Why Electric Cars Have Low Top Speed (Are All EVs Low Speed?!)
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- Electric cars offer everything, right? Eco-friendly credentials, awesome acceleration, and high top speeds. Wait, back up - that's wrong.
EVs historically have much lower top speeds than gasoline cars, but why is this? Are all EVs low speed, or only some of them?
We explore these questions, and more, in this video.
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - #1 (are EVs slower?)
1:38 - #2 (how much slower are EVs?)
3:36 - #3 (are all EVs slower?)
5:15 - #4 (why are many EVs slower?)
5:40 - Conclusion
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Great video! Just started working on a script around this topic and saw this video pop up in my research!
Thanks, glad you liked it 🙂
Great video! What microphone do you use?
Thanks :) I use the Tascam DR-10L, it's a pretty solid lav mic.
@@GreenCarFuture Thanks
wrong. the range wouldn't be effected since the tests are done at legal speed limits which an electric car can reach unless u live in Germany. fact is that electric cars(with the exception of the eTron GT, Taycan and iMiev) have only one gear unless u want to introduce a whole lot of mechanical components that don't need to be there. so u can either have less torque off the line or a higher top speed. some manufacturers like Tesla combat this by making a (4WD) dual motor model with different gearings for each motor and even different types of motors.
Thanks for watching the video, and providing your insightful comment. 👍 Good to have some extra context to things for sure 🙂
How boring have we got? Pretty sure I've never ever been interested in the range of any car I've owned!
A fair point, although many people are interested in the range - be it due to the media whipping up a frenzy due to 'range anxiety', or genuine concern for people who drive many miles each week.
Why is there a choice between high topspeed and high range? I get that driving an electric car at their highest speed drains the battery a lot more quickly, but the range of cars as advertised by the manufacturer never assumes the car driving at it's top speed, right? So unlocking the speedcap that most of these cars have should not decrease the range of the car when driving at normal speeds. The manufacturer could then advertise a high range and a high top speed.
Is there something I'm missing here or is it purely about not allowing people to drive at higher speeds to not drain their batteries as quickly?
Yes you're right and not missing something - it's purely about stopping people from driving 'too quickly', which places too much of a burden on the battery. It's a bit like the 80/20 rule - getting up to a 'good enough' top speed isn't too bad for battery life, but going well over 100 mph top speed does impact on range more than you'd expect. (Unless you're Tesla 🤣)
Top speed means nothing if you can't turn fast enough. EV's do turn better than ICE cars as they have better weight distribution. The number of fast cars that flipped vs EV's is huge. On a motor cross EV's would wipe ICE cars.
Yes that's true, good point thanks 🙂
Few evs are ok. The rest is trash