EV Fan
10-23-2014, 06:36 PM
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Volkswagen announced today that the 2015 E-Golf electric cars was rated by the Environmental Protection Agency at 126 city, 105 highway, and 116 combined miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent. According to VW, these numbers make the E-Golf “the most efficient car in its class for the 2015 model year.” Yet, in the world of EVs, these efficiency numbers take a secondary role to the all-important range number: how far an EV can go on a single charge.
In this respect, the VW E-Golf’s EPA-estimated range is 83 miles—compared to 84 miles provided by the Nissan LEAF (http://www.electricvehiclechat.com/nissan-leaf). It’s curious to see the LEAF rated at 114 MPGe, compared to the E-Golf’s 116 MPGe—while the LEAF gets an extra mile of estimated range from a 24 kilowatt-hour battery pack that is identical in size to the one in Volkswagen’s electric car.
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Volkswagen announced today that the 2015 E-Golf electric cars was rated by the Environmental Protection Agency at 126 city, 105 highway, and 116 combined miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent. According to VW, these numbers make the E-Golf “the most efficient car in its class for the 2015 model year.” Yet, in the world of EVs, these efficiency numbers take a secondary role to the all-important range number: how far an EV can go on a single charge.
In this respect, the VW E-Golf’s EPA-estimated range is 83 miles—compared to 84 miles provided by the Nissan LEAF (http://www.electricvehiclechat.com/nissan-leaf). It’s curious to see the LEAF rated at 114 MPGe, compared to the E-Golf’s 116 MPGe—while the LEAF gets an extra mile of estimated range from a 24 kilowatt-hour battery pack that is identical in size to the one in Volkswagen’s electric car.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/vw-e-golf-scores-116-mpge-rating-does-it-matter-130215.html)
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