It is the Norwegian Car Owners Association NAF and the newspaper Motor.no which every year conducts the world’s largest range test for electric cars, and now they have released the figures for this year’s summer test.
In the test, 26 electric cars were driven until the battery was empty and they stopped. The focus during this year’s test was on two-wheel drive electric cars, as these should theoretically go further on one charge.
This is how the Norwegians do their range test
A range test during the summer should generally be more favorable for the range than the corresponding test in the winter.
However, the Norwegian weather contributed to relatively difficult conditions, with temperatures between 2.5 and 13 degrees and heavy rain along the route.
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Only one car kept what it promised
The yardstick for how well an electric car delivers on its promise in terms of range is how well the real-world range matches the official WLTP figure.
Of the 26 cars in the test, only one achieved, and actually exceeded, its promised range. It was the Mini Countryman SE All4, which actually went 4.2 percent further than promised before stopping. Minin was thus the winner of the test.
The Chinese BYD Seal U and Xpeng G6 carts also performed very well despite the tricky conditions, coming in just 0.2 and 3.5 percent shorter distances than promised, respectively.
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The Renault Scenic came the furthest
The car that covered the longest distance in absolute numbers before the battery ran out was the new Renault Scenic E-Tech. It got a full 562.7 kilometers on one charge, which is, however, 9.5 percent shorter than what is promised according to the WLTP.
The Hongqi EH-7 came next, with a covered distance of 540 kilometers.
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Volvo and Volkswagen flop
It was worse for Sweden’s most popular car brands Volvo and Volkswagen, whose electric cars EX30 and ID.7 flopped by significantly missing the promised range.
The Volvo EX30 used in the test is supposed to have a range of 472 kilometers, but came during the test only 375.6 kilometers. This means that the model misses by 20.4 percent.
The Volkswagen ID.7 performed even worse. The promised range of 582 kilometers was missed by 22.7 percent, as the car only reached 22.7 percent.
The only car that performed worse than the Volvo EX30 and Volkswagen ID.7 was the Chinese Seres 5.
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This is how 26 electric cars performed in the test