Electric Volkswagen ID.3 sets its first range record
The new Volkswagen ID.3 has set its first range record: The electric car covered the 531 kilometres (330 miles) from Zwickau to Schaffhausen (Switzerland) on a single charge. Officially, the model has a range of up to 420 kilometers (261 miles, WLTP). This mark was topped by more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) – an increase of 26 percent.
The Extra Mile
In these pages, we’ve never really given much recognition to the phenomenon of ìhypermilingî, as practised by those who are seriously devoted to achieving maximum fuel economy in their cars. It’s surprising to discover that hypermiling, something essentially imported from the USA, arrived nearly ten years back, when the word was added to the Oxford […]