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Mercedes Goes on EV Summer Road Trip, Nails Almost 747 Miles on a Single Charge

Pursuing absolute efficiency above all else, the Mercedes-Benz EQXX is just one of the many visions of Germany’s upcoming EV age. Oh, and it can also break its efficiency record, because summer means one thing for automotive fans: road trips.
Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX Stuttgart to Silverstone EV road trip 18 photos
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Dubbed by the company “the most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built,” the Vision EQXX prototype has recently demonstrated the highest-ever efficiency on record with a consumption of 8.3 kWh/100 km (62 miles). And doing so, it drove for 1,202 km (almost 747 miles) between Stuttgart in Germany and Silverstone in the UK on a single battery charge.

This is not the first time Mercedes-Benz has sent the Vision EQXX on a carefully planned road trip, with the maiden voyage taking place earlier this year, in spring, from Stuttgart to Cassis (France). Then, it narrowly crossed the 1,000+ km threshold by nailing exactly 1,008 km (626 miles) at the destination, complete with 15% state of charge remaining.

But now they wanted it all, it seems, thus the Vision EQXX crossed the border into France near Strasbourg, departed for the Eurotunnel at Calais, and casually stopped off at the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team’s home in Brackley. There, it got to meet with “Formula 1 and Formula E experts who helped develop its advanced drivetrain,” and even that was not the most exciting part of the journey.

Instead, once it got to the famed Silverstone track, the Dutch star of the Mercedes-EQ Formula E team, Nyck de Vries, was allowed to hammer it down the circuit, completing a total of 11 laps and hitting its maximum constructive speed of 140 kph/87 mph. And, by the way, this road trip was for both business and pleasure, as the Vision EQXX will stay in the UK over the weekend and tackle the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb. Do not expect any additional records from there, though.
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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