Škoda Peaq EV Completes 586-Mile Road Trip on Single Charge

If you’re looking for an electric car to cover some major mileage then the new Škoda Peaq might just be the ticket.

Two Škoda employees have just driven the seven-seat SUV 935 km (586 miles) without stopping to charge. That beats its official homologated range by almost 45 per cent, and was achieved with the help of some seriously smooth driving, together with clear roads and weather.

While many EV advocates believe that maximising regenerative braking is the best way to extend driving range the Škoda team said that maintaining a constant speed, avoiding hard acceleration and braking or coming to complete stop are crucial to eking out the most miles.

“Our goal was to demonstrate the capabilities of the technology at the very limit of its potential. To achieve the maximum possible range, we carefully selected the most suitable route and, naturally, an appropriate driving style,” says Jakub Krs. When he is not driving the Peaq on record-range attempts, he serves as Chief Battery Officer for the model. “An average user would probably never drive the car this way. Instead, they would make full use of the Peaq’s dynamic performance, onboard infotainment and comfort features,” adds fellow driver Marek Jež, who is responsible for the Peaq programme as Project Leader. 

The Škoda’s route took the hypermiling drivers from the Mladá Boleslav factory, where the Peaq is built, into Germany and on to Zandvoort in the Netherlands. By the time they reached their destination the 91 kWh battery pack had recorded an energy consumption figure of 9.2 kWh/100 km (6.8 miles/kWh) and set a new Czech record.

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