‘Not good enough’: electric vehicles fail range claims
According to road tests, some of Australia’s best -selling electric vehicles cannot meet the advertising range and consume significantly more power than the promises of the manufacturers.
A popular SUV has performed in particular, especially in bad performance, stood more than 100km shortly after the range of advertising, which called a group of automobiles, “not good enough”.
The Australian Automobile Association released the results on Thursday after testing five electric vehicles as part of $ 14 million. Real World Test Program.
The findings revealed that one week after revealing 25 over 30 gasoline, and the tested hybrid vehicles have consumed more fuel than laboratory results and that more than three in every four vehicles examined in the scheme could not meet expectations.
The automobile body tested five electric vehicles in the first attempt of technology, using a 93 km circuit around Geelong in Victoria under humid and dry conditions and measured the energy consumption of vehicles.
BYD’s ATTO 3 SUV produced the worst result of the tested models, the promised range fell by 111km or 23 percent, and used 21 percent more power than the advertisement.
Tesla’s entry -level electric car Model 3, the promised range of 14 percent or 72km could not meet and laboratory results showed six more electricity.
Tesla Model Y and Kia EV6 SUVs could not meet the range of eight percent or 40km, the smart #3 electric car laboratory testing results and fell in five or 23km of the advertisement range.
Peter Khoury, a spokesman for NRMA, said that the significant differences between advertised and real range or fuel consumption have the potential to mislead the buyers and could not be accepted.
AAP, “23 or 26 percent gap is not good enough,” he said.
“It is important that people get what they pay.”
The results said that laboratory test results are proven to be unreliable for both fuel and electric cars, underlining the importance of independent testing of vehicles.
Australian Electrical Vehicle Association National President Chris Jones, an electric car range may be affected by a number of factors, he said.
These include high or low temperatures, head winds, upright land and air conditioning and heating properties.
Vehicle manufacturers should try to make “excessive delivery ında when it comes to the range of vehicles to allow buyers to make conscious choices about the models that are suitable for their needs.
“It is frustrating that manufacturers inflate values when they really need to be a little more conservative,” Jones said.
“I thought a 10 percent difference was reasonable, but 20 percent were quite bad.”
The electric vehicle range typically tested using the old new European driving cycle (NEDC) laboratory test in Australia, but it will be more accurate. Light vehicle test procedure compatible worldwide (WLTP) From December.
The vehicle test program of the Australian Automobile Association financed by the Federal Government examined 114 fuel -working vehicles since it started in 2023 and 88 models or 77 percent could not meet the energy consumption.
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