Fourteen EV of the Year contenders were range-tested by Car and Driver to see how far they could go in ten hours at 75 mph with stops for charging. Using a DC fast charger, the test started at 100% charge. The car was driven until 10% of the battery was left, and then the battery was charged back to 80%, and so on. (Charging slows down beyond the 80% threshold.)

The results were summarized in Car and Driver: “A massive battery, such as the Hummer EV's, can help with the range on the first stint, but a vehicle needs to be both efficient and quick to recharge to do well. For those reasons, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 narrowly emerged as the distance champ, requiring 58 minutes of charging over three stops to go 678 miles, with the BMW i7 and Lucid Air Pure a mere five miles behind.”

Car and Driver continued: “On the other end of the spectrum, the Lexus RZ450e made it only 515 miles, requiring just over three hours of charging divided over five stops. While the Ioniq 6's result is certainly impressive, a BMW M340i xDrive sipping dino juice at a rate of 33 mpg could go 747 miles in 10 hours with a single fuel stop of just over a minute.”

The June issue of NACS Magazine explored the topic of EVs in “The Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story.”