How Far Can Electric Cars with a Nominal Range of 600km Go? Find Out in “Real Electric Vehicle Testing”.

Battery endurance is the only criterion to test electric vehicles.

Featuring: Chen Han

Photography/Post-production: Zeng Chaowen

Producer: Jiang Yanlin

This episode is 10 minutes long. Click the play button below to watch it.

Our “True Electric Vehicle Test” column is finally back!

The original idea of this column was to borrow real electric vehicles from owners and run them to test and present the real range mileage of a car. However, after several attempts, we realized that this setup cannot guarantee the continuous updates of the column because running a car on its last leg to its kilometer limits might damage the power battery. Not every owner is willing to lend or rent their vehicles to us for testing. As we would not want someone to conduct such a test without our consent too, we empathize with them.

So, starting from this episode, we adjusted the test source by including the manufacturer’s test drive cars in our scope, and upgraded the testing standards from the original “30% highway + 70% urban” to “50% highway + 50% urban”. Of course, we will continue to look for real vehicle owners for testing to get the best of both worlds. If you are an electric vehicle owner and are willing to provide your vehicle for testing, we welcome it anytime.

At the same time, because “True Electric Vehicle Test” requires long continuous drives every time, we will also integrate assessments of driving comfort and feel into our road tests in the future to enable everyone to obtain more useful information while understanding the real vehicle range.

Tested Model

GAC Aion V Plus 80 Flagship Trim with Intelligent Driving

Vehicle source: Official test drive car

Use mileage: About 4600km

Nominal range: 600km

Battery capacity: 80kWh

Testing Standards1. Adjust the tire pressure to the standard pressure.

Set the air conditioning temperature to 22℃ and the air volume to level 2 throughout the journey.

Adjust the driving mode to ECO energy-saving mode and the kinetic energy recovery to the maximum.

Use the first 50% of the battery for high-speed cruising (limit 100km/h), and the last 50% for city driving (limit 60-80km/h).