Range is a precious commodity when it comes to electric vehicles. It has increased greatly since the first mainstream EVs arrived on the market when barely a hundred miles was often the most you could expect. Nowadays, plenty of models claim to cover more like three times that distance before a recharge is required, although such figures don’t often translate to real world driving. The vagaries of the WLTP (World-harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure) testing process means many EV drivers find range falls far short of what they hoped to achieve; if you assume that actual range will be around 75% of the claimed figure you won’t be too far out. But
