Study: For most drivers, significantly less is enough for an electric car. To achieve the greatest possible range, you need the largest possible battery.
This in turn also makes the car heavier - and therefore more inefficient, especially on short journeys. Only long-distance drivers can really benefit from a longer range (doubling from 250 to 500 kilometers), as they have to make one fewer charging stop every day thanks to the larger battery. For city commuters, the costs even increased by 23 percent with twice the range. For rural commuters, a larger battery has no impact on the number of charging stops for both urban and rural commuters most of the year. For both driver types, long- distance trips accounted for less than 2 percent of trips per year. Doubling the range from 250-500 kilometers would not reduce the. number of days on-the-go charging is required - but would reduce theNumber of. charging stops per long- Distance trip to two. An increase in the electric cars tested by the ADAC in 2021, whose battery was only 333 kilometers, would be sufficient for an average of 333 kilometers.