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When I looked these numbers I doubletaked - 6.34 km/kWh which is 3.9miles/kWh... which lines up with your numbers (50miles with 12.92 kWh used). That's crazy efficient. Usually 2.8miles/kWh is the average for an EV on the highway going 70mph. City driving I'd get 3.5 miles (not km) per kWh with my ID.4 Pro which was pretty efficient.... not as much as a Model 3 though (lighter, etc)
What speed were you going?
What speed were you going?
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This was less encouraging Kia EV6 AWD 77,4 kWh GT-line - 130 km/h full range test
AWD + 80mph (133km/h) seems like a crazy inefficient setup but he says only RWD were active in this drive.
I saw the video's efficiency ratings and converted it. 2.5 miles per kWh is not great but driving at his speed it makes sense.
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Somebody documented Model 3 efficiency as speeds went up (Teslike.com) which is not surprising because even ICE cars have worse mpg at high speeds.
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The video shows the actual average speed was 71.9 mph (7:20/7:59), he only aimed at 133 kph, but there were various slowdowns etc. So, relative to the Model 3 LR in the chart above, which shows about 300ish mile range at 72 mph, the 190 mile range in the EV6 is not good. But, is this chart above theoretical or actual tested Model 3 range? I have trouble believing it is actually measured Model 3 range...but don't really know...
Yes. The EPA range is 353 but real world is 310. The real world miles per kWh is considered the gold standard for efficiency.
What's The Real World Highway Range Of Today's Electric Cars? We Test To Find Out
We take the most popular electric cars, fully charge them, and then drive them at 70 mph to find out just how far they will go. Which one goes the furthest?
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Tesla Model 3 is so refined (almost flawless product IMO - but it is a sedan) that this isn't surprising. The Model Y (EV6 comparable) isn't as refined.
EDIT: Not an apples to apples comparison because the video is driven in cold weather (under 10C) which drastically reduces range. You can lose 50% of your range in near freezing temps.
Yes... i.e GT models of Mach-E have worse range than the other trims with jokingly "bicycle tires." EV6 GT line may use wider tires for better handling/grip which would reduce range by a certain percentage. Weight is important but with all EVs being close in weight (4000-4500lb) I think we can compare them without weight numbers.
Temps and travel speed are the two biggest factors.
More reason why comparing to an model 3, is not apples to apples
It's considered the "best in class" for efficiency. It's NOT an SUV so it's never a fair comparison but the Model Y has similar range drops due higher travel speeds (see the Inside EVs 70mph tests).
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Seems like having various slowdowns is not good for comparison either. A constant 72 is going to be a lot better than 72 average with speed up and slow down.
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We can hope that Inside EVs will be able to do another constant 70 mph test on the EV6 as soon as they can get one...
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Would be interestingt to know the temperature it was when driven and the average speed.
Where there highway km's included? It seems very low usage for a Highway drive
I drive 190 miles every day in my drive to and from work so I'll have REAL WORLD, cold winter numbers to give on day 1 for us all. LOL I'll test all sorts of things like climate control, battery maintenance, and different speeds to have one dataset for us to review.
Dude.... 190 miles? I lost my mine doing a round trip of 130 miles. Switched jobs for more money and telework. I will say, was doing those 130 miles in a Bolt here in New England, it did that quite well.
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Sorry for the "Gre" message, hit the wrong button--ugh! Great that you can do that for real world testing for us. What part of the country are you in? I may be wrong, but even with a heat pump, so far it seems that EVs lose up to 1/3 of their range in the winter where it goes below freezing, maybe somewhat less with Tesla's heat pump? Someone else may know better than I do, however. What should we expect from Kia's heat pump...
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It was 9 degrees, 90 km highway at 100 km/h, 30 km small roads at 70 km/h
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