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Claimed vs real-world range

Makers measure range under ideal conditions: a light rider, flat roads, mild weather and the slowest mode. Owners ride in the real world. This study puts the two side by side.

Not enough data yet: the overall figures need at least 3 vehicles with owner range reports.

By riding mode and rider weight

Median share of the claimed range in single reports. A group needs 3 reports to get a figure.

Riding mode

  • EcoNo reports
  • DriveNo reports
  • SportNo reports

Rider weight

  • Under 65 kgNo reports
  • 65–80 kgNo reports
  • 80–95 kgNo reports
  • 95–115 kgNo reports
  • Over 115 kgNo reports

By vehicle

No vehicles have owner range reports yet.

How reports are checked

  • Each report is compared with the claimed range and the battery size. Figures that are physically unlikely, or so far off the claim that they look like a typo or the wrong unit, are rejected and never counted.
  • Plausible but unusual figures, well below or somewhat above the claim, are flagged and count for half until other owners report similar numbers.
  • Once a riding mode has a handful of reports, values far from the middle are given less weight, so one extreme ride can't move the result much.
  • A vehicle's real range is the average of its per-mode figures, so a model mostly reported in eco mode doesn't look better than one mostly ridden in sport. It replaces the claimed range in the score once 3 or more reports back it.

Own one of these vehicles? Add your range on its page. More on scoring in our methodology.