New Fleet News BEV calculator reveals real-world range

Fleet News has added new features to its electric car and van data tool which enable fleet decision-makers and drivers to input a set of variable measures to get a real-world view of range.

They can also select three charging options – domestic cheap, domestic standard and public charger (a benchmark figure based on all public charging types) – to get an estimate of charging costs based on pence per mile calculations.

Three temperature options are available – minus 10 deg.C, 10 deg.C and 23 deg.C - via tick boxes.

The second metric is driving profile, based on the WLTP test cycle. Fleets can choose between City, which means driving under 60 km/h (37mpg) all the time, Highway - speeds of up to 100kph (62mph) - and Combined, which merges the City and Highway phases to obtain an estimate of likely range.

However, it’s important to remember that the driver also plays a significant role in efficiency – the figures do not take individual driving style into consideration.

As an example of the impact of different weather and driving conditions, take the UK’s most popular electric van, the Vauxhall Vivaro-e 75kWh.

Its WLTP range is 205 miles. However, select -10 deg.C temperature conditions on the combined cycle and range drops to 140 miles. Choose Highway and it falls further, to 110miles, but City driving brings it up to 175 miles.

At the other end of the scale, 23 deg.C weather on the City driving profile achieves an optimum performance of 240 miles.

The electric car and van data tool also contains insightful information about charging times based on different charging speeds, the position and type of charging port, vehicle dimensions and miscellaneous information such as number of seats, turning circle and presence of a heat pump.

The additional data to our electric car and van data tool is supplied by One Auto API.