These Electric Cars Travel the Farthest

The ADAC has tested the long-distance capability of electric cars. The front-runner manages over 931 km with a 20-minute recharge. 13 e-cars are "fully suitable for long distances". 

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The ADAC has taken the upcoming vacation season as an opportunity to test the long-distance capabilities of over 80 electric vehicles. The front-runner in the ADAC evaluation is the Hyundai Ioniq 6 with a 77.4 kWh battery and rear-wheel drive, which achieves a total range of 931 km with one charging stop. Lucid Air (859 km), BMW iX (835 km) Mercedes EQS (825 km) and EQE SUV (806 km) as well as Polestar 2 (801 km) each achieved a range of over 800 km in the versions tested.

The experts based their evaluation on the range determined in the ADAC Ecotest. In the vacation scenario, it was included in the calculation at 90 %, as travelers head for the charging station with a remaining battery level of around 10 % at the latest. The range that could be recharged under ideal conditions during a 20-minute break at the fast charger was added to this. This results in the "total range", which the ADAC has defined as a measure of long-distance suitability.

Fiat 500e Brings Up the Rear

The mobility club classifies all vehicles that achieve a total range of over 750 km with one charging stop as "fully suitable for long distances". So far, 13 electric cars have achieved this in the ADAC test. A further 42 vehicles with ranges between 750 and 500 km were rated as "suitable for long distances" or "suitable for long distances with a slightly longer charging time". The club certified 14 cars as "conditionally suitable for long distances" (500 to 400 km range).

Another 14 of the electric cars tested so far were also rated as "hardly suitable for long distances" with a range of less than 400 km with a charging stop. The Fiat 500e with a 23.8 kWh battery brings up the rear, with a range of only 233 km despite recharging.

This is a partly automated translation of this German article.