- Two British drivers covered 569.64 miles (916.74 km) on a single charge in a Ford Mustang Mach-E
- The Ford was unmodified, except for 18-inch wheels with low-rolling-resistance tires
- Yes, other electric cars have gone farther on a charge, but they weren’t production vehicles
Drivers in an all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E have set a new Guinness World Record for the longest journey by a production electric car on a single charge. The record-setting journey was finished in just over 24 hours, in Britain, and covered 569.64 miles (916.74 km).
Guinness has verified the record, with the drive starting out on July 27, 2024 and finishing up at 2:09 a.m. on July 28. Drivers Kevin Booker and Sam Clarke were sponsored by Webfleet, a British telematics provider; the pair already hold records for economy driving in EVs.
They broke the previous record of 563.97 miles (907.62 km) set 2023 in Hangzhou, China in a Zeekr, an electric car brand owned by Geely. Other electric cars have gone even farther, but they were concepts or purpose-built vehicles, not production models.
The team drove a Mach-E Premium with extended-range 91-kWh battery and rear-wheel-drive. In Canada, that configuration is rated by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) at 515 km. The car was apparently unmodified except for 18-inch wheels – the Premium sold here comes standard with 19-inch wheels – and low-rolling-resistance (LRR) tires supplied by Bridgestone.
The feat was documented to Guinness’s satisfaction with odometer readings, GPS, video footage, and battery level information from Webfleet. It wasn’t revealed how fast the Mach-E was driven, but our rough estimate of the miles driven in a day looks like 23 mph (37 km/h). The team said they averaged 6.25 miles per kilowatt-hour (9.94 kWh/100 km), while NRCan rates the model at 19.8 kWh/100 km.
The drive was on public roads – urban and rural – “to emulate real-world driving conditions,” according to a release from Webfleet, which added that the LRR tires were a “critical component in the world record attempt.” It was also noted that when the battery level reached 0% on the instrument cluster, the drivers still got another 21.1 miles (34 km) out of it.
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