Electric SUV claims longest distance between charges on UK roads – and managed 21 miles after empty
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled by an electric car on a single charge.
In an attempt staged on the 27 July, a UK-based team travelled 569 miles and 3379 feet in the electric SUV – an endeavour that took just over 24 hours.
The previous record was set in September last year by Chinese company Zeekr‘s autonomous division, which completed a 563.971-mile journey in Hangzhou, China.
The new record was “meticulously documented with independently verified video footage, odometer readings, GPS and battery level data”, the new record holders said. Guinness World Records has acknowledged it as the longest journey by an electric car on a single charge.
The specific Mustang variant chosen for the record was the Mach-E Premium Extended Range – chosen for its more efficient single-motor powertrain and large 91kWh battery. It averaged 6.25 miles per kilowatt hour during the journey, far surpassing the 3.8mpkWh that Mach-E is capable of according to the WLTP combined cycle.
Notably, the car travelled 21 miles even after its battery reached 0% capacity.
Webfleet, the Bridgestone-owned fleet management provider that sponsored the record run, notes that the car’s smaller 18in wheels were important, too, because of the enhanced comfort they would provide over the course of the lengthy record run. They were wrapped in Bridgestone’s efficiency-optimised EV tyres.
The record run was staged on public roads in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire – and included a mix of road types “to emulate real-world driving conditions”, said Webfleet.
At the wheel for the attempt were Kevin Booker and Sam Clarke, who already held various records between them for fuel economy and EV efficiency runs, most recently achieving the same record for electric vans with a 311-mile run in a Fiat E-Scudo.
Beverley Wise, Webfleet’s UKI regional director for Bridgestone Mobility Solutions, said: “This record is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in this endeavour.
“It represents a significant milestone in the electrification of road transport and demonstrates the potential of electric vehicles when supported by innovative Bridgestone tyre design andadvanced fleet management technology.”
This is the verified longest distance travelled by an electric production car, but Mercedes-Benz’s streamlined EQXX concept travelled 747 miles from Stuttgart to Silverstone in 2022.
