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Written by Paul Horrell
The silence is ominous. I"ve just told a senior I-Pace engineer what I"m about to do with his car. I was hoping for encouraging noises and handy hints. Instead, dead air. Then, at length, "The WLTP is just a lab test, you know" and a series of mumbled qualifications and excuses-in-advance about how real driving can use far more energy. His heavy implication is that to set out on a real trip the same length as the quoted range is a fool"s errand that"ll inevitably leave me stranded. Which pops my balloon good and proper. London to Land"s End on a charge how great would that have been? The WLTP range (Worldwide harmonised Light-vehicle Test Procedure) of the I-Pace is 298 miles. That journey is 291 miles. We"ve known for years your actual results would never be anywhere near the old and discredited NEDC test. The new WLTP is supposed to be more realistic and attainable. Er, but not, says my Jaguar man, that attainable. Well sod the lot of "em. Top Gear is going anyway.
Date written: 4 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12799
The silence is ominous. I"ve just told a senior I-Pace engineer what I"m about to do with his car. I was hoping for encouraging noises and handy hints. Instead, dead air. Then, at length, "The WLTP is just a lab test, you know" and a series of mumbled qualifications and excuses-in-advance about how real driving can use far more energy. His heavy implication is that to set out on a real trip the same length as the quoted range is a fool"s errand that"ll inevitably leave me stranded. Which pops my balloon good and proper. London to Land"s End on a charge how great would that have been? The WLTP range (Worldwide harmonised Light-vehicle Test Procedure) of the I-Pace is 298 miles. That journey is 291 miles. We"ve known for years your actual results would never be anywhere near the old and discredited NEDC test. The new WLTP is supposed to be more realistic and attainable. Er, but not, says my Jaguar man, that attainable. Well sod the lot of "em. Top Gear is going anyway.
Date written: 4 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12799