Range anxiety and electric vehicles were once as synonymous as reckless drivers and Nissan's Altima. While a few automakers continue to sell EVs with EPA-estimated ranges that seem to barely crack 200 miles, most modern battery-powered cars are capable of topping 250 miles on a full charge.
But the government's estimated range rarely reflects the real world, which is one of the reasons we developed our 75-mph real-world highway range test. As its name implies, this test aims to see just how far an EV will travel on a full charge at 75 mph. You know, the typical speed associated with long-distance highway driving. Looking to step into an EV without having to give up your proclivity for taking a road trip? Then you may want to learn more about the battery-electric vehicles below that topped our range test.
View Price on AmazonBreak this list out by individual trims, and the Lucid Air takes three spots on it. The top one goes to an 819-hp Air Grand Touring we tested in 2022. But if the Grand Touring's price tag is a bit rich for your budget, then maybe the lesser Pure trim is more your style. The all-wheel-drive 480-hp Air Pure's 310-mile real-world range is nothing to scoff at despite being down 100 miles to the Grand Touring's. Lucid no longer offers the Pure with all-wheel drive, though. Rather, the 10Best-winning 2024 Air Pure comes exclusively in 430-hp rear-drive guise. Despite sharing a 92.0-kWh battery pack with the earlier dual-motor all-wheel-drive Pure (the aforementioned 2022 Air Grand Touring, meanwhile, sported a 112.0-kWh unit), the single-motor Air Pure netted just 300 miles of range in our hands.
Ford may have beaten Chevy to the full-size electric pickup game, but the bow-tie brand gets the last laugh—for now—in the battle of all-out driving range. Equipped with the same 205.0-kWh battery pack as the GMC Hummer EV pickup, the less boxy Chevy managed to eke 400 miles of driving range from that pack on our 75-mph real-world highway test.
Better yet, it charges at fast speeds, too. The dual-motor all-wheel-drive RST model we tested averaged charging speeds of 198 kW when we charged its battery from 10 to 90 percent. Fast is relative, of course, and despite its charging speed, the Chevy still took 58 minutes to go from 10 to 90 percent state of charge.
If all-out range is what you're after from a Mercedes EV, then look no further than the EQS450 and EQS450+. Back in 2022, we eked out 400 miles of driving range from the entry-level rear-drive EQS450+. Just a few years later, an all-wheel-drive 2025 EQS450 matched that figure. But it's not only the least-powerful EQS sedan variants that impressed, as a dual-motor all-wheel-drive EQS580 4Matic netted 350 miles of real-world driving range when we tested it. Meanwhile, the AMG-badged EQS returned a formidable 290 miles of range.
The Cadillac Escalade iQ combines big exterior dimensions with big driving range. Credit a no-less big 205-kWh battery pack. Despite weighing shy of five tons, an Escalade iQ in Sport guise managed a 380-mile turn on our 75-mph real-world range test. The only thing more shocking? This hefty SUV accelerated to 60 mph in a mere 4.5 seconds.
The Porsche Taycan with the greatest real-world range also happens to be among the least expensive variants. Cost is relative, though, because even the base rear-drive Taycan stickers for north of $100,000. While other Taycan trims offer more power, the entry-level model, in our testing, offers the most driving range.
Source: caranddriver.com
