The Diesel Dieter Benchmark
Diesel Dieter fills up, sets the cruise control and drives 1,000 km — stopping only when his 66 l tank actually runs dry (a 5-minute splash and dash). Every EV in our catalogue — 569 models with real charging curves — races the same distance at the same speed, fast-charging from 10 % to 60 % whenever the battery runs low. How far behind Dieter do they finish?
| # | Vehicle | Total | vs. Dieter | Driving | Charging | Stops | per 100 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunching 569 simulations… | |||||||
How the simulation works
Consumption comes from a physics model — aerodynamic drag (½·ρ·cW·A·v²), rolling resistance, drivetrain efficiency and auxiliary load — using each model's real mass, drag coefficient, frontal area and usable battery capacity. Charging stops replay each car's measured fast-charging curve (average kW per 10 % SoC block, largely from Fastned charge graphs).
Assumptions: flat road, no wind, 20 °C, constant speed, start at 100 % SoC, charge stops from 10 % to 60 % (or exactly enough to finish with a 10 % buffer) — charging time only, no extra overhead per stop. Top-speed limits are ignored at 200 km/h — some of these cars can't actually go that fast, and several would rather not talk about it. Dieter's fuel use is indicative (6.5 / 8.5 / 13.5 l per 100 km at 130 / 150 / 200 km/h); when 1,000 km exceeds his 66 l tank he refuels in a flat 5 minutes — once at 150 km/h, twice at 200. At 130 he rolls in on fumes. His smugness is measured.