2. Audi had to scale back 2019 production of etron due to battery apply supply issues. It calls into question Volkswagen group's ability to make millions of EVs in 2022 as planned if they can't make 50,000 etrons in 2019. https://www.electrive.com/2019/04/23/audi-revises-production...
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-7137701/Bes...
https://whatcar.com/news/what-car-real-range-which-electric-...
What Car? claims its test cycle is more realistic and more representative of actual range. The best Tesla finishes fourth. The Kia e-Niro is equal second with the Jaguar I-Pace and the Hyundai Kona is first.
If they had chosen one of the other Model 3 variants it would have likely been #1 by some margin, yet still with significantly higher performance than the other top contenders.
On the plus side, the fact there is competition at all is utterly wonderful. In the same test a few years ago it would've been all Teslas at the top.
Maybe, maybe not. On the EPA test cycle the Model 3 Long Range and the Model 3 Performance all wheel drive models both claim a range of 310 miles. But on the WLTP test cycle the Long Range gets 348 miles and the Performance gets 329 miles. The rear wheel drive Model 3 Long Range was discontinued.
It'd be interesting to see the comparison under What Car?'s test cycle but they might end up pretty similar to each other.
How far can the best Tesla go in 24 hours? The Porsche Taycan can do 3,425 KMs:
https://electrek.co/2019/08/19/porsche-taycan-electric-car-2...