Rally driver Miko Marczyk drove an Audi A6 Sportback e-tron 1,338 km across Poland on public roads, beating the previous production-EV record and covering more than 360 miles beyond the model’s advertised range.
Audi A6 Sportback e-tron covered 1,338 km (831 miles) on a single charge, surpassing the previous production-EV record of 749 miles.
The car used a 94.9 kWh battery, achieved about 8.8 mi/kWh, and the attempt took around 45 hours on public roads with regular traffic and temperatures down to 7°C.
An Audi A6 Sportback e-tron has set a new production-electric-vehicle range record by travelling 1,338 kilometres (831 miles) on a single charge. The run was driven on public roads in Poland by rally driver Miko Marczyk and took roughly 45 hours to complete.
Marczyk started the route in the Tatra Mountains, travelled north along the Vistula valley through cities including Kraków, Warsaw and Toruń to the Baltic resort of Hel, and then retraced the route back. The car finally came to a stop between Toruń and Ciechocinek.
The run beat the previous record of 749 miles set by a Lucid Air Grand Touring. Media reports and manufacturer figures differ about official range ratings, but the attempt exceeded the car's advertised range by a large margin. The team reported consumption nearly twice as efficient as standard published values for the model.
The attempt was performed on public roads, not a closed track. That meant encounters with rush-hour traffic and variable conditions. Temperatures dropped to about 7°C at one point. Marczyk used a combination of route selection, steady driving, and low-resistance tyres to prioritise range — standard energy-management techniques for long-distance EV efficiency.
The result shows what an efficient EV can do under selected conditions and with focused technique. It offers a data point in real-world efficiency debates: net battery size, aerodynamics, tyre choice and driving strategy can shift achievable range well beyond headline manufacturer numbers. The run also establishes a new benchmark for production EVs under public-road conditions.
This was a targeted record attempt with a specialist driver and chosen equipment. It does not mean typical owners will see the same range in everyday driving. The run's route, driving strategy and specific conditions contributed to the outcome.
Performance covered 1,338 km on one charge under real-world but optimised conditions, setting a new production-EV range record. The run demonstrates the potential gap between real-world efficiency and official range figures when efficiency-focused choices are applied.
An Audi A6 Sportback e-tron performance has rewritten the production EV range record. Polish rally driver and reigning European Rally Champion Miko Marczyk covered 1,338 km (831 miles) on a single charge, beating the previous mark held by a Lucid
The Audi A6 e-tron has dethroned the Lucid Air Grand Touring to become the new electric vehicle (EV) range king. With rally driver Miko Marczyk behind the wheel, an A6 Sportback e-tron covered 1,338 km to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest journey by an electric car […] The post Audi A6 Sportback e-tron se
The reigning European Rally Champion drove an Audi A6 Sportback e-tron 1,338 kilometres across Poland on a single charge, a Guinness World Record, at 7.09 kWh per 100 kilometres. The car’s official WLTP range is 777 kilometres, and the drive took more than 45 hours, which puts the average speed under 30 kilometres an h
That's an astonishing average efficiency of 8.76 miles per kWh.
Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.
Plus, EVs have gotten cheaper to buy, and there are hundreds of new models to choose from.
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