Electric cars, the real autonomy of the best-selling models in Italy

Take six of the best selling electric cars in Italy, fully charge and go for a long trip between town, highway and country until the batteries are no longer completely empty. Here's what we did for the first time at Motor1.com compared to zero emission cars to see how many kilometers they run with a full electric, all the senses suffer from anxiety in terms of autonomy.

The purpose of this special comparison between electric cars is not just to answer the question "where do i arrive?"and test thereal autonomy. Even more important is understanding how much they consume really the new generation "EV", to test its effectiveness, because it is good to get used to new parameters like the kWh / 100 km and the km / kWh that will soon become more familiar to everyone. You can find all the results in our video test.

Cars on the test

Representing the "battery-powered" category, which is not a toy at all, but a comfortable, safe and practical vehicle like many petrol or diesel cars, we chose six models among the best sellers in our country. The smallest is the smart EQ fortwo, which also has the least "stacks", while the Renault Zoe and Nissan Leaf cover the type of compact cars and zero emissions.

The segment of SUVs and electric crossovers It is well represented by Hyundai Kona Electric, but also by the luxurious and original Jaguar I-Pace, as well as by the Tesla Model S, which is ready to confirm the qualities that have made it one of the best-selling and desired electric in the world.

The road

The test takes place on a path of about 150 km in and out Rome 45% in the city, 45% outside the city and 10% in the highway, a circuit that summarizes the typical commute, but also allows you to go to the airport or spend a weekend more peaceful lake. The goal, for all the cars involved in this test we call "Where I'm coming with …", is to finish charging the battery in order to establish thetrue autonomy each model, but also to draw one ranking based on consumption electricity.

The Hyundai Kona is the most efficient

The first to stop, as you can see in the video, is the smart EQ fortwo, the one that comes the farthest is the Tesla Model S and so far, no surprise, it is less predictable. final ranking of effectiveness. What we can anticipate is that the unexpected winner is the Hyundai Kona Electric, the Korean novel that knows how to best measure electricity consumption without sacrificing performance.

Do they have more or less than stated?

Another interesting fact that emerges from this test is that ofreal autonomy, different from that declaredbut not too much. The percentage differences between reported and tested are also significant. all with the minus signyes, the approvals are just laboratory tests.

Our partners

For this special comparative test, we can count on the collaboration of some technical partners this made the practical test easier and safer. What helped us in the electric charging it was Repower via the PALINA installed at the hotel Artis in Rome, starting point of the test.

To alleviate the problem, the exhaustion of the electrical energy and the subsequent stoppage were Europ Assistance which, with its tow truck he rescued the cars while they remained in exhausted batteries.