I drove these NEW electric cars until they DIED!
Sintesi
TLDRIn this video, the range capabilities of the latest electric SUVs, including the Audi Q4, Kia EV6, Tesla Model Y, Porsche Macan, Polestar 4, and Ford Explorer, are tested against their manufacturer's claimed range. The host, Matt Watson, sets out to drive them up north to see how accurate the claimed ranges are and to explore what happens when these vehicles run completely out of electricity. The challenges of finding working charging stations, impacts of driving modes, and real-world efficiency are highlighted. In the end, the Polestar 4 emerges as the victor, achieving 90% of its claimed range by traveling 333 miles. Interesting insights about the practicality, interior quality, and additional features of these vehicles are also provided. However, many faced charging delays due to non-functional charging stations, demonstrating current infrastructure issues.
Punti di forza
- 🚗 The Polestar 4 achieved the best range at 90% of its claimed distance.
- 🔋 The video highlighted problems with charging station availability.
- ⚡ Efficiency varied, with the Tesla achieving 4 miles per kilowatt-hour.
- 🤔 The Audi Q4 and Ford Explorer share similar mechanical underpinnings.
- 🛠️ Charging infrastructure remains a critical issue for EV adoption.
- 💷 Cost comparisons showed the parity between electric and diesel costs.
- ❓ The cars had varying emergency modes once batteries reached zero.
- 📉 On average, cars achieved about 80% of their claimed ranges.
- 🗺️ The video featured a journey through real-world driving conditions.
- 📊 The video offers insights into EV efficiency and running costs.
Linea temporale
- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The presenter introduces the electric SUVs being tested for range, discussing manufacturer claims and plans to drive them north to see how they perform on a single charge.
- 00:05:00 - 00:10:00
The presenter explains the test rules, including full battery charge, not using cruise control, and starting at Cherwell Valley Services with charging difficulties initially encountered.
- 00:10:00 - 00:15:00
Starting the test in the Audi Q4, the presenter discusses its features and price, with observations about interior quality and driving performance.
- 00:15:00 - 00:20:00
Comparisons of initial range and consumption are made among the Audi, Kia, Polestar, Tesla, Ford, and Scoda diesel camera car, highlighting the Audi's shortcomings despite its price.
- 00:20:00 - 00:25:00
Switching to the Kia EV6, the presenter praises its high-tech cabin but notes lesser driving refinement compared to the Audi, with range checks among the cars showing varying performance.
- 00:25:00 - 00:30:00
Practicality tests include boot space checks with humorous attempts to fit two large men, revealing differences in vehicle space among the SUVs.
- 00:30:00 - 00:35:00
Riding in the Ford Explorer, remarks are made on its VW origins, price-competitiveness, interior features, and some challenges with climate controls compared to the Audi.
- 00:35:00 - 00:40:00
The presenter switches to the Polestar 4, noting interior quality and comfort, discussing its competitive price, driving experience, and range performance relative to other tested cars.
- 00:40:00 - 00:45:00
Tesla Model Y's in-car tech is evaluated, with recognition of its price advantage and driving dynamics, despite some interior quality criticism, and boot space test results noted.
- 00:45:00 - 00:50:48
In the final test of the Porsche, interior luxury is explored, noting optional extras that increase price significantly, with driving experience highlighted, especially on roads approaching Scotland.
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Video Domande e Risposte
What is the video about?
The video tests the range of the latest electric SUVs against their claimed range and observes what happens when they deplete. It includes comparisons among various models.
Which car models were tested?
The models tested were Audi Q4, Kia EV6, Tesla Model Y, Porsche Macan, Polestar 4, and Ford Explorer.
How was the performance of the Audi Q4?
The Audi Q4 had a good infotainment system and drive, but its performance on range was relatively less impressive, achieving only 79% of its claimed range.
What was the result for Kia EV6 in the test?
The Kia EV6 achieved 81% of its claimed range, traveling a total of 280 miles.
How does Tesla Model Y fare in terms of range?
The Tesla Model Y performed well in the test, achieving 79% of its claimed range and covering 294 miles.
Which car won the range test?
The Polestar 4 won the range test, achieving 333 miles, which is 90% of its claimed range.
How did the Ford Explorer perform in the test?
The Ford Explorer traveled 291 miles, achieving 78% of its claimed range.
What were the challenges faced during the test?
Challenges included finding working charging stations, managing battery efficiently, and ensuring cars could continue after indicating empty.
What was a major issue with charging stations?
Many charging stations were out of action or had limited charging capabilities, causing delays.
What additional content did the video cover?
The video also compared the running costs and practicality features of the cars, and showed interactions with charging infrastructure.
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- 00:00:00I've got the very latest electric SUVs
- 00:00:03and they're the longest range versions
- 00:00:04of each model and I'm going to be
- 00:00:06driving them up north to see how far
- 00:00:08they can go on a single charge and see
- 00:00:10how close they get to the manufacturer's
- 00:00:12claimed range I'll also be seeing what
- 00:00:14exactly happens when they run out of
- 00:00:16electricity do they suddenly just like
- 00:00:17con out or can you carry on driving for
- 00:00:19ages when they say they're actually
- 00:00:21empty who knows anyway I'm my Watson and
- 00:00:24you're watching
- 00:00:27carwow this is the recently updated Audi
- 00:00:30Q4 erron it has a battery capacity of
- 00:00:33this and a claimed range of that this is
- 00:00:36the K ev6 and Kia has just given it a
- 00:00:39new battery so the capacity is this and
- 00:00:42now the claimed range is that Tesla's
- 00:00:44also given its model y a new battery
- 00:00:46before the updated Juniper arrives next
- 00:00:48year anyway it has a battery capacity of
- 00:00:50this and a claim range of that this is
- 00:00:54the all new electric Porsche mecan
- 00:00:56loving the color and also liking the
- 00:00:57look anyway it has a battery capacity of
- 00:00:59this
- 00:01:00and a claimed range of that this rather
- 00:01:03weird rear windowless car can only be
- 00:01:06the pulse star for it has a batter
- 00:01:08capacity of this and a range of that
- 00:01:11finally we have the Ford Explorer it has
- 00:01:13a b capacity of this and a range of that
- 00:01:16for this EV range test we have charged
- 00:01:18each of the cars to 100% however we
- 00:01:20could do it here from our starting
- 00:01:21location which is cherwell Valley
- 00:01:23Services because all of these Chargers
- 00:01:24are out of action right now I think
- 00:01:26they're doing some work on them
- 00:01:27fortunately there was a McDonald's just
- 00:01:29around the corner corner with two iony
- 00:01:31Chargers so we have to F the cars
- 00:01:32backwards and forwards not a great start
- 00:01:34they've actually just turned on the
- 00:01:35charger so they're just booting up now
- 00:01:37looks like we got our timing wrong okay
- 00:01:39we're in the cars I'm going to start off
- 00:01:41in the Audi Q4 everyone has got their
- 00:01:43trip reset we've got full batteries we
- 00:01:46are good to go few rules we are not
- 00:01:48going to use the cruise control on the
- 00:01:50cars we're going to drive them ourselves
- 00:01:51while we'll use the climate control and
- 00:01:53set it around 20° we won't be using the
- 00:01:56electric seats cuz they can be a bit of
- 00:01:58a drain on the battery also we're going
- 00:01:59to be running at the speed limit we're
- 00:02:01not going to be going dead slow until we
- 00:02:03reach a point that we are struggling for
- 00:02:05charge and then you're going to do what
- 00:02:07any normal EV driver will do and slow
- 00:02:09down to maximize their range but until
- 00:02:11then we just going Drive normally so
- 00:02:13then Nick lead us away I seem to be
- 00:02:16running in efficiency mode I'm just
- 00:02:18going to run it in auto mode no one
- 00:02:20likes efficiency there we go oh look
- 00:02:23here's another charge point
- 00:02:25which isn't actually working looks brand
- 00:02:27new at least they're putting new ones in
- 00:02:29that's how it should be every petrol
- 00:02:31station you should have fast charging
- 00:02:33maybe we get in there we'll find out on
- 00:02:35this journey how many service stations I
- 00:02:37stop at which have inoperable electric
- 00:02:40car chargers so let me tell you about
- 00:02:41this Audi starts from just under £48,000
- 00:02:44but this one because it's got the
- 00:02:47midlevel motor and the larger battery
- 00:02:50plus it's the top spec in terms of
- 00:02:52equipment it's actually 60,000 though
- 00:02:54you can save an average of just under
- 00:02:57£4,000 off a new Audi Q4 through car
- 00:03:00away now in terms of the Interior they
- 00:03:01haven't really updated this but it still
- 00:03:03looks pretty nice the infotainment
- 00:03:04system is easy to use I like the fact
- 00:03:06that the climate control is separate
- 00:03:08Audi's been doing good digital DS for
- 00:03:10ages now and I don't think there's
- 00:03:12really been much improvement by anyone
- 00:03:14else they're nice clear got plenty of
- 00:03:15information but there are a few things
- 00:03:18like the plastic up here feels a little
- 00:03:20bit hard down here it's a bit scratchy
- 00:03:22and you can tell that this is towards
- 00:03:24the bottom end of the Audi range even
- 00:03:26though it's a £60,000
- 00:03:28car however the way it drives Wes is
- 00:03:30quite nice so this one is on the sport
- 00:03:32suspension it's 50 mm lower than
- 00:03:34standard yet it still goes over bumps
- 00:03:36really well and it hasn't got adaptive
- 00:03:38dampers so that's quite impressive the
- 00:03:40steerings pretty responsive and so too
- 00:03:43is the electric motor we've got 286
- 00:03:46horsepower on this car not 66.7 seconds
- 00:03:49so it's not a rocket ship but it's just
- 00:03:51responsive if you look over there you'll
- 00:03:52see that we've got a scoda Kodiak as our
- 00:03:55camera car so for a bit of fun we've
- 00:03:57actually filled up its tank with diesel
- 00:03:59it's two Diesel and we're going to
- 00:04:01measure how far that goes on a tank of
- 00:04:04fuel we're also going to compare the
- 00:04:05running cost for each of these cars in
- 00:04:07this test at the end of the video so
- 00:04:08that'll look at how much they cost in
- 00:04:10terms of electricity for the journey
- 00:04:12we're doing so I've just clocked over 20
- 00:04:14miles I've got 89% of my battery
- 00:04:17remaining it says I've got a remaining
- 00:04:18range of 236 mil and I've been averaging
- 00:04:232.6 m per Kow hour not brilliant let's
- 00:04:26find out how the other cars are doing
- 00:04:28Kia can you give me your details please
- 00:04:3192% battery I'm averaging 2.7 m per KW
- 00:04:36256 miles remaining Paul star how about
- 00:04:39you 91% of my battery remaining 3 m per
- 00:04:43Kow
- 00:04:45337 mil left of range how about the
- 00:04:48Tesla 90% battery left 286 W hours per
- 00:04:52mile which works out at 3.5 m per kwatt
- 00:04:55hour a projected range of 247 Mi but I
- 00:04:58would imagine the Press person who
- 00:05:00delivered it was a little heavy footed
- 00:05:01so this is only going to go up ooh
- 00:05:03fighting talk how about the Porsche 93%
- 00:05:07of its battery remaining is 3.1 m per KW
- 00:05:11hour
- 00:05:12241 mil and finally the Ford 91% of its
- 00:05:16battery remaining 271 M and I'm
- 00:05:19averaging 3.5 m per kwatt well that's
- 00:05:22quite good so in terms of efficiency
- 00:05:24it's the Ford and the Tesla but really I
- 00:05:27think it's quite close right now
- 00:05:28everything to play for oh one last thing
- 00:05:30scoda Kodiak can you tell me your
- 00:05:33average mpg and your remaining range
- 00:05:3643.8 miles to the gallon and I have
- 00:05:39475 M of range
- 00:05:42remaining ah tell you what it's a bit
- 00:05:44annoying I've got the top of the range
- 00:05:46car but it doesn't seem to have surround
- 00:05:47view cameras just come on
- 00:05:51no that's it it's a bit mean I'm about
- 00:05:55to jump into another car but before I do
- 00:05:57I'm going to give you a quick overview
- 00:05:58of the practicality of this Q4 so knee
- 00:06:01room here in the back's good head room
- 00:06:02is pretty decent there's lots of foot
- 00:06:04space now let's check out the boot space
- 00:06:05so we've got 520 L of capacity but that
- 00:06:09does include this space into here which
- 00:06:11is where all the charging cables are
- 00:06:13let's see how usable It Is by seeing how
- 00:06:15many large men we can fit in it so let's
- 00:06:18try large man number one see if you can
- 00:06:20fit
- 00:06:21in so he fits I wonder if we can fit
- 00:06:24another one in there I think you're
- 00:06:26going to have to top and tail large man
- 00:06:27number two oh no
- 00:06:30it's a good job we get on you're about
- 00:06:33to get on very very well right try and
- 00:06:35squeeze in do you reckon this is doable
- 00:06:38right I don't think this is going to
- 00:06:41shut oh almost but no cigar one last
- 00:06:44thing to note about the Q for is that
- 00:06:46while Audi has updated it and supposedly
- 00:06:49facelifted it they haven't actually
- 00:06:50changed any of the exterior design as
- 00:06:52you can see look there's the
- 00:06:53pre-facelift version the only difference
- 00:06:55is the trim level the design and
- 00:06:57everything is just exactly the same here
- 00:06:59at North Services Northbound on the M1
- 00:07:01there is just one DC charger and it only
- 00:07:05does 60 KW I've now jumped into the K
- 00:07:08ev6 the range starts from just under
- 00:07:10£46,000 however this one being the range
- 00:07:12topping GT line S costs from just under
- 00:07:16£55,000 now you can save an average of
- 00:07:19just over £22,000 on one of these
- 00:07:21through carw and if you want to see how
- 00:07:22much money you can save on your next car
- 00:07:24just click on the pop out Banner ping in
- 00:07:25the top right hand corner of the screen
- 00:07:27or scan the QR code on screen now and
- 00:07:29it's got absolutely everything on it
- 00:07:32I've got heads up display I've got
- 00:07:34wonderful blind spot monitoring cameras
- 00:07:36look you can see that lry just there my
- 00:07:38blind spot I've got the 84 KW battery
- 00:07:41which is the biggest one you can get
- 00:07:42with this car but it's only the single
- 00:07:44motor version It's rear wheeel drive
- 00:07:46puts out 228 horsepower and can do n 60
- 00:07:50in 7.7 seconds now when I put my foot
- 00:07:53down in it the pickup isn't quite as
- 00:07:55strong as in the Audi also just the way
- 00:07:57it goes down the road doesn't feel quite
- 00:07:59as EXP expensive the cabin just feels
- 00:08:02way more high-tech than the Audi you
- 00:08:04have separate climate control buttons
- 00:08:05that look like you can just quickly
- 00:08:06change the temperature like that and
- 00:08:07they're not physical buttons it's like a
- 00:08:09touch sensitive screen it works pretty
- 00:08:11well terms of
- 00:08:12quality yeah it feels about the same as
- 00:08:14the Audi really the seats aren't quite
- 00:08:17so nice though right so we're just
- 00:08:19coming up to 50 Mi and this Kia is
- 00:08:23averaging 3.1 m per kwatt hour and I've
- 00:08:26got 82% of battery remaining which is
- 00:08:29good for a range of 231 mil let's see
- 00:08:32how the other cars are doing what's
- 00:08:33happening with the Q4 3.2 m per kwatt
- 00:08:36hour
- 00:08:3778% remaining on its battery and is
- 00:08:40predicted to do another 226 mil what
- 00:08:44about the pole star poar is doing 29.2
- 00:08:47KW hours per 100 miles which works out
- 00:08:50at 3.4 m per Kow hour it has 83% of its
- 00:08:54battery left and it reckons it can go
- 00:08:56another
- 00:08:58308 mil
- 00:09:00whoa what about the Tesla 222 W hours
- 00:09:04per mile that works out at 4.5 m per KW
- 00:09:08hour battery of 80% and unfortunately my
- 00:09:11range has gone up to 276 M and
- 00:09:14climbing I think s wants to check out
- 00:09:17early and next the Porsche 3.5 m per KW
- 00:09:21hour 86% battery and my range is
- 00:09:25224
- 00:09:27mil seems odd and finally the Ford 3.9 m
- 00:09:32per KW hour I have 82% of my battery
- 00:09:35remaining and that gives me 249 M so it
- 00:09:38appears that the pole star is going to
- 00:09:40go the furthest that's for now though
- 00:09:42unlike the Audi look fall 360 degree
- 00:09:46[Music]
- 00:09:48cameras just going to do a quick
- 00:09:49practicality check there's loads of knee
- 00:09:51room plenty of foot space as well you
- 00:09:53can even like recline the seatbacks
- 00:09:56headro not quite as good as in the Audi
- 00:09:58but there's much in it let's check out
- 00:10:00the boot we've got some storage under
- 00:10:01here the boot capacity including that
- 00:10:03storage under there is 490 L we've got a
- 00:10:06retractable load cover which could come
- 00:10:09in handy for our man test so men
- 00:10:11climbing the
- 00:10:12boot this might be better than the Audi
- 00:10:15G
- 00:10:16on
- 00:10:19right they're in they are in that's
- 00:10:22impressive right I want to show you
- 00:10:23something not only can we fit the guys
- 00:10:26in the boot there is room in the front
- 00:10:33boot actually D my bottom can fit in
- 00:10:35there let's find out so yeah look I can
- 00:10:40just about squeeze in here I don't know
- 00:10:41if I can squeeze out can you help me out
- 00:10:44literally
- 00:10:48stuck let's get the boys out the boot as
- 00:10:51well are you right sorry sorry there
- 00:10:54were two DC Chargers here at Leicester
- 00:10:57Forest East service station but but
- 00:10:59they're out of action in fact about 3 or
- 00:11:024 months ago when we did another range
- 00:11:03test they're out of action then to be
- 00:11:05fair these Chargers have now been
- 00:11:07removed from zap map but they haven't
- 00:11:10bothered to fit any other new ones in
- 00:11:13the meantime brilliant I've now jumped
- 00:11:16into the Ford Explorer and the thing a
- 00:11:18bit familiar about this car this switch
- 00:11:21gear here reminds me of a Volkswagen
- 00:11:24that's because this car underneath its
- 00:11:26skin is basically a Volkswagen ID 4
- 00:11:29which actually means that underneath its
- 00:11:32skin it's pretty much identical to the
- 00:11:34Audi Q4 I've already driven so it has
- 00:11:36the same 77 KW battery has the same
- 00:11:39286 horsepower rear drive motor in this
- 00:11:42car though it's good for not to 60
- 00:11:44according to Ford of 6.4 seconds and it
- 00:11:47feels pretty nippy nippier than the Kia
- 00:11:49but about the same as the Audi in fact
- 00:11:51the whole Driving Experience is very
- 00:11:53similar to the Audi the Ford Explorer
- 00:11:56starts from just under £440,000 this one
- 00:11:59have here is just under £50,000 though
- 00:12:01you can save an average of £3,000 off on
- 00:12:03through carwow the car I've got is
- 00:12:05actually in the lowest Spectrum although
- 00:12:07it's not low speec in any way shape all
- 00:12:09four got loads of tech on it including a
- 00:12:11heads up display got this huge
- 00:12:12entertainment screen which actually
- 00:12:14prefer to the one in the Audi apart from
- 00:12:16the fact that you don't have physical
- 00:12:18climate control buttons and look gimmick
- 00:12:21oh gimmick we can change the angle of it
- 00:12:24terms of everything else to do with the
- 00:12:26car quality of the materials is quite
- 00:12:28similar to the KY really and the Audi it
- 00:12:30doesn't feel
- 00:12:31£10,000 less good than the Audi okay
- 00:12:34here we are back in some Road works and
- 00:12:36we're just clocked over 75 Mi and this
- 00:12:39car is averaging
- 00:12:413.9 m per kwatt hour I have 73% of my
- 00:12:45battery left which the car says is good
- 00:12:47for 224 mil so Kia what are you doing
- 00:12:513.2 m per Kow hour 74% charge
- 00:12:5526 mil remaining po Star 28 . 7 KW hours
- 00:13:00per 100 Mil which equals 3.4 m per KW
- 00:13:04hour 76% of my battery left 282 mil
- 00:13:08Tesla 230 W hourss per mile which works
- 00:13:11out at 4.3 m per kwatt hour my battery
- 00:13:15is at 73% and my range is now projected
- 00:13:18at 246 mil Porsche 3.5 m per KW hour 78%
- 00:13:24of my battery left and an expected range
- 00:13:26of 208 mil the Porsche is bizarrely low
- 00:13:31and finally the Audi 3.4 m per KW hour
- 00:13:3569% of my battery remaining I'm going to
- 00:13:38do another 189
- 00:13:41miles that's doing terrible I mean
- 00:13:43considering the Audi is the same car
- 00:13:45underneath the skin as this Ford
- 00:13:47Explorer his projected range is way off
- 00:13:50I think things may change a little bit
- 00:13:52the further we go but we'll have to wait
- 00:13:54to find out look at this considerably
- 00:13:57cheaper than the Audi yet 360° cameras
- 00:14:01and I still that
- 00:14:03up even though the Ford Explorer is
- 00:14:05based on the Volkswagen id4 it does look
- 00:14:08a lot better but that's mainly because
- 00:14:09the id4 is such a terrible design I do
- 00:14:12prefer the look of the Audi than this
- 00:14:14and the Kia ev6 as well but it's all
- 00:14:17right hair in the back knee room's good
- 00:14:19head room it's good now I personally
- 00:14:20find it a bit more comfy to sit in than
- 00:14:22the Kia mainly because this seat seems a
- 00:14:24little bit higher off the floor though
- 00:14:26you can't recline the seat backs like
- 00:14:28you can in the Kia then as with the
- 00:14:29other cars I've tested so far flat floor
- 00:14:31so plenty of foot space there you can
- 00:14:32just squeeze your toes underneath the
- 00:14:34seats in front I actually think I'd
- 00:14:35rather go a distance in the back of this
- 00:14:37than the Kia now for the boot test we've
- 00:14:39got capacity of
- 00:14:41470 L I would like to lower this false
- 00:14:45floor for you guys but I can't because
- 00:14:47the cables are in there it's a shame
- 00:14:49though look unlike with the Audi we have
- 00:14:51a soft Low cover so that might actually
- 00:14:53help you out in terms of
- 00:14:58space I think we could be on prepare
- 00:15:01prepare
- 00:15:02prepare scream if it
- 00:15:07hurts hello in
- 00:15:13there I'm so
- 00:15:17sorry sorry I've been more
- 00:15:20comfortable
- 00:15:23sorry oh dear
- 00:15:30oh sorry but this was a Saving Grace
- 00:15:33wasn't it yeah that was bad are you all
- 00:15:35right yeah I'm fine here at trial
- 00:15:37Services we have one two three DC fast
- 00:15:41Chargers though I say fast they are in
- 00:15:44fact just 50 KW and there are uh one
- 00:15:48chademo and two real slow Chargers over
- 00:15:51there as well I've now jumped into the
- 00:15:52poar 4 the poar range is a bit confusing
- 00:15:55range starts with the pul star 2 at the
- 00:15:58top of the range is the P star 3 and
- 00:16:00this pul star 4 sits somewhere in the
- 00:16:03middle makes no sense the starting price
- 00:16:05of the Pulstar 4 is just under £60,000
- 00:16:07now this one is actually about £64,000
- 00:16:10it's the entry level car just got some
- 00:16:12extra bits and pieces on it like 21 in
- 00:16:14alloy wheels and this interior knit is
- 00:16:17quite nice now in terms of equipment it
- 00:16:20comes fully loaded so we've got things
- 00:16:22like heads up display we got this
- 00:16:23amazingly huge entertainment system that
- 00:16:26runs Android so you don't really need to
- 00:16:28Tey your phone to to it you can just use
- 00:16:29that system and as of course youve got
- 00:16:31an iPhone can you actually do apple
- 00:16:33carplay on it yes yes you can apparently
- 00:16:36so don't worry about that is a bit
- 00:16:38annoying that you have to do the climate
- 00:16:40through the screen but it's got this
- 00:16:42panel down here with all the key climate
- 00:16:43buttons on it but if you want to do the
- 00:16:45fan speed you do have to toggle into
- 00:16:46that terms of the interior design by far
- 00:16:48in a way this is the nicest car to sit
- 00:16:50in in terms of the drive yeah it feels
- 00:16:52pretty sophisticated and expensive right
- 00:16:54up there with the Audi in terms of
- 00:16:56comfort and noise levels pretty much the
- 00:16:58same money as the Audi why would you
- 00:17:00have the Audi over this we got a bigger
- 00:17:02battery 94 KW hours we got similar power
- 00:17:05once again single motor driving the back
- 00:17:07wheels 272 horsepower n 60 7.1 seconds
- 00:17:11and it feels pretty much as responsive
- 00:17:13as the Audi look we're going to tick
- 00:17:15over to 100
- 00:17:17miles there we go this car is averaging
- 00:17:2029 kows per 100 Mil which works out to
- 00:17:23about 3.4 m per kwatt hour I have 68% of
- 00:17:27the battery remaining and that gives me
- 00:17:29a remaining range of
- 00:17:31254 mil let's find out how the other
- 00:17:34cars are doing so Kia what are your
- 00:17:35numbers 3.3 m per KW 65% 180 M range
- 00:17:41left Audi how about you 3.4 m per KW
- 00:17:45hour 60% of my battery remaining
- 00:17:48174 mil well so far Porsche 3.5 m per
- 00:17:53Kow hour I have 71% of my battery left
- 00:17:56188 mil it's not great either but I
- 00:17:59think it's going to go further than that
- 00:18:01Tesla 4.3 m per kwatt hour I am at 64%
- 00:18:06and wonderly I'm down to 219 M and
- 00:18:09finally the Ford 3.9 m per KW hour 64%
- 00:18:13of my battery left 195 mil what's the
- 00:18:16scoda doing
- 00:18:1846.9 m to the gallon 450 M remaining I
- 00:18:23want to see if the scoda can go all the
- 00:18:25way to where these run out and all the
- 00:18:27way back to the services we started from
- 00:18:29all on one tank oh yeah this one has all
- 00:18:32the kit once again 360° View Camera but
- 00:18:35better definition and bigger than
- 00:18:37anything else I've driven so far this is
- 00:18:40nice this pul star is by far and away
- 00:18:42the best looking I can even forgive it
- 00:18:45slightly funky rear end there in the
- 00:18:46back knee room is really good head room
- 00:18:49that's fairly decent I do like the fact
- 00:18:51that you get this full length glass roof
- 00:18:54one slight issue I have is that while
- 00:18:56the flooor is completely flat with a
- 00:18:58decent am of foot space these seats are
- 00:19:00very close to the floor because of all
- 00:19:02the batteries underneath there so
- 00:19:04there's not so much under thigh support
- 00:19:06and you can't really slide your feet
- 00:19:07underneath the chair in front though the
- 00:19:09seat base is quite deep so you can sort
- 00:19:11of go a little bit side saddle and if
- 00:19:13you want to get a bit more comfy look at
- 00:19:17this if I press this button here and the
- 00:19:19one on the other side I can recline the
- 00:19:25seatbacks I mean really does feel quite
- 00:19:27luxurious in here yeah now let's check
- 00:19:29out the boot we have 526 L of space
- 00:19:32pretty big and you've got underfloor
- 00:19:34storage here and a big bin there for
- 00:19:36your cables which means oh if I push
- 00:19:39that look I can lower this down to give
- 00:19:41more room for you guys so go on
- 00:19:44Jack I think this is going to work come
- 00:19:46on Jamie come
- 00:19:48on look I'm not going to touch it oh I
- 00:19:51wonder if
- 00:19:53that cover's going to
- 00:19:57just yes
- 00:19:59it did it hey right you guys stay there
- 00:20:03got to show you something else because
- 00:20:04they thought about this pul star have
- 00:20:06unlike with cars from the VW group look
- 00:20:08we have a little bit of storage into
- 00:20:13here now my is not fitting in there no
- 00:20:16that's that's as good as it gets I think
- 00:20:18I better release the guys see how
- 00:20:19they're doing let's have a
- 00:20:23look hi what's that like more
- 00:20:25comfortable than the Ford I've got a
- 00:20:27question for you what happens if Jack
- 00:20:29farts I file a complaint with
- 00:20:31h that's if you're still alive well we
- 00:20:34finally found a service station with
- 00:20:35some decent DC electric charges and
- 00:20:37these are fast Chargers there are six of
- 00:20:39them here and they can do up to 180 KW
- 00:20:43there's three other DC Chargers over
- 00:20:44there but they're only 40 Kow but
- 00:20:46there's plenty well it appears to be
- 00:20:47plenty for the amount of electric cars
- 00:20:49here anyway if you're changing your car
- 00:20:51then you got to check out car wag
- 00:20:52because there's nothing quite like
- 00:20:53knowing that you're getting a great
- 00:20:54price both when selling your old car and
- 00:20:56finding a new one car makes all the the
- 00:20:58stuff that's hard work about car
- 00:21:01changing like the haggling the no
- 00:21:04shows and the nasty surprises a thing of
- 00:21:09the past life changing now if you want
- 00:21:11to go to car while right now I'll put a
- 00:21:13link in the description of this video
- 00:21:15and the Ping comment alternatively you
- 00:21:16can click on the pop out Banner
- 00:21:17appearing in the top right hand cor the
- 00:21:19screen now or scan the QR code on screen
- 00:21:21using your mobile phone to go directly
- 00:21:23there car change car wow now while I do
- 00:21:27think it's a bit of a pain that
- 00:21:28everything with the Tesla has to pretty
- 00:21:30much be done through this screen at
- 00:21:32least they do lean into that and make
- 00:21:34full benefit of the fact that there's no
- 00:21:36real buttons elsewhere in the car it's
- 00:21:38just a nice clean open space and people
- 00:21:42do complain about the quality of Teslas
- 00:21:44but actually I think it feels bad all
- 00:21:47the materials that you touch are soft
- 00:21:48and squidy even down on the door bins as
- 00:21:51well there's less scratchy Plastics in
- 00:21:53this and you'll find in the A and this
- 00:21:56is considerably less expensive so it
- 00:21:57starts from $47 ,000 this one though has
- 00:22:00a very top level of cruise control and
- 00:22:02that's a £6,000 option now it'll do
- 00:22:04things like stop you at traffic lights
- 00:22:06in town but you don't need any of that
- 00:22:08the basic system that you get a standard
- 00:22:10with this car that's all you need now
- 00:22:12the infotainment system does have an
- 00:22:13issue that you can't plug your phone
- 00:22:15into it there's no apple carplay no
- 00:22:16Android auto you have to use Tesla
- 00:22:19system and it's quite complicated with
- 00:22:21lots of different features in these
- 00:22:22different menus but when you've been
- 00:22:24with the car for a while you do learn it
- 00:22:26and it is okay and if you want to change
- 00:22:28the temperature obviously you have to go
- 00:22:29into the air conditioning menu and then
- 00:22:31look down a little bit also this is by
- 00:22:33far in away the sportiest car that I've
- 00:22:35driven so far part of the reason for
- 00:22:37that is the performance that you've got
- 00:22:38so this is the entry level single motor
- 00:22:40rear wheel drive car 352 horsepower Nord
- 00:22:4360 in a respectable 5.7 seconds but
- 00:22:46there is one Element to this car's
- 00:22:47Driving Experience which could put you
- 00:22:49off that's the fact that the suspension
- 00:22:50is a little bit overly firm fine when
- 00:22:53you're on the motorway but when you're
- 00:22:54on a bumpy road it can have you bouncing
- 00:22:56about a little bit too much also with
- 00:22:58the Tesla you get so much Tech so like
- 00:23:01with the Kia look put on the indicator
- 00:23:04and you get that blind spot but with the
- 00:23:05KY you have to go for the top speec car
- 00:23:07whereas with a Tesla standard this Tesla
- 00:23:09is my second favorite car to drive so
- 00:23:11far after the pole star but when you're
- 00:23:13considering the price you can see why so
- 00:23:15many people buy this Tesla Model y right
- 00:23:18let's just do a quick battery level
- 00:23:20check in so the Tesla is averaging 23.9
- 00:23:23W hours per mile which do the
- 00:23:24calculations is 4.2 m per kwatt hour
- 00:23:28we've got 53% of the battery remaining
- 00:23:30which is good for 173 mil let's check in
- 00:23:34with the other cars Kia what are your
- 00:23:36numbers I've got 3.4 m per Kow hour
- 00:23:4054% 147 M of range how about the Audi
- 00:23:453.5 m per kwatt hour 47% of battery 139
- 00:23:51more miles that looks like the AUD is
- 00:23:52going to run out first what about the
- 00:23:54pole star 3.5 m per KW hour 58% battery
- 00:23:59left 218 M of range and the Ford
- 00:24:02Explorer 4 m per KW 53% of my battery
- 00:24:06left 169 M and finally then the Porsche
- 00:24:103.6 m per KW hour 62% battery 63 mil
- 00:24:15right that is utterly wrong obviously if
- 00:24:18you do the maths on its energy
- 00:24:20consumption and the remaining battery of
- 00:24:22the size of its battery it should go
- 00:24:23much further than that I think I know
- 00:24:26the problem with the Porsche that would
- 00:24:27have been driven by journalists and they
- 00:24:28just been hooning it around so their
- 00:24:30energy consumption would have been awful
- 00:24:32and it's still calculating the range
- 00:24:34based on that historic data we'll find
- 00:24:36out exactly what happens a little later
- 00:24:38on now look at this we don't have
- 00:24:40surround view cameras but we do have
- 00:24:41these extra little views here and that
- 00:24:43does help as well so you sort of got
- 00:24:46your bird's eye view the biggest problem
- 00:24:48for me with the Tesla Model white is the
- 00:24:49way it looks I know it's very similar to
- 00:24:51the model 3 but somehow it just looks
- 00:24:53wrong and distended I am not a fan well
- 00:24:57I can't thought about the model y though
- 00:24:58is just how roomy it is here in the back
- 00:25:00loads of knee room head room's good and
- 00:25:03you get the glass roofer standard the
- 00:25:04seats are decent distance from the floor
- 00:25:07and there's loads of foot space and you
- 00:25:08can slide your feet underneath the seats
- 00:25:10in front cuz they're jacked up and do
- 00:25:12you know what this seat back while you
- 00:25:14can't move it it is nicely reclined
- 00:25:16there is one small problem this bit here
- 00:25:20it's actually fine for how I sit
- 00:25:21normally but if you want to put your
- 00:25:22head back and if you're tall you are
- 00:25:24going to hit your head on that part
- 00:25:25there but it is the most practical car
- 00:25:27here so far and that extends to the boot
- 00:25:29as well in here you have a whopping 850
- 00:25:33L of space a lot of that is underneath
- 00:25:35there where you keep all your cables and
- 00:25:37some more storage underneath here you
- 00:25:39have a lad cover which is a firm Low
- 00:25:43cover so I'm not sure how this is going
- 00:25:44to work for you guys because in theory
- 00:25:47should both fit in there but let's
- 00:25:49see and I'll deal with this for you
- 00:25:52there we go get yourself comfy oh you're
- 00:25:53going to do it no problem it's good look
- 00:25:55and you know what this is this is no
- 00:25:57problem at all so if you can shut un
- 00:25:59assisted watch your bottom
- 00:26:02oh there we go just a little bit of
- 00:26:05assistance so before we let them out
- 00:26:08there really is a good amount of space
- 00:26:11here underneath the bonnet look look at
- 00:26:13this massive absolutely massive could
- 00:26:17take a bath in here anyway better let
- 00:26:19them out and see what it's like for them
- 00:26:20in that boot for their final
- 00:26:24verdict Jamie what's it like in there
- 00:26:26it's all right actually yeah
- 00:26:29I've got a foot well okay is it better
- 00:26:31yeah best so far Jack uh I'm not the
- 00:26:35most comfortable okay all
- 00:26:39righted come on then load C I'm
- 00:26:44sorry right thank you very much finally
- 00:26:46we've come to a service station with a
- 00:26:48decent amount of electric Chargers so
- 00:26:50we're at ferry bridge near Wakefield we
- 00:26:52have 12 fast Chargers so these go up to
- 00:26:55350 KW which is pretty impressive you've
- 00:26:58also got a whole bunch of Tesla
- 00:26:59superchargers over there and if
- 00:27:01everything else is for there are some
- 00:27:03emergency 50 KW charges over there but
- 00:27:06if you can get a space here you're going
- 00:27:07to take it the Maan is definitely my
- 00:27:09favorite looking of these electric cars
- 00:27:11the front end is really cool I love this
- 00:27:14blue paint Scheme and the fact you get
- 00:27:16blue elements in the headlights
- 00:27:17definitely the best looking out of all
- 00:27:19of them followed by the pole star here
- 00:27:21in the back knee room is all right head
- 00:27:23room with this panoramic glass roof
- 00:27:25which obviously is an optional extra is
- 00:27:28all right but I think for people over 64
- 00:27:30it might get a little bit snug in terms
- 00:27:32of head room the seat backs are quite
- 00:27:34upright do you know there's something
- 00:27:36slightly tight about the feeling here in
- 00:27:39the back maybe it's the foot well isn't
- 00:27:41particularly spacious compared to the
- 00:27:42other cars though you can just about
- 00:27:44slide your feet underneath the chairs in
- 00:27:46front I think out of all the cars it is
- 00:27:48the least spacious in the back you can
- 00:27:50also get dual zone climate control in
- 00:27:51the rear though of course that's an
- 00:27:52optional extra and you got two USB C's
- 00:27:54there the low capacity is 540 L which is
- 00:27:57the second largest here after the Tesla
- 00:27:59let's see how usable it actually is so
- 00:28:01underneath here we have the bow sound
- 00:28:03system so we probably haven't got the
- 00:28:04full 540 l in this car once again that's
- 00:28:07an optional extra let's see how
- 00:28:09practical it is when it comes to
- 00:28:10carrying men so men do you think we
- 00:28:13obviously have a hard loc of I don't
- 00:28:15know how that's going to work out for
- 00:28:20you um by mik no are you ready should we
- 00:28:25give it a go I might give it some
- 00:28:26assistant it's going to need it cuz
- 00:28:27you're B like poking
- 00:28:30out no even even with me doing that it's
- 00:28:34not happening is it no youve had a lucky
- 00:28:36Escape let me go check out the um front
- 00:28:38boot cuz there is one on this car who
- 00:28:41almost chin me actually it's a decent
- 00:28:43amount of space look you can see you got
- 00:28:45the cable in
- 00:28:47there can I yes look I can fit in here
- 00:28:51with my snake like hips as you can see
- 00:28:53this is a leftand drive car because it's
- 00:28:55come over from Germany we haven't got
- 00:28:56them in the UK just yet but boy if you
- 00:28:59spec this up like for like with the UK
- 00:29:01car on the configurator
- 00:29:0394,000 this car reason being it's got
- 00:29:05over £25,000 worth of option the entry
- 00:29:08level price of the car like basic is
- 00:29:11£68,000 more expensive than the pole
- 00:29:13star that's without any kit on it if you
- 00:29:15want the headsup display which is lovely
- 00:29:17and it can even like show you if you're
- 00:29:18starting to weave out of your lane you
- 00:29:20have to pay extra for that if you want
- 00:29:21this particular steering wheel that's an
- 00:29:23extra if you want all this kind of LED
- 00:29:25lighting that's extra if you want this
- 00:29:27lovely headlining that's extra if you
- 00:29:29want that extra screen there that's
- 00:29:30extra and of course you're paying for
- 00:29:32that Porsche tax as well just for the
- 00:29:33Porsche badge all that said it does feel
- 00:29:36lovely however the entry level car gets
- 00:29:38a 340 horsepower rear drive motor which
- 00:29:41gives you 360 horsepower when you launch
- 00:29:43it and that's why it's the quickest from
- 00:29:450 to 60 it's not to 60 in 5.4 seconds
- 00:29:47and it does feel pretty responsive it
- 00:29:49also feels the most responsive to drive
- 00:29:52the steering is just very very reactive
- 00:29:54but not kind of Lighty in the same way
- 00:29:56that the Tesla is this particular car
- 00:29:57does does have the optional rear axle
- 00:29:59steering which does make it steer a
- 00:30:01little bit quicker but in terms of
- 00:30:02handling this is the best car and it
- 00:30:05rides the best as well because it is
- 00:30:06fitted with air suspension which of
- 00:30:08course is another option I don't think
- 00:30:10it's a massive improvement over that pul
- 00:30:13star it does run it close to Pulstar and
- 00:30:15that cares a lot better value in terms
- 00:30:17of how things feel though like the
- 00:30:19indicators and the noise from the
- 00:30:22indicator has a touch of quality to it
- 00:30:25soft touch all the way down here feels
- 00:30:27solid as well we've got climate control
- 00:30:30buttons which are separate to the
- 00:30:31infotainment system the screen itself is
- 00:30:34really really high definition it's quite
- 00:30:35easy to navigate as well overall this
- 00:30:37car has the nicest interior so look at
- 00:30:39this the Sun is going down and about to
- 00:30:42hit 200 miles so here in the Porsche I
- 00:30:45am averaging 3.5 m per kwatt hour I've
- 00:30:49got 39% of the battery remaining and the
- 00:30:52car is telling me I've got 102 M of
- 00:30:54range left though I think it's a little
- 00:30:56bit more let's check out the other car
- 00:30:58Audi I am doing 3.5 m per KW hour 22% of
- 00:31:03my battery remaining further 64 mil how
- 00:31:06about the Kia 3.3 m per KW 29% battery
- 00:31:11another 78 M how about the Ford the Ford
- 00:31:15is averaging 3.9 m per KW hour I have
- 00:31:1829% of my battery left which should take
- 00:31:20me 85 M the Tesla 4 m per KW 30% battery
- 00:31:26and that is saying a projected 9 23 mil
- 00:31:29the poar hello poar 3.4 m per KW 38% of
- 00:31:34my battery left 141 miles oo so the pole
- 00:31:38star has the best range I've pulled over
- 00:31:41cuz I've got a bit of a dilemma I need
- 00:31:43to decide which car I think is going to
- 00:31:45go the furthest overall is it going to
- 00:31:46be the Porsche is it going to be the
- 00:31:47pole star it's going to be close between
- 00:31:49these two because they're very evenly
- 00:31:50matched they are both consuming energy
- 00:31:53at the same rate so this is doing 3.5 m
- 00:31:55per Kow hour so is that they have
- 00:31:57similar battery pack sizes this is a 95
- 00:32:00kwh pack this is a 94 and they've got
- 00:32:03similar amount to their batteries
- 00:32:04remaining this is on 33% this is on 32
- 00:32:07so I'm not sure which way it's going to
- 00:32:09go now forget the remaining range
- 00:32:11because that's a calculation I think is
- 00:32:12slightly off of the Porsche but I've got
- 00:32:14to decide right now which one I think is
- 00:32:16going to go the furthest so which is it
- 00:32:19I've gone for the pole sta now I'm not
- 00:32:21sure if it's going to be the right
- 00:32:22decision I guess we'll find out but if I
- 00:32:24was going to be leasing one of these
- 00:32:25cars choosing the pul start of the
- 00:32:26Porsche would be the right thing to do
- 00:32:28and here's why so carwow has just
- 00:32:30launched its own leasing broker it's
- 00:32:32called carwow leasy if I go on there I
- 00:32:35can see that I can lease this very pul
- 00:32:37star for
- 00:32:38£440 excluding that and that's over 48
- 00:32:41months and with 9 months down the
- 00:32:43Porsche on the other hand is £700
- 00:32:45excluding that once again over 48 months
- 00:32:48and 9 months down and that's the Porsche
- 00:32:50without all the options fitted to our
- 00:32:51particular car so it actually work out
- 00:32:53more and for that difference per month I
- 00:32:55would definitely go for the pulse star
- 00:32:58now if you want to check out car Lei
- 00:32:59click on the pop out Banner appearing in
- 00:33:01the top right hand corner of the screen
- 00:33:02or if you're watching on Smart Tv scan
- 00:33:04the QR code on screen now using your
- 00:33:06mobile phone okay everyone let's have a
- 00:33:08quick check in so I'm still averaging
- 00:33:103.5 m per kilowatt hour I've got 28% of
- 00:33:13my battery remaining and it reckons I'm
- 00:33:15going to do 105 miles what's happening
- 00:33:18with the Kia I've got 3.4 m per KW hour
- 00:33:22I've got 18% battery and it's saying I'm
- 00:33:24going to do 45 miles are you going to
- 00:33:26stick on this route for b or you going
- 00:33:28to have to pull off I found a fast
- 00:33:30charger about 43 M away so I think I'm
- 00:33:33going to head there ooh that's going to
- 00:33:35be fun anyway Audi what about you my
- 00:33:38battery warning has just come up at 30 m
- 00:33:41of range I'm doing 3.5 m per Kow hour
- 00:33:4511% battery left so you going to have to
- 00:33:47get off pretty soon yes I'm going to
- 00:33:49have to get off in 26 miles is what the
- 00:33:52saav is saying all right how about the
- 00:33:54Ford Explorer averaging 3.8 m per Kow
- 00:33:57hour I have got 18% of my battery left
- 00:34:00which works out to a nice round 50 m
- 00:34:02well and how about the Tesla Tesla sat
- 00:34:05at
- 00:34:05247 watts per mile that is bang on 4 mil
- 00:34:10per kwatt hour and worryingly I have a
- 00:34:13petrol station logged in at 52 Mi and a
- 00:34:15range of 57 mil so we'll see how that
- 00:34:17goes and that is a battery level of 18%
- 00:34:20it'd probably be better off going to a
- 00:34:21charging Point rather than a petrol
- 00:34:22station but maybe he means a charging
- 00:34:25Point finally then the Porsche my main
- 00:34:27compe edor 3.5 m per KW hour it has 27%
- 00:34:32of it battery left should go 69 M I
- 00:34:36don't believe that cuz I'm on exactly
- 00:34:37the same figures and I've got 99 miles
- 00:34:40can we have a checkin from the scoda
- 00:34:42please 47 mil to the gallon 310 M of
- 00:34:46range remaining you just turn around and
- 00:34:48go back stop for a break showing size of
- 00:34:51being tired yes I am it'sa I've just had
- 00:34:54a warning uh to say I need to find a
- 00:34:56charger I've got 10 % left but I'm going
- 00:34:58to keep going that's the spirit I've got
- 00:35:01plenty of charge remaining 22% hey guys
- 00:35:04it's is Tesla here I'm at 11% battery
- 00:35:06and I had my first warning high energy
- 00:35:08consumption use navigation to estimate
- 00:35:11battery level and ensure arrival hey
- 00:35:14Matt it's the Audi here I'm currently
- 00:35:15sitting at 6 miles of range and I've
- 00:35:18only got 2% of battery so I am going to
- 00:35:20have to come off at the next Junction oh
- 00:35:22there he goes goodbye emotional one down
- 00:35:27five to go
- 00:35:28oh wait a minute I've just had a sign
- 00:35:30flash up that says battery level low and
- 00:35:31my battery meter's gone to an orange
- 00:35:33color 19% remaining 72 Mi of range now
- 00:35:37we are actually in a 60 so this reduced
- 00:35:40speed may help it how's the Kia doing
- 00:35:43charger I was planning to go to it's
- 00:35:45about 12 M away and I've got 11 M of
- 00:35:48range and 4% battery so I think I might
- 00:35:52need to find another charger I've had a
- 00:35:54new warning in the Ford the satav is
- 00:35:57flashing up you can only reach One
- 00:35:59charging station with your current
- 00:36:00charge level do you want to charge there
- 00:36:03news from the Porsche please check range
- 00:36:05so I checked the range and it says 40
- 00:36:07mil I do not know what else to do so
- 00:36:10I've got 177% as well but mine's saying
- 00:36:1364 mil it's 67 M to a fast charger so
- 00:36:17I'm 3 m short Kia I'm just going to pass
- 00:36:20you so you can go slow if you need to
- 00:36:22just so you can try and crawl to that
- 00:36:24charging station in 50 is definitely
- 00:36:26helped it's saying 6 half miles away and
- 00:36:28I've got six miles range so might need
- 00:36:31to go a bit slower than that come on you
- 00:36:32can do it Kia so everybody let's go just
- 00:36:36at 40 no quicker I'm going to turn off
- 00:36:38now I've got a power limited sign that's
- 00:36:40just come up on the dash and I'm down to
- 00:36:420% battery but I should make it it's now
- 00:36:45two down four to go it's the Ford here I
- 00:36:48have 3% battery remaining which works
- 00:36:50out at 9 M of range and I have just over
- 00:36:538 miles to go to get to my destination
- 00:36:55so I'm going to have to peel off this
- 00:36:56road very soon in about a mile and a
- 00:36:58half I think Tesla you going to join him
- 00:37:01my station is also in 8.3 miles but I've
- 00:37:04been told to stay on the road and I get
- 00:37:06to the station that way and I am at 4%
- 00:37:09battery with 9 miles left one of us is
- 00:37:12wrong Nick do you think you're both
- 00:37:14going to the same charger will it be
- 00:37:15whoever gets there first if so I think
- 00:37:17that might be Sam because I've just had
- 00:37:19a warning that says performance
- 00:37:20restricted consults the owner's manual
- 00:37:22well no time for that cuz I've got to
- 00:37:24turn off there he goes goodbye Ford face
- 00:37:28and it just like swerved down there how
- 00:37:30long till you have to pull off in the
- 00:37:31Tesla 6 miles I have got 6.1 mil of
- 00:37:36range less at 3% battery oh wait I've
- 00:37:39got a call I've got a call hello hello
- 00:37:41hello so this is sec4 what's happened
- 00:37:45the car only let me use 25% of its power
- 00:37:49once I hit 0 miles and 0% I finally ran
- 00:37:52out of charge the car came to a stop I
- 00:37:54then turned it off and then turned it on
- 00:37:56again and it let me move it at 4 M hour
- 00:37:59and then literally as I got to the
- 00:38:00charger it just peted out and completely
- 00:38:02died at 267 M how far did it go after it
- 00:38:08said there was no battery left it only
- 00:38:10actually did three more miles and what
- 00:38:13percent as it's done of its claimed
- 00:38:15mileage supposed to do 336 mil but it's
- 00:38:18only done 79% of its claimed range
- 00:38:22brilliant oh and thank you very much
- 00:38:24Tesla here I'm going to have to peel off
- 00:38:26I've got a .5 miles in range good luck
- 00:38:29to everybody okay Porsche it's just the
- 00:38:32two of us now I've got 9% of my battery
- 00:38:34remaining it says I've got 32 Mi I've
- 00:38:36got 35 mil to the charging point I want
- 00:38:39to reach in Scotland what's your car
- 00:38:41saying the POR is saying has 7% battery
- 00:38:4412 miles of range and I think the
- 00:38:46charger I need to go to is about 10 mil
- 00:38:49away the problem is the next one on from
- 00:38:51that is quite away on a duel Carriage
- 00:38:53race so I am going to be peeling off I
- 00:38:55think at this point What's your effic
- 00:38:57icy though still doing 3.5 m per Kow
- 00:39:00hour at the moment so if you're doing
- 00:39:013.5 m per kwatt hour you got 7% of your
- 00:39:04battery and you got a 95 kwh usable
- 00:39:07battery surely be able to go further
- 00:39:09than 12 miles probably can it's just I
- 00:39:12don't know how much oh hello it's a call
- 00:39:14from Sam in the Tesla hey Sam have you
- 00:39:16run out of charge to be fair to Tesla I
- 00:39:19didn't want to do it Injustice so when I
- 00:39:21got to the charge station I had 5 miles
- 00:39:23left there was a side road that I went
- 00:39:25driving around a little bit and
- 00:39:26eventually it got down you can no longer
- 00:39:28go any further so I turned round to head
- 00:39:30back to the charging station I got right
- 00:39:32next to the pump pulled forward to
- 00:39:34reverse back and it cut out
- 00:39:39oh oh no so then I'm blocking the road
- 00:39:42and all my fellow teser tonians I
- 00:39:44Googled how to put it into toe mode and
- 00:39:46then a fellow tonian helped me push it
- 00:39:48back this is me enjoying Tesla ownership
- 00:39:53and now I'm sat here it's already got
- 00:39:54112 mil in the tank so yeah electric
- 00:39:56cars are just am amazing aren't they I
- 00:39:58love the way you call it the pump and
- 00:39:59the tank such a petrol head quick
- 00:40:02question how far did you go in total
- 00:40:06294 miles and how far did it go after it
- 00:40:09said it had no miles remaining about
- 00:40:12seven okay so quite a lot how far was
- 00:40:15your car supposed to G to full charge so
- 00:40:16apparently they're supposed to do 373
- 00:40:19miles so that means you've done about
- 00:40:20like 79% of the claimed range yeah it's
- 00:40:23not great is it and what about the
- 00:40:24efficiency overall 3.8 m per Kow hour
- 00:40:28I'll leave you to charge up a little bit
- 00:40:29more and I'm going to see how far I can
- 00:40:30go see you later Hey Porsche how you
- 00:40:32doing I want 7% battery and 24 miles of
- 00:40:35range 30 m to go to my charging station
- 00:40:38I am on 5% battery 5 miles of range as I
- 00:40:42hit 5% battery I had another warning
- 00:40:44come up the infamous torus and drive
- 00:40:46power reduced I am going to have to turn
- 00:40:48right at the next roundabout and leave
- 00:40:50you afraid I'm going to turn right and
- 00:40:51you're turning left so this is goodbye
- 00:40:53that's the end of the porch you're not
- 00:40:55going to make it to Scotland then I
- 00:40:57think this pul star is the only car
- 00:40:58that's going to do it can see him in my
- 00:41:00mirror goodbye Porsche goodbye good news
- 00:41:04I've made it to Scotland heay look
- 00:41:06there's a sign for Edinburgh as well not
- 00:41:08going to be making Edinburgh do you know
- 00:41:10what this road is familiar in fact this
- 00:41:12very Point here is familiar because I
- 00:41:14actually conked out in another car in a
- 00:41:17different EV range test if you want to
- 00:41:19see what that car is click on the pop
- 00:41:21out Banner pring in the top right hand
- 00:41:22corner of the screen or follow the QR
- 00:41:24code on screen now okay so I've got a
- 00:41:27plan I know that the fast charger is
- 00:41:30back there in that town I've got 9 mies
- 00:41:33of range 3% battery what I'm going to do
- 00:41:36is turn around in this Village and head
- 00:41:38back to that charger and play it safe
- 00:41:41see if I can loop back on myself this is
- 00:41:42tight blim me is this right this is
- 00:41:45interesting be terrible if I run out of
- 00:41:47electricity here be rather awkward I
- 00:41:50think it must be this way oh this is
- 00:41:51tight and then down here and I should be
- 00:41:54able to go back on myself oh hello phone
- 00:41:56call hey Matt it's James and ikia I
- 00:41:58finally ran out of charge pulled off the
- 00:42:01A1 with about 0% battery I made it to
- 00:42:04the charger and then I probably drive
- 00:42:07around for like another 10 miles limited
- 00:42:10to 20 mph for a bit and then it wouldn't
- 00:42:13go any faster than five so I was
- 00:42:15literally reversing in and out of the
- 00:42:17charging spot before it eventually ConEd
- 00:42:19out yeah so just con out stopped driving
- 00:42:23the car but you could roll it yeah how
- 00:42:25many miles did you do in total I did 280
- 00:42:28exactly less than the Tesla but more
- 00:42:31than the Audi now what was it supposed
- 00:42:33to do the Kia was supposed to do
- 00:42:35347 mil which is about 81% I averaged
- 00:42:38about 3.4 m per Kow hour across the
- 00:42:41whole trip so not too bad but not
- 00:42:44brilliant either anyway I'm going to
- 00:42:45keep going I've got 2% battery and 6
- 00:42:47miles of range left all right cheers
- 00:42:49mate bye oh look another phone call
- 00:42:52hello it's Rory in the Porsche we have
- 00:42:55finally come to a stop got a bit B
- 00:42:57driving around the slow road so I
- 00:42:59ventured back onto the A1 uh where there
- 00:43:01sort of a half a mile stretch before you
- 00:43:03could turn back on yourself it was
- 00:43:05getting slow and slow it could barely
- 00:43:06get up to sort of 40 mph and luckily
- 00:43:09just as I was coming on the backstretch
- 00:43:10back into town I got a massive red
- 00:43:12warning saying only maneuvering was
- 00:43:15possible and as I rolled into the
- 00:43:17McDonald's with the charges it couldn't
- 00:43:19go up the hill and then I was just stuck
- 00:43:21on the hill however put my hazards on
- 00:43:23turned the car off turn it back on again
- 00:43:26uh found some power and I just managed
- 00:43:28to creep down into the car park it then
- 00:43:30ConEd out again I switched it off on
- 00:43:32again and then it just had enough power
- 00:43:34to roll itself into the bay but I've
- 00:43:36tried moving it again now and it won't
- 00:43:38go but I'm actually at the charger and
- 00:43:39the charger reaches so it's happy days
- 00:43:41for me but yeah B an interesting one oh
- 00:43:44well done so how many miles have you
- 00:43:46done in total
- 00:43:4838.1 miles only done 3.1 miles after %
- 00:43:53but the interesting thing is you would
- 00:43:54have made it to Scotland cuz I've done
- 00:43:56320 miles and I've gone past the charger
- 00:43:59more than like 5 miles ago I'm now
- 00:44:01coming back to it so you could have made
- 00:44:03Scotland you know I said I went up the
- 00:44:04A1 a bit I did make it 500
- 00:44:08me and then I turned around and came
- 00:44:10back to England and I went back to
- 00:44:12Scotland again about
- 00:44:13four England again oh well done
- 00:44:1638.1 that is the best so far apart from
- 00:44:20me cuz I'm not 320 and I'm still going
- 00:44:22so what was your claimed range I think
- 00:44:25you were supposed to be 380 6 mil I
- 00:44:28think that's 82% what was your energy
- 00:44:30consumption over the whole journey 3.5 m
- 00:44:32per Kow hours that's all right okay all
- 00:44:35dear look 1% battery considered charging
- 00:44:37I'm going to drive around for a bit oh
- 00:44:39here we go another phone call it's the
- 00:44:41last one so tell me what happened with
- 00:44:42the Ford hit 0% still had one mile of
- 00:44:46range which was a bit strange but it
- 00:44:47carried on going for another 5 miles
- 00:44:50after that most of which in maneuvering
- 00:44:52only mode which limited it to 4 mph it
- 00:44:55eventually died at
- 00:44:58291 mil that has just been beaten by the
- 00:45:02Tesla but you did beat the Audi and the
- 00:45:05Kia so go on then what was the range
- 00:45:07that your car was supposed to do so it's
- 00:45:09supposed to do
- 00:45:10374 miles which means I managed to do
- 00:45:1478% of that which is not too bad among
- 00:45:16the worst actually so far what was your
- 00:45:19energy consumption 3.8 m per kilowatt
- 00:45:22hour so that feels pretty good well I've
- 00:45:24got 1% battery and 2 miles of range
- 00:45:26remaining I'm still going I'm the only
- 00:45:28one I am over 320 Mi this car has won
- 00:45:32but we need to find out just how much
- 00:45:34buy oh look no battery life left
- 00:45:37remaining range 1 mile so that's at
- 00:45:41324 pretty much not really getting much
- 00:45:43in the way of warnings okay I think I'm
- 00:45:46going to have to turn around here there
- 00:45:47is a charger in there no way oh this
- 00:45:50could be perfect right I'm going to keep
- 00:45:52going for now I've got the safety of the
- 00:45:54charger there let's see how much further
- 00:45:56I can go come on car oh going slightly
- 00:46:00uphill now and it's
- 00:46:02struggling I'm hoping to sling shot
- 00:46:05around this roundabout and get back on
- 00:46:06this road again cuz I think this is my
- 00:46:08last bit of
- 00:46:11driving Go Bus do not pull out bus do
- 00:46:14not pull out bus you definitely pulled
- 00:46:16out a come
- 00:46:18on oh I got dirted by the bus we're
- 00:46:22going to do 330 Mi to at 328 oh I don't
- 00:46:27know if I'm going to get back up this
- 00:46:28hill can't go over 60 MPH up here I
- 00:46:31think we're definitely going to make 330
- 00:46:33maybe we can make
- 00:46:35332 cuz that means I'd only be 40 m shy
- 00:46:39of the claimed range for this car which
- 00:46:41is 372 mil it can't possibly make it up
- 00:46:46this hill again oh my foot is on the
- 00:46:49floor the speed is holding up 15 if I
- 00:46:54can just make it up here come on yes so
- 00:46:57that's 40 Mi within the claimed range
- 00:46:59next challenge is to get to
- 00:47:02333 cuz if we can that is pretty much
- 00:47:0590% of the claimed range no the traffic
- 00:47:08please no the traffic bugger go go go go
- 00:47:11go come on come on come on get round
- 00:47:13don't slow down God you're going slower
- 00:47:15than me Classic Honda Jazz driver
- 00:47:19slingshot this is it don't stop here po
- 00:47:21Star come on 3 32.9 get me to 333 come
- 00:47:26on get me to 333 we're going Upper Hill
- 00:47:29ah this hill could kill me less than 100
- 00:47:32m we've got to do this then you've got
- 00:47:3490% of your claimed range yes 33 three
- 00:47:3890% of the claimed range whatever
- 00:47:40happens now is a bonus oh no that I just
- 00:47:44felt something it's just lost all power
- 00:47:46we're at the top of the hill as well oh
- 00:47:48come on oh there we go it is game over
- 00:47:52car has stopped it's rolling back a bit
- 00:47:543 33.1 we got 28 8.1 KW per 100 m so
- 00:47:59that is 3.5 m per kwatt hour we've done
- 00:48:0290% of the claimed range I think it's
- 00:48:04the clear winner in terms of range I
- 00:48:06think it's the clear winner as well in
- 00:48:07terms of what you're getting for your
- 00:48:09money now it just need rescuing the good
- 00:48:11news is it does actually roll so it can
- 00:48:13be pushed we're not going to push it
- 00:48:14though the RAC have a fleet of Vans
- 00:48:15which equipped with AC charging and they
- 00:48:17can charge up to 4 Kow so we'll get some
- 00:48:19juice into this battery and I'll be able
- 00:48:21to drive it down to that charger down
- 00:48:22there so we charged up using the RAC for
- 00:48:24about 10 minutes we've now got one mile
- 00:48:26ranging even though it's saying battery
- 00:48:270% we should be good to go I think wait
- 00:48:30are we actually good to go no we're not
- 00:48:34it's rolling back don't understand I
- 00:48:36proba feel going in
- 00:48:38reverse no it's it's not got any power
- 00:48:41that doesn't make any sense all right
- 00:48:43let's keep
- 00:48:44charging clearly I hadn't left it on
- 00:48:47charge for long enough so after a few
- 00:48:48more minutes plugged into the RAC van
- 00:48:50the postar was able to drive to a nearby
- 00:48:52charge point but how did its performance
- 00:48:54compare to all the other cars in this
- 00:48:56test well the pole star won it did 333
- 00:48:59Mi which is 90% of its claimed range and
- 00:49:01achieved 3.5 m per kwatt hour next was
- 00:49:04the Porsche which did 318 Mi that's 82%
- 00:49:07of its claimed range it also returned
- 00:49:093.5 m per kwatt hour in third place was
- 00:49:12the Tesla which did 294 Mi that's 79% of
- 00:49:15its claimed range it managed 3.8 m per
- 00:49:18kwatt the Ford did 291 M which is 78% of
- 00:49:22its claimed range and it achieved 3.8 m
- 00:49:24per KW hour meanwhile the K did did 280
- 00:49:27Mi that's 81% of its claimed range and
- 00:49:30it did 3.4 m per KW last was the Audi it
- 00:49:33did 268 mil which is 79% of its claimed
- 00:49:36range and it managed 3.5 m per
- 00:49:40KW but I haven't mentioned the scoda
- 00:49:43camera car and that brings us onto costs
- 00:49:45the Kodiak still had 205 Mi of range
- 00:49:48remaining in its tank when the Pulstar
- 00:49:50ran out of battery and its average
- 00:49:51economy was 47.2 MP gallon but this
- 00:49:54doesn't give you the full picture
- 00:49:56because obviously we drove to Scotland
- 00:49:58but we also needed to drive back and
- 00:50:00when you calculate the full round trip
- 00:50:02the scoda used £92 in diesel to drive
- 00:50:05from a start point to where the pole
- 00:50:07star stopped and then back again and it
- 00:50:09only needed to refuel once on the way
- 00:50:11back meanwhile the poar actually needed
- 00:50:13to be recharged twice during the same
- 00:50:15round trip but the cost of all the
- 00:50:16electricity used amazingly came to the
- 00:50:18same
- 00:50:19£92 however the paar's initial charge
- 00:50:22was done using a home charger which
- 00:50:24works out a lot cheaper than using
- 00:50:25public fast charg had we used DC fast
- 00:50:28charging for the outward leg as well as
- 00:50:29the return leg with the Pulstar the
- 00:50:31overall cost would have actually come to
- 00:50:33£140 which is almost 50 more than with a
- 00:50:36scoda anyway I hope you enjoyed the
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