THE RANGE OF ELECTRIC CARS.

The abbreviation WLTP means "Worldwide Harmonised Light Cars Test Procedure". This is a test cycle regulated by law, which consists of four sub-cycles. Essentially, it consists of a combination of urban, suburban, rural and motorway driving. However, in practice, apart from the average speed, the range is dependent on other factors, which often deviate from the cycle assumptions: personal driving style, outside temperature, uphill/downhill gradient, heating/air conditioning, and more. With pure motorway driving, the WLTP range is generally not achieved due to the lower energy consumption in the urban and rural sub-cycles. In practice, this fluctuates within a range of around 70% of the WLTP range, but cannot be exactly predicted due to individual, greatly varying speeds and the other aforementioned factors.

Over the course of a journey, your car will lose range, but there are a number of ways you can optimise your range: by driving in an anticipatory driving style, avoiding heavy braking, avoiding heavy loads, heating or cooling your car whilst it's still charging, and making use of the BMW Efficient Mode.

Electric driving is here to stay. The ever expanding BMW fully electric range has all-electric ranges between 173-380 miles*.

*Based on the BMW All-Electric Range - values are preliminary; measured according to the WLTP test cycle. These figures were obtained after the battery had been fully charged. There is a new test for fuel consumption, CO2 and electric range figures. The electric range shown was achieved using the new test procedure. Figures shown are for comparability purposes. Only compare fuel consumption, CO2 and electric range figures with other cars tested to the same technical procedures. These figures may not reflect real life driving results, which will depend upon a number of factors including the starting charge of the battery, accessories fitted (post-registration), variations in weather, driving styles and vehicle load. Only compare fuel consumption, CO2 and electric range figures with other cars tested to the same technical procedure.

Temperature is a key external factor that affects a battery's performance and capacity. This is no doubt a factor you may have experienced with your mobile phone: its capacity is also limited in very cold temperatures. It's the same with your vehicle. The influence of temperature is minimised by optimised operating strategies.

And did you know that the battery capacity also indicates your possible available range? Apart from the temperature, the range is largely affected by your personal driving style, and also by energy consumption factors, such as the air conditioning, trailer load, luggage, etc. By far the most important factor in terms of driving style is your chosen motorway speed.

If you need to charge on the go, your BMW electric vehicle will be preconditioned when you enter a DC charging station^[2] as your destination. This means that the high-voltage battery will be adjusted to the optimum operating temperature when you reach your destination, which will increase its charging capability and shorten the charging time. , which will increase its charging capability and shorten the charging time.

Range is largely affected by your personal driving style. By far the most important factor in terms of driving style is your chosen motorway speed.

Temperature is a key external factor that affects a battery's performance and capacity: its capacity is limited in very cold temperatures. If you need to charge on the go, your BMW electric vehicle will be preconditioned when you enter a DC charging station^[2] as your destination. This means that the high-voltage battery will be adjusted to the optimum operating temperature when you reach your destination, which will increase its charging capability and shorten the charging time. , which will increase its charging capability and shorten the charging time.