Range record with Volkswagen ID.3, 531 km from Zwickau to Schaffhausen

Record di autonomia di Volkswagen ID.3

The new Volkswagen ID.3 signed a range record, covering without charging 531 km from Zwickau factory, in Germany, to Shaffhausen, in Switzerland.

Officially, the model has a range of up to 420 kilometers (WLTP) but  this mark was topped by more than 100 kilometers, an increase of 26 percent.

Record di autonomia di Volkswagen ID.3The vehicle was a series production ID.3 1st Pro Performance with a 58 kWh battery built at the Zwickau electric car factory a maximum power of 204 CV.

The route to Switzerland consisted entirely of public roads and highways, passing cities such as Bayreuth and Ulm. The record-breaking vehicle was driven by “hypermiler” Felix Egolf, a native of Switzerland. The term “hypermiling” originated in the USA and refers to driving a series production vehicle with techniques that maximise efficiency and minimise consumption.

This car has everything, it is compact but spacious, has a cool, almost futuristic design and a low drag coefficient – Egolf said after arriving in Schaffhausen.

Record di autonomia di Volkswagen ID.3Although the record-breaking journey is not entirely comparable with day-to-day trips, it nevertheless underpins the everyday practicality of the ID.3.

Apart from the technology, the race to break records depends above all on an economical driving style. Felix Egolf constantly lifted off the accelerator and let the ID.3 coast. On the highway sections of the journey, he sometimes used the slipstream of trucks travelling in front of him.

Record di autonomia di Volkswagen ID.3The weight, on the other hand, was not ideal: the additional weight of the cameraman plus technical equipment took the total payload to around 250 kilos. In addition, auxiliary consumers such as navigation, daytime running lights, radio and ventilation were either temporarily or permanently in operation. Nevertheless, power consumption was a mere 10.9 kWh/100 km. The standardised consumption rating of the ID.3 is 15.4-14.5 kWh/100 km.

44 percent of the record journey was on highways and 56 percent on country roads. Average speed was 56 km/h. Felix Egolf completed the journey from Zwickau to Schaffhausen in roughly nine hours. The vehicle that clocked up the record was a manganese grey ID.3 1st Pro Performance with a 58 kWh battery and 204 PS.

Here the movie of the ID.3 range record

Source: Volkswagen

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