This car just set a new world record for the longest electric range – and it's seriously far
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A new Guinness World Record has been set for the longest journey travelled by an electric SUV.
The car, a Polestar 3, managed a distance of 581.3 miles before running out of charge.
If range anxiety is something stopping you from going all electric, a new record set by an EV may help. A Polestar 3 has set the new Guinness World Record for the longest journey travelled by an electric SUV.
The Long Range Single Motor Polestar 3 was able to travel 581.3 miles (935.5 kilometres) on a single charge before running out of juice. That equated to 5.13 miles per kWh.
This record was achieved by three drivers swapping over as they drove on English A, B and dual carriageway roads with mixed weather and traffic conditions.
The car was running on Michelin EV tyres for its 20-inch wheels and was driven by Sam Clarke, Kevin Booker and Richard Parker, and judged by GWR judge Paulina Sapinska.
The epic drive went on for over 21 hours during which there was some adverse weather. Booker said, "There was a lot of standing water during part of the day, meaning more resistance from the tyres and lower efficiency."
Add in some local traffic, and a stop by the police, and this was certainly worthy of being called a truly real-world driving test.
The official range of the Polestar 3 is rated to a WLTP figure of 438 miles – far surpassed in this test. Yet this isn't the officially longest range car, on paper at least.
Currently the officially longest range electric car is the Mercedes EQS 450+ AMG which has a range of 481 miles. In close second is the Audi A6 e-tron Performance with 464 miles. Then the Polestar 3 comes in, suitably, at third place.
So, whether these other two could beat that range, in a real world test to set a new record, remains to be seen.
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