UK real-world range test of eleven EVS: Lucid is well ahead at #1

[DeaneG]

Electric car real range 2024, the European supertest

Which electric car should it be in 2024? We tested 11 models to assess their actual range, efficiency and cost. Here are the results.

uk.motor1.com

 

[jsf1993]

I suspect that they assumed the wrong battery size for the Lucid Air. Am guessing it was a 93KW battery, not a 112 KW battery given the range recorded. There’s no way that the Lucid, driving under those conditions, only averaged a little better than 3.167 miles/kWh. My Lucid Air Touring with 20” wheels averages 3.3-3.4 miles/kWh and I’m driving it VERY aggressively. I could easily average 3.6-3.8 miles/kWh if I followed the protocol used for this test….and that’s on 20” wheels/tires.

 

[ViperSSD]

It's a GT, look at the mirror caps, on the Touring they're body color and on the GT they're silver.

 

[Tesla2.0]

I suspect that they assumed the wrong battery size for the Lucid Air. Am guessing it was a 93KW battery, not a 112 KW battery given the range recorded. There’s no way that the Lucid, driving under those conditions, only averaged a little better than 3.167 miles/kWh. My Lucid Air Touring with 20” wheels averages 3.3-3.4 miles/kWh and I’m driving it VERY aggressively. I could easily average 3.6-3.8 miles/kWh if I followed the protocol used for this test….and that’s on 20” wheels/tires.

It’s 19” GT under 23C (73F) for its test.

 

[Tesla2.0]

Model Range
(100-5%) GRA round trips WLTP range Difference % WLTP Usable battery capacity
Lucid Air 571 km (355 mi) 7.9 839 km (521 mi) -32% 112 kWh
Tesla Model 3 498 km (309 mi) 6.9 629 km (391 mi) -21% 75.0 kWh
BMW i5 489 km (304 mi) 6.8 582 km (362 mi) -16% 81.2 kWh
Hyundai Ioniq 6 476 km (296 mi) 6.6 614 km (382 mi) -22% 74.0 kWh
BYD Seal 452 km (281 mi) 6.3 570 km (354 mi) -21% 82.5 kWh
Kia EV9 448 km (278 mi) 6.2 563 km (350 mi) -20% 96.0 kWh
VW ID.7 400 km (249 mi) 5.6 621 km (386 mi) -36% 77.0 kWh
Fiat 600e 282 km (175 mi) 3.9 409 km (254 mi) -31% 51.0 kWh
Jeep Avenger 275 km (171 mi) 3.8 401 km (249 mi) -31% 51.0 kWh
Toyota bZ4X 249 km (155 mi) 3.5 419 km (260 mi) -40% 64.0 kWh
Lexus RZ 243 km (151 mi) 3.4 406 km (252 mi) -40% 64.0 kWh



According to article, best performer of group is BMW i5.

 

[segbrk]

I suspect that they assumed the wrong battery size for the Lucid Air. Am guessing it was a 93KW battery, not a 112 KW battery given the range recorded. There’s no way that the Lucid, driving under those conditions, only averaged a little better than 3.167 miles/kWh. My Lucid Air Touring with 20” wheels averages 3.3-3.4 miles/kWh and I’m driving it VERY aggressively. I could easily average 3.6-3.8 miles/kWh if I followed the protocol used for this test….and that’s on 20” wheels/tires.

Are you forgetting about the 5% unused? 95% of 112 kWh is 106.4, 355/106.4 is 3.35 mi/kWh. Not great, but not quite as bad as 3.1. I still don't understand it unless they were driving like they stole it. 3.3 is my lifetime average on 21s, and I do drive it like I stole it.

 

[Tesla2.0]

Tesla Model 3 15.1 kWh/100 km 498 PS 1,828 kg 75.0 kWh
Hyundai Ioniq 6 15.5 kWh/100 km 228 PS 1,910 kg 74.0 kWh
BMW i5 16.6 kWh/100 km 340 PS 2,130 kg 81.2 kWh
Fiat 600e 18.1 kWh/100 km 156 PS 1,520 kg 51.0 kWh
BYD Seal 18.3 kWh/100 km 313 PS 2,080 kg 82.5 kWh
Jeep Avenger 18.5 kWh/100 km 156 PS 1,520 kg 51.0 kWh
Volkswagen ID.7 19.3 kWh/100 km 286 PS 2,097 kg 77.0 kWh
Lucid Air 19.6 kWh/100 km 831 PS 2,360 kg 112 kWh
Kia EV9 21.4 kWh/100 km 204 PS 2,426 kg 96.0 kWh
Toyota bZ4X 25.7 kWh/100 km 218 PS 2,000 kg 64.0 kWh
Lexus RZ 26.3 kWh/100 km 313 PS 2,055 kg 64.0 kWh

 

[Tesla2.0]

Are you forgetting about the 5% unused? 95% of 112 kWh is 106.4, 355/106.4 is 3.35 mi/kWh. Not great, but not quite as bad as 3.1. I still don't understand it unless they were driving like they stole it. 3.3 is my lifetime average on 21s, and I do drive it like I stole it.

3.3 beats my 3.0 lifetime 21s, my guess is I stole harder.

 

[Steveinarizona]

3.3 beats my 3.0 lifetime 21s, my guess is I stole harder.

On my Genesis, with 21" tires, never turning off the HVAC, and driving it like I stole it, I have averaged 2.9 for my first year of ownership. I could easily get it into the 3s if I cared, but I don't.

 

[DeaneG]

Note that this was a range test on a road that mostly carried an 80mph speed limit.
My 19" GT's lifetime average is 3.5 mi/kWh, very similar to what I used to get in my Nissan Leaf - just that the GT has 400 miles more range and 740 more horsepower.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

My range was higher until I got more confidence in the car ... now it seems to have settled at 3.3 mi/kWh. (been below freezing...then well below freezing). I try to stay in cruse mode but sometimes a burst of power is called for...and the way I do it is "inefficient". 3.5 is pretty easy to do if you just don't drag race or exceed speed limits too often. I started out in the 4s ... I was afraid of all that torque and power. That didn't last.

So if I burn 100 kWh and get 3.5 mi per I should be pulling up to my sisters house with a handful of kWh left. Good enough for a day trip. The Seabrook chargers are about 350 miles nor'east of the Plymouth Meeting chargers. Game on.

19" A/S Nov-Apr 49 psi
21" performance Apr-Nov. 45 psi