Range anxiety is one of the biggest reasons people hesitate to go electric. The worry of not making it to the next stop, of being stranded somewhere inconvenient with a flat battery. It’s a genuine barrier, and it puts people off a technology that, driven well, is transformational and much cheaper than you realise!
But here’s the thing: for most drivers, range anxiety is a driving problem, not a car problem. And driving problems have solutions.
We’ve just published our comprehensive EV Hypermiling Techniques guide, built from our real-world experience behind the wheel of the BYD Atto 2 and over a year behind the wheel of our daily driver, the Volvo EX30. These are the exact techniques that produced a recorded efficiency of 16.6kWh per 100 miles, working out to just 0.91p per mile on an Octopus Intelligent tariff. Under £1 to travel 100 miles. The guide covers everything from anticipation and speed management to smart charging, seasonal tips, route planning and why your sat nav is doing more than you think.
We’ve been doing this for a long time. Over 17 years, hundreds of cars and thousands of miles, we’ve worked out what actually makes a difference and what doesn’t. Long before EVs were even a consideration, we were obsessing over efficiency figures on petrol and diesel cars, learning what works on real roads in real conditions. That knowledge doesn’t stop being useful when you go electric. If anything, it becomes more relevant.
Read the EV Hypermiling Techniques guide
More than just EVs
Of course, EVs are only part of the picture. If you drive a hybrid or a traditional petrol or diesel car, we have you covered too.
Our Hypermiling Techniques guide covers the core principles that apply to any vehicle. The driving habits and simple changes that will actually show up in your fuel costs, whatever you drive. And our Hybrid Hypermiling Techniques guide goes deeper into getting the best from PHEV and full hybrid systems, including how to maximise EV mode, manage the transition between electric and petrol, and stretch every charge as far as it will go.
Whether you’re squeezing extra miles out of a diesel hatchback, hypermiling a BYD DM-i on a motorway run, or chasing sub-1p-per-mile figures in a pure EV, there’s a guide here for you.
What are your most effective EV efficiency tips?
We’d love to hear from you. Whether it’s a technique you’ve developed yourself, a piece of kit that’s made a difference, or simply the driving habit that’s had the biggest impact on your range, drop it in the comments below. The best tips may well find their way into future guides.
You might just have a tip we haven’t thought of yet.
