An EV will always win if your sole priority is running costs, but my last pure petrol car was a 2000cc 4-cylinder 4WD SUV yet averaged over 42mpg over the 3 years that I had it, and could stretch to 50mpg on a steady motorway run. So if used on that test versus EVs charged at expensive motorway service stations, it would have given them a run for their money, and cost half what the V8 ‘comparison’ car did. Also, with a 600 mile range it wouldn’t have needed filling up at crazy prices – or charging stops!
I am not so sure to be honest. Drove to Newcastle and back home south on Saturday. 610 miles. Very costly ones too. £66 using Tesla monthly membership. On my way north I had my kid’s bike on the roof and it was circa 52°F, so the consumption was 2.6 miles, on the way back it wasn’t much better- an average consumption for the trip was 2.8. And no, I don’t accelerate like crazy nor drive at ridiculous speeds. Just a normal driver.
The most compareable EV to the RSQ8 performance Quattro BYD Sea Lion, which covered 277 miles @ 25.7p per mile, compared to 433 miles @24.7p per mile for the Audi.
Now compare the Audi to the winner (EV3), which did 330 miles at a cost of £60. The Audi would have cost £82 to cover the same 330 miles. The real world difference is negligible, given how far apart the 2 cars are, it’s like comparing chalk and cheese, infact @35mpg in the Tucson PHEV, it would have cost £56to cover the same distance at £1.299l, shown on Mats receipt.
