the kilometers that can be traveled on a charge. Now he has taken a winter test with more than 20 electric to evaluate if its autonomy changes much.
It has been made in Norwaythe country of electric cars par excellence and a region where the cold is the protagonist at this time of year. It has been carried out by the NAF (Norwegian Automobile Federation) and the media Motor.no, who have designed a test that could measure autonomy in real and comparable conditions for all vehicles. It had to be the same route, on the same day so that it was the same temperature. The charging speed was also tested to verify that they follow the powers stated by the manufacturers.
The electricians faced a 445 kilometer routeon a route with interesting slopes. It was last January 15 and the temperatures fluctuated between -6 and 7 ºC, typical of the Norwegian winter, in addition to having sections with rain and sleet. Were A total of 24 vehicles testedall of them electric and of all kinds. From SUVs to sedans they passed the test, some from premium manufacturers and others from general brands. Here are the results:
As you can see, the deviation is common in electric ones in winter. None reached the approved autonomy, although some were closer than others. The best one did it was Polestar 3which was only 29 kilometers away from the approved one. Along the same lines were the MINI Countryman (44 kilometers) and BYD Tang (48 kilometers), in addition to a good number of models whose difference was less than a hundred kilometers.
However, there are still others that exceed that figure. He Tesla Model 3 drove 171 fewer kilometers than expected. Similar to the Peugeot E-3008 with its 163 kilometers of deviation or the 138 kilometers of the Voyah Dream. The charging powers were not too far from what was approved and no problems were apparently recorded either.
