Study confirms what uses up most of your EV’s range, it’s not aircon even in summer

A new study has confirmed what uses up most of your EV’s range, and it might not be any of the things you thought it would be.

When it comes to choosing an EV, range is usually one of the top considerations for motorists.

But while electric cars come with an estimated range, there are plenty of factors that can influence it. 

Some, like the weather, are out of your control, but it turns out the main thing that uses up your EV’s range is something you’re 100 percent in control of.

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The one thing that uses up most of your EV’s range is easy to control

By now, you’re probably familiar with the term ‘range anxiety’ – the fear of your EV’s range running out when you’re miles from a charger. 

Many carmakers are trying to reduce this either by introducing more charging stations, like Tesla, or by working on next-generation batteries. 

However, when it comes to getting the absolute most from your EV’s range, it turns out that a lot of it is in your control. 

You may have heard that colder weather can impact your range, or that running the air conditioning during the hotter months uses up most of your EV’s range. 

But a new study from Geotab has found that by far the biggest factor when it comes to range loss is speed. Yes, speed is what uses up most of your EV’s range. So, slow down if you want to maximize your range. 

The study found that keeping your car cool by using the air conditioning system makes very little difference, particularly during longer trips. 

Whereas even moderate speed increases were found to cause significant range losses. 

The study analyzed hundreds of thousands of hours of driving from 500 electric sedans and 2,000 electric vans.

The results showed that an electric van fitted with a 65kWh battery doing a steady speed of 50mph could expect around 143 miles of range, but increasing the speed by just 10mph knocked the EV’s range to 121 miles. 

Add on another 10mph and the range fell to 103 miles, and by the time the van was doing 80mph it was averaging around 88 miles of range between charges. 

It was a similar story with the sedan, which dropped from 277 miles of range at 50mph right down to just 200 miles when traveling at 80mph. 

So, what uses up most of your EV’s range? The answer is simple: Speed.

One motorist put the theory to the test with his Cadillac

Recently, the owner of a Cadillac Escalade IQ carried out a similar test on his EV. 

Cadillac says the car has an estimated range of 460 miles, thanks to its beefy 205kWh battery.

Journalist and YouTuber Tom Moloughney recently tested out the impact of driving at different speeds and the results were pretty eye-opening. 

At 70mph, the Escalade IQ had a maximum range of 482.2 miles.

But by just dropping the speed down to 60mph, he found the car had an incredible range of 607.1 miles.

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