Renault concept goes 626 miles on single charge at motorway speed
autocar.co.ukThis is interesting but there isn't any battery breakthrough here, and I don't think many people would accept losing cargo capacity/passenger seats and potentially safety features just to be able to charge every 800 km instead of 400 (they would pay less in electricity though).
Looks like one of those Australian World Solar Challenge EVs, but is 20 times less efficient. Whats not to love about marketing ...
Utterly boring. 7,8kWh/100km for a single seater.
* Take an Ioniq 6. * Rip everything comfy (except the front row) out. * Stuff the rear with extra batteries. * Use the smallest tires still able to carry that weight.
I would bet 10k€ that would surpass 1000km as a two seater with the same average speed (102.?? km/h =~ 63.5 mph)
The unchanged road worthy version is already good for 430-450miles @90km/h under optimal conditions.
Using ultra-slim tires (drag reduction) that can hold that weight would lead to an estimated 500miles/810km range (ChatGPT says 505miles best case). Thats _before_ adding a custom battery pack.
For a 1000km+ run that would mean adding another ~20kWh (97kWh total, ~110kg extra) -- that's not exotic. And easily doable without modification of the chassis.
How crash-worthy is this vehicle?
It's a concept car so it's unlikely to have been considered as it'll never be in production.
> Renault concept goes 626 miles on single charge at motorway speed
On a real highway or on a test stand ? /s
The question is how much of this "single charge" is available in real conditions.
> The three drivers who took part in the run accumulated a total of 239 laps of UTAC's 2.5-mile circuit between them.