Mercedes EQXX breaks its own record

[plfrench]

Some very good progress here with GT9's favourite

8.4m/kWh is mightily impressive, show's just how much benefit can be tapped into by improving the aerodynamic design and moving away from an SUV approach.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/electric-cars/m...

[Order66]

42mph average, hot flat country, big battery. That equates to less than half that range in real life tramping up and down the M6 in the middle of winter.

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Order66 said:

42mph average, hot flat country, big battery. That equates to less than half that range in real life tramping up and down the M6 in the middle of winter.

You didn't read the article, did you?

[Order66]

E63eeeeee... said:

You didn't read the article, did you?

Where do you think I got the 42mph from? What part of what I said was incorrect? They went a long slow drive in perfect temperatures to maximize battery performance. Also a 100kwH battery which is large.

What is 70-80mph with hills, cold temps, heating and rain going to do to that range?

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Order66 said:

E63eeeeee... said:

You didn't read the article, did you?

Where do you think I got the 42mph from? What part of what I said was incorrect? They went a long slow drive in perfect temperatures to maximize battery performance. Also a 100kwH battery which is large.

What is 70-80mph with hills, cold temps, heating and rain going to do to that range?

Why did you just stop when you read the 42mph though? Because literally a handful of words later it said moving average of 49mph, including time in traffic so obviously doing higher speeds some of the time, plus starting and stopping so more like a realistic 600 mile journey. And then you missed that it showed 190 miles range at the end of the test, and that the point of doing it somewhere hot was to test thermal management in warmer climates. But you'd know all this if you'd actually read the article, rather than just glancing at the first paragraph until you found something you thought you could criticise.

[GT9]

Order66 said:

Where do you think I got the 42mph from? What part of what I said was incorrect? They went a long slow drive in perfect temperatures to maximize battery performance. Also a 100kwH battery which is large.

What is 70-80mph with hills, cold temps, heating and rain going to do to that range?

The original record it set was in April 2022 driving from near Stuttgart to the Cote d'Azur in one stint of 1000 km from a single charge via the Swiss Alps.
The journey included cold wet weather in Germany, mountain passes and 85 mph cruising.
Not perfect conditions, not flat roads and not hypermiling speeds, which is a bit inconvenient isn't it?
Here is the battery.