Audi beat the EV range record by 133km, and beat its own WLTP figure by 72%

The reigning European Rally Champion drove an Audi A6 Sportback e-tron 1,338 kilometres across Poland on a single charge, a Guinness World Record, at 7.09 kWh per 100 kilometres. The car’s official WLTP range is 777 kilometres, and the drive took more than 45 hours, which puts the average speed under 30 kilometres an hour.

Miko Marczyk drove an Audi A6 Sportback e-tron 1,338 kilometres across Poland on a single charge, setting a Guinness World Record, Audi said. The car averaged 7.09 kWh per 100 kilometres. The drive took more than 45 hours.

The official figure is 777.

Audi rates the car at 777 kilometres on the WLTP cycle, so the record sits 72% beyond it. The previous holder, a Lucid Air Grand Touring, covered 1,205 kilometres from St Moritz to Munich in July last year. That car is rated at 960 kilometres, so it beat its own...

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