I drove the longest range electric cars until they DIED!
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Published 2023-02-01
So let’s look at the line-up. Mat’s started off in the Ford Mustang Mach-E. It’s got a claimed range of 372 miles, which is supported by its 91kWh battery pack. If you’re looking to pick one up, it’ll set you back around £59,000. Then we have the BMW iX. It has a claimed range of 380 miles, and the iX 50 edition we have comes with a 108kWh battery. One of these will set you back close to £100,000!
Next up we have the updated Tesla Model 3 Long Range. It’s packing a 79kWh battery pack which can deliver a claimed range of 389 miles. It’s also the cheapest car in this line-up, costing around £50,000. Last up it’s the Mercedes EQS. It’s easily got the biggest claimed range here, with its 108kWh battery pack offering a claimed range of 464 miles!
The question is, will any of them provide anywhere close to their claimed range? And will the EQS make it all the way from Oxford to Scotland? There’s only one way to find out… LET’S DO THIS!
Mat’s pick of the range: bit.ly/Mats-EV-Choice
Ford Mustang Mach-E review: bit.ly/Ford-Mustang-Mach-E-Review-2023
BMW iX review: bit.ly/BMW-iX-Review-2023
Tesla Model 3 review: bit.ly/Tesla-Model-3-Review-2023
Mercedes EQS review: bit.ly/Mercedes-EQS-Review-2023
All Comments (21)
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What's the best car in this line-up? VOTE with a LIKE below!
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I’m soooo happy that Carwow has brought back the “we drove these electric until they died!” series. Thank you carwow for doing this. Shoutout to the whole team and Mat. 😄😄😄
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Thanks mat for providing us with real-world data on these electric cars! 👍
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I really appreciate when reviewers make their own test with their own measurements - a big THANK YOU to all the team involved !❤😊
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A BIG shout to Mat and the entire Carwow team. Could witness Mats breaking voice and sleeplessly tired face evidently by the end still they manage to provide us with their best. Once again thanks a lot man! Good Night!
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BMW at startup predicted 303 miles range and amazingly somehow made it to 302.8, the Merc was 66 miles out, so know where my range anxiety award is going 🤣
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Can we just appreciate the effort gone to make this video in particular. I mean it is 45 minutes long, for Christ's sake!!! This is so far the longest video on carwow you are watching right here.
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I was "this close" buying an iX M50 in December, but... The price ..... Never thought that they would reach claimed ranges in those conditions, but still impressed me. I had the "joy" of driving a Tesla Model S 75D in Norwegian winter storm. -25 C and real REALY poor road conditions. Lot's of convoys because of stuck Lorries. On a distance of 320km, I had to fully charge the car 3 times, not including that I started the journey with 85% charge on the battery.
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An excellent video, so much work from Matt, all the drivers and support crew! Thank you for all your efforts
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There is a little strap you can pull in the Model 3 on the inside of the charging port that will open it. You can access it by putting the back seats down.
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Thank you to the cameraman and team behind carwow absolutely brilliant videos as always and thank you Matt keep up the great work, loving the drag races and the range test videos and reviews
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Absolutely the best real world driving comparison of EVs from top manufacturers. It was a fantastic video to watch well done to the whole team personally I still go with the Mustang I just like the look and layout of the car. Although if had the money the Mercedes would be nice.
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Seems odd that a Tesla Model S wasn’t used for an EQS comparison. Great video!
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Now matt. The Tesla has a charge port release cord in the trunk (boot for you) charge port side behind the boot trim. Pull on it and charge port pops open. Perfect for this unique situation. You guys are great and seem to be good friends. Go get a drink together and one for me. Stay warm brother.
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Love these "drive until they die" comparison videos. They must be sooo knackering to produce but really appreciate them and they're such fun to watch. Cheers chaps 👍
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Best Car Review channel, love your videos. Thank you.
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"it would take till Sunday to fully charge, today is Wednesday" had me dying
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As a Tesla driver I was shocked by the state of public charging infrastructure in this video. I always use the Superchargers, which are absolutely brilliant compared to what we saw here. Usually get a lvl3 Supercharger with 250kW, so ~10 mins stop before I continue. I’ve never seen any of them being broken or out of order…
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These are the kinds of EV tests we need more of. Great job Mat and team. The lighter and (more aerodynamic) the car the more likely that it has better efficiency, so no surprise the Tesla has the best efficiency.
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Fantastic test, really nice to see this series continue! It's a shame the i4 edrive40 / m50 wasn't part of the challenge, the 40 in particular is meant to be quite efficient.
