When an electric car consumes about 15 kWh of energy per hundred kilometers, it is generally considered a great value. Common numbers are between eighteen and twenty-one, and anything over 30 is a lot if the car does not have an adequately gigantic battery or at least driving skills. The record for the lowest consumption is 9.5 kWh / 100 km, resp. at British rates of 6.54 miles per kilowatt hour.
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Mustang Mach-E at the start in John O’Groats …
Photo: Ford
That’s really great value, but it’s not an absolute record. It was crossed on the public road at least once, in 2018 by Pierre Desjardins behind the wheel of a Renault Zoe R110 with a 40kWh battery in 2018. He drove on the Periphérique bypass and consumed 7.87 kWh / 100 km.
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So why is Ford talking about the record, and why did the Guinness Book of Records issue a certificate? This is the consumption on a specific route. The certificate states “the lowest energy consumption when driving from John O’Groats to Land’s End in an electric vehicle”.
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… and at the finish at Land’s End
Photo: Ford
If you feel like it’s a little comical, you’re not alone. Still, this route is not complete nonsense. John O’Groats is the northernmost point of the island of Great Britain, the largest of the British Isles, and Land’s End is its westernmost point.
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The distance between these two points is the greatest distance by road between two inhabited places in the UK. According to the Mapy.cz website, its fastest version is 1349 km. The shortest, which uses narrow roads, so it is supposed to last almost four hours longer, is 1313 km.
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Of course, Mach-E couldn’t do it without charging – he stopped twice at the fast chargers. He spent a total of 45 minutes charging. It was a variant with an 88kWh battery and rear-wheel drive, which according to the WLTP standard is to travel 610 km on a single charge.
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