The ADAC has been testing electric cars in the so-called Ecotest since 2010. The automobile club has now revealed which of the electric cars tested offers the greatest range under more realistic conditions (including the motorway cycle; brisk motorway journeys empty the batteries particularly quickly) and not just according to the theoretical WLTP measurement. However, this “range king” was not tested under the harsh winter conditions – in winter the range of electric cars is reduced again significantly.
BMW beats all other electric cars in the ADAC test
Accordingly, the BMW iX xDrive50, which was tested in 2022, still offers the greatest range. It covered 610 kilometers in the ADAC E-Car cycle (a combination of WLTP and Autobahn cycle). To date, no other electric car has achieved this in the ADAC test. The electric car tested in 2023 with the longest range was the Hyundai Ioniq 6 with 555 kilometers.
Average range in the ADAC test
For all 39 electric cars tested in 2023, the average range was 393 kilometers. That’s seven kilometers more than in 2022. In 2021, the average range was still 333 kilometers. If you take 2013 as a comparison, you can see what a huge leap in development electric cars have made. Because in 2013 the average range was only 167 kilometers.
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Power consumption decreases
The electric car manufacturers achieve the higher range not only by installing larger batteries. According to ADAC, the energy consumption of the tested cars also fell on average. In 2023, the electric cars tested consumed an average of 19.7 kWh/100 kilometers. In 2022 it was 21.1 kWh/100 km and in 2021 it was 21.6 kWh/100 km.
With an average of just 15.5 kWh of electricity per 100 kilometers, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 took first place in 2022. The undisputed consumption winner is still the VW e-Up, which was tested in 2013, with 13.7 kWh/100 km. The Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback 55 showed the highest consumption in 2023 with 24 kWh/100 km.