How Much Range Do Electric Vehicles Lose in the Cold?

Electric vehicles normally allow you to remotely activate cabin conditioning and get into a nicely warmed up vehicle. However, the tools cold air range He’s not doing him any favors. If you’re hoping to get the officially rated range when it’s freezing outside, you’re in the wrong thinking. what do you think electric vehicles in the cold how much range does it lose?

Chinese media have spied on a bunch of popular electric vehicles to find out. a comprehensive test made. Obviously, the test sample was distorted by Chinese cars, but at the same time a large number of international model also includes.

Test, maximum recovery, set to 25 °C in economy mode climate control, all season tires and driven at 8-10 °C with eco-driving mode 45 popular tools includes. There are three test scenarios – 30 km/h (100 km) in the city, 60 km/h (100 km) and 100 km/h (153 km) on the motorway. No doubt, 8°C is not too coldbut suffice to illustrate some of the differences between the various manufacturers and how their cars deal with the decreasing temperatures.

ModelActual RangeCompleted Range
BMW i3 eDrive 35L424 km80.5%
Ford Mustange Mach-e GT392 km79.7%
Nio ET5 100 kW561 km79.0%
BMW iX3422 km78.8%
Audi Q4 e-tron 40470 km77.7%
Zeekr 001 4WD YOU485 km74.5%
IM L7452 km73.5%
Rising Auto R7437 km72.1%
Nissan Ariya 87kWh376 km70.5%
Polestar 2 LR FWD387 km68.3%
Maxus Mifa 9357 km66.2%
Cadillac Lyriq RWD427 km65.4%
Volvo XC40 Recharge SR RWD331 km60.2%
Arcfox aS HI297 km59.3%

in the list the first 14 electric vehicles Looking at it, most seem to reach 70-80% of their actual range, with the Volvo XC40 and Arcfox aS HI at the bottom of the list and their range losing about 40%.

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