{"id":36533,"date":"2022-11-21T00:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T05:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36533"},"modified":"2022-11-21T00:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T05:04:01","slug":"renault-megane-etech-1000km-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36533","title":{"rendered":"Renault Megane E-Tech Disappoints In Bj\u00f8rn’s 1,000 km Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Renault Megane E-Tech is the latest all-electric model tested in Bj\u00f8rn Nyland’s 1,000 km challenge, which is designed to test long-distance travel capabilities related to the combination of range, efficiency, and fast charging.<\/p>\n

After a promising range test<\/a>, it was expected that the French EV might be pretty strong on a longer distance test. Bj\u00f8rn Nyland even initially estimated that a time of 10 hours and 45 minutes was possible, which would be on par with the Volkswagen ID.3 (62 kWh battery version).<\/p>\n

But the Renault<\/a> Megane E-Tech (60 kWh battery version) was not able to go under 11 hours and interestingly, happened to be slower\u00a0than the Nissan Ariya (66 kWh battery version)<\/a>, based on the same Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s CMF-EV platform.<\/p>\n

According to the video, the Renault Megane E-Tech completed the distance of 1,000 km (over 621 miles), at an average temperature of 12\u00b0C, in 11 hours and 15 minutes (after some time deductions).<\/p>\n

During the test, the car was charged a total of six times along the way (5-6 is a typical number of stops for the challenge). After the initial 227 km (141 miles), the average distance between charging stops was 129 km (80 miles).<\/p>\n

The 1,000 km challenge is a unique test (optimized for time rather than convenience), which expands our empirical knowledge about EVs and gives us glimpses of what is physically possible by an experienced driver in a country with dense DC fast charging infrastructure.<\/em><\/p>\n

The average energy consumption of the Renault Megane E-Tech amounted to 243 Wh\/km (391 Wh\/mile), so it was a bit high. We hoped for at least 10% less energy usage.<\/p>\n

Another issue is fast charging, which should be slightly better for a 60 kWh battery, according to Bj\u00f8rn Nyland. On the other hand, he concludes, in most cases, the electric Megane will be used locally so it might not be a big issue.<\/p>\n

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Test conditions (according to Bj\u00f8rn Nyland):<\/p>\n

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  • Start: 100% State of Charge (SOC)<\/li>\n
  • Temperatures: 7-14\u00b0C (12\u00b0C on average)<\/li>\n
  • Total time: 11 hours and 15 minutes<\/li>\n
  • Average speed (total): 88.9 km\/h (55 mph)<\/li>\n
  • Average energy consumption: 243 Wh\/km (391 Wh\/mile)<\/li>\n
  • Number of stops for charging: 6<\/li>\n
  • Average distance between charging stops:
    Total: 143 km (89 miles)
    Excluding the initial segment: 129 km (80 miles)<\/li>\n
  • Date \/ Notes: 12.11.2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Charging stops (*numbers estimated):<\/p>\n

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    1. after 227 km (141 miles)<\/li>\n
    2. after 356 km (221 miles)<\/li>\n
    3. after 505 km (314 miles)<\/li>\n
    4. after 624 km (388 miles)<\/li>\n
    5. after 761 km (473 miles)<\/li>\n
    6. after 878 km (546 miles)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      The Renault Megane E-Tech is the latest all-electric model tested in Bj\u00f8rn Nyland’s 1,000 km challenge, which is designed to test long-distance travel capabilities related to the combination of range, efficiency, and fast charging. After a promising range test, it was expected that the French EV might be pretty strong on a longer distance test. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}