1361: 01 Feb 2022 | Tesla Superchargers Open In France and Norway - a podcast by EV News Daily

Show #1361

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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Tuesday 1st February. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.

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NatlCarCharging on Twitter: "Excited to announce that the US’s highest altitude DC Fast Charger is now live! Charge up in downtown Leadville, CO at 10,152 feet and enjoy all the City has to offer. @VisitLeadville @chargepointnet

vwsachsen_en on Twitter: "Good start in January in #Norway: Three #BEV on the MEB platform of @VWGroup make it into the TOP 5 of the registration statistics. The #Audi #Q4etron built in #Zwickau was the best-selling car in the north in Jan. 2022. #SKODA #ENYAQiV & #VWID4 are also at the forefront. Cool!

We’re starting with a select number of sites so that we can review the experience, monitor congestion and assess feedback before expanding. Future sites will only be opened to Non-Tesla vehicles if there is available capacity.

Certain Supercharger site layouts may not be suitable for some cars. Please do not obstruct other cars by parking over the lines if the cable cannot comfortably reach your car.

Download the Tesla app (version 4.2.3 or higher) for iOS or Android and create a Tesla Account. Select 'Charge Your Non-Tesla' and find your Supercharger site. Add your payment method, plug-in your car, select a stall and tap 'Start Charging.' Select 'Stop Charging' to complete your session.

Can I Supercharge if I am visiting the Netherlands, France or Norway? The Non-Tesla Supercharger pilot is currently limited to EV drivers who live in the following countries: The Netherlands France Norway Germany Belgium

This week, I participated in NAF and Motor's big winter test of 31 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV). The test aims to see how the cars perform compared to the manufacturers' stated WLTP figures.

As we can see from the numbers in the table below, there are significant variations in how much the cars went under the WLTP range in per cent. The best car was the BYD Tang with only 11 per cent less range. 

The most significant deviation from the WLTP range did the Skoda Enyaq iV80 have. The car have a WLTP range of 509 km but did only go 347 km in the test. That is 31.83 per cent less range. NAF has received a lot of reaction on this result as this is the 2-wheel drive version of the Enyaq, and it was beaten by its 4-wheel drive sibling, the Enyaq iV80x with over 50 km.

I did drive the NIO ES8 and was happy with how the car did perform. After the test, I did discover that NIO did give us the wrong WLTP numbers as the car had seven seats and 21-inch wheels. The WLTP-range for the model tested was 488 km, not 500 km used in the official result below. This gives a deviation on 12,9 %, not 15,0 %. This moves the NIO up to fifth place on the list.

All cars did start charged to 100 % in the same garage. However, they were not preheated, and the temperature in the garage was 9 degrees Celsius. This slightly disadvantages cars with more advanced battery heating systems that could have benefited most from preheated batteries.

The starting point in Oslo was 7 meters above sea level. The route's highest point was a bit after 450 km with an elevation of 1,060 meters.

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