Re: Musk endeavours
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 12:53 am
Why is the range of a Kia substantially more than a Tesla?
I mentioned above that “Which” have carried out a lot of thorough tests on BEVs. As well as comparative energy consumption in real-world driving conditions Which carry out a survey of their members to check their experiences. They literally get tens of thousands of replies every year and their members tend to be early adopters of cars like BEVs.
They have published a lot of data and some of the findings are not behind their paywall. Link to their site below.
For obvious copyright reasons I can’t quote all the data. (And I don’t want to repeat some of the issues we have discussed before). But the difference in battery and electric motor performance of a Kia and a Tesla is fascinating.
In real driving conditions, a mix of motorway and town, the range of a Standard Range Tesla Model 3 is around 190 miles and a 64 kWh Kia Niro is 245 miles.
Which say that the Niro is the most efficient electric car they have ever tested. In an urban situation it achieves a power usage better than 13 kWh per 100 km and thus a potential range of over 300 miles.
Reading their reports, the key question for me comes back to batteries.
How is it that a car like a Kia (with an extra door at the back) has nearly a 30% better range than a much more expensive Tesla?
regards
Howard
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/new-and ... hcm1q3xkwX
I mentioned above that “Which” have carried out a lot of thorough tests on BEVs. As well as comparative energy consumption in real-world driving conditions Which carry out a survey of their members to check their experiences. They literally get tens of thousands of replies every year and their members tend to be early adopters of cars like BEVs.
They have published a lot of data and some of the findings are not behind their paywall. Link to their site below.
For obvious copyright reasons I can’t quote all the data. (And I don’t want to repeat some of the issues we have discussed before). But the difference in battery and electric motor performance of a Kia and a Tesla is fascinating.
In real driving conditions, a mix of motorway and town, the range of a Standard Range Tesla Model 3 is around 190 miles and a 64 kWh Kia Niro is 245 miles.
Which say that the Niro is the most efficient electric car they have ever tested. In an urban situation it achieves a power usage better than 13 kWh per 100 km and thus a potential range of over 300 miles.
Reading their reports, the key question for me comes back to batteries.
How is it that a car like a Kia (with an extra door at the back) has nearly a 30% better range than a much more expensive Tesla?
regards
Howard
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/new-and ... hcm1q3xkwX