Video Summary
- The reviewed vehicle, the Cupra Born 58, is similar to the Volkswagen ID.3 58 or 62 kWh.- A 1000 km challenge was performed, a cold weather version since the prior test was in warmer weather.
- 19-inch Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 tires and rims are featured.
- The Cupra Born's front end is slightly different from the ID.3.
- The starting battery charge for the review was 99.1%.
- The car started with 25% battery charge
- The charging rate recorded at Håby was 8 km/min.
- At the first charging stop, it was reported that the initial driving segment was 197 km in 1.7 hours, averaging 116 km/h.
- Battery temperature during the first leg was 21 to 25 degrees Celsius.
- The battery temperature was steady during a driving period despite cold ambient temperature.
- At Håby, a charging power of 8 km/min was recorded at 13% charge.
- At a given charging stop, the app showed 118.19 kW charging speed which is 1.41 km/min.
- Drivers should account for a 10% buffer in battery when planning trips.
- Despite cold weather and a 20 degree Celsius differential in temperature readings in the battery pack, the car didn’t experience cold weather limitations.
- The last leg required driving below the speed limit for a period to conserve range.
- 2 percent battery remained upon arriving at one of the destinations, highlighting how close to running out the charge was.
- The state of charge scale on the display of the electric car is not linear which can lead to some estimation discrepancies when planning trips.
- 27.3 kwh/100 km was the average consumption over the test.
