Earlier this week, we learned that a team of Swiss student engineers set a new world record for the fastest electric vehicle, reaching 0-100 km/h. In today’s story, another electric vehicle range record has been broken, this time by an electric vehicle designed and produced by students from Munich Technical University.
Electric vehicle range record broken by students
The car, named Muc22, was designed for efficiency. During a six-day test at Munich Airport, it set a new distance record on a single charge, covering an astonishing 2,574 km. What’s even more remarkable is that it achieved this with a smaller battery capacity than many plug-in hybrids, only 15.5 kWh.
Muc22’s features are quite impressive indeed. Firstly, the aerodynamic EV has a maximum speed of only 42 km/h and weighs just 170 kg without a driver. The body is optimized for airflow, with covered rear wheels and a friction coefficient of only 0.159. When the team introduced the car in 2022, it had a pair of 440 W electric motors, but the Muc22 has only 400 W.
The 400 W figure is a staggering 268 times less powerful than the weakest electric car currently on sale, the Mazda MX-30. The record attempt was carried out in an empty hangar at Munich Airport, eliminating any interference from weather conditions. The previous record was 1,609 km. However, the team achieved this distance just four days later, and the car continued its journey as the battery was not yet depleted.
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They achieved their ultimate distance, breaking the current record by a remarkable 60%, reaching an electric energy consumption of 0.6 kWh/100 km. In context, the most efficient EVs currently available for sale, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Lucid Air, each have versions that consume 14.8 kWh/100 km of electric energy.
Furthermore, it’s expected that this energy consumption will increase even further in regular production cars. In this regard, it’s undeniable that the students from Munich Technical University have done an incredibly impressive job. The team has stated that their goal after Muc22 is to produce something even better.
