Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX Just Smashed Its Own EV Range Record

The range of an electric vehicle is a huge concern for a lot of buyers. It's the whole reason we did aroad trip in a Mercedes EQS, proving that for some EV cars, range anxiety is in the rearview mirror. Mercedes proved that point again withits Vision EQXX Concept. Previously, it seta new efficiency recordby driving from Stuttgart, Germany to Cassis, France, covering a distance of 621 miles. Now, the Vision EQXX has beaten that target in a big way, going from Stuttgart all the way across the English Channel to Silverstone, UK. The route itself covered 747 miles of real-world conditions, with several unplanned diversions. In all, the Vision EQXX managed a staggering 8.3kWh/62 miles, or 62.13 mi/kWh in good ol' 'Murica units. That's a staggering 406.1 MPGe. TheEQS Sedancan't do that.

Initially, the drivers of the EV concept car had to work around an Autobahn closure, diverting them near Stuttgart. Then, the Vision EQXX crossed the French border at Strasbourg, taking highways all the way to Calais, where the concept boarded the famous Eurotunnel train for the trip into England. That's also the only point at which this vehicle wasn't moving under its own power, something Merc has accounted for in the figures given above.

Once in England, the concept car stopped atthe Mercedes Formula 1 team's HQin Brackley, where some of the F1 and Formula E developers that helped build the car were there to greet it. From there, it made like Eminem, covering an eight-mile journey to Silverstone.