{"id":65312,"date":"2024-01-08T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=65312"},"modified":"2024-01-08T09:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:27","slug":"1141948_270-miles-of-ev-range-was-the-us-market-midpoint-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=65312","title":{"rendered":"270 miles of EV range was the US-market midpoint in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is 270 miles enough of a rated range in a new electric vehicle?<\/p>\n

As the Department of Energy pointed out this past week, 270 miles was the median rated range for new 2023-model-year EVs. Meanwhile, the top EV range rating was once again earned by Lucid\u2014for a version of the 2023 Lucid Air Grand Touring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Median<\/p>\n

Median and max EPA range for EVs, by model year – DOE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Various studies over the past decade suggest that a 300-mile EV range sweet spot<\/a> would be enough for propelling EV interest beyond early adopters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And with the expanding road-trip fast-charging infrastructure\u2014provided charging stations are working\u2014it\u2019s a number that may cover most family needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Lucid Air Pure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But as we\u2019ve underscored many times with EVs, recognizing the sweet spot is important, and a tunnel-vision push for range is a red herring<\/a>. Efficiency is really what matters, and how far an EV can go on a given amount of energy. Installing the biggest battery pack possible doesn\u2019t always result in a better EV. Hauling a super-size battery around all the time adds weight, and making it has environmental and supply chain consequences that shouldn\u2019t be taken lightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The push to higher EV range approaching and well beyond 300 miles of range has happened mostly over the past several model years. In the 2016 model year there was a single model\u2014the Tesla Model S P100D<\/a>\u2014offering a 300-mile range. That changed with the arrival of the Tesla Model 3 Long Range for 2017, initially offering a 310-mile rating, and in 2020 the Model Y arrived<\/a> with a 316-mile rating. By that time the Model 3 Long Range had hit 330 miles.<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla Model Y<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It took until late 2020, with the arrival of the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E<\/a>, for any non-Tesla to reach 300 miles of EPA-rated range.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As DOE and EPA data has pointed out before, the 2022 model year marked an acceleration in the number of EV models offering 300 miles<\/a> or more\u2014a total of 14 or more. The number of 300-mile offerings has more than doubled by now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These numbers aren\u2019t always to be taken at face value anyway, and a rating of 300 miles or more can be the equivalent to a 200-mile rating when driving fast, as Green Car Reports\u2019 cold-weather EV range<\/a> experiences have shown. EPA range ratings aren\u2019t intended to align with 70-mph highway cruising, either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Ford F-150 Lightning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tesla range numbers<\/a> revised downward last week may be an effort to recalibrate toward real-world range results, after years of using a very optimistic adjustment factor for its ratings.<\/p>\n

It should also be noted that sales-based results might be quite different. The DOE representation doesn’t take into account actual sales volume of EVs; it just shows that for 2023 there were just as many rated EVs offering above 270 miles as below that.<\/p>\n

With charging becoming more widely available and ratings more closely aligning with real use, is 270 miles\u2014or 300 miles\u2014enough? Or is the range race just getting started?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is 270 miles enough of a rated range in a new electric vehicle? As the Department of Energy pointed out this past week, 270 miles was the median rated range for new 2023-model-year EVs. Meanwhile, the top EV range rating was once again earned by Lucid\u2014for a version of the 2023 Lucid Air Grand Touring.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"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-65312","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\/65312","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=65312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}