VW ID.4 77 kWh 204 HP Range Test (highway and city)

The purpose of this part of the test is to find out the minimum range by testing it at higher average speeds. For this I will mainly test the range by driving on the highway.

The first part of the test was 149 km on the highway, where I achieved an average consumption of 19.4 kWh. The estimated range based on this consumption is 397 km.

Then there was a bit of sporty driving on country roads. This was for 45 km and the average consumption on this part was 16.3 kWh. I assumed that sporty driving would result in much higher fuel consumption, which is why it was part of this test; however, it turned out to be much less than on the highway. The total average consumption after this part was 18.7 Kwh.

Then I drove all the way back on the highway. I ended this test with 24% battery. The average consumption over a journey of 300 km in total was 17.8 kWh, so the total range based on this consumption is 433 km on the highway.

However, if you want to know what the minimum range is, I prefer to look at the number around 397 km, since that was also measured over a large sample of 149 km. I think, among other things, the temperature has affected the driving range, as it was around 18.5 in the beginning of the day and around 21.5 at the end of the day.

I charged the car at a public charging station. This public AC charger has a speed of 22 kW, but the Volkswagen ID.4’s built-in charger has a speef of 11 kW, so this is the charging speed we have. It took me 5h05 min to charge the car from 22% to 100%. I would like to mention that you can also use fast charging (DC charging) up to 125 kW, but I have not tested this.

Now let’s test the range at lower average speeds in the city. I want to know what the maximum range of this car could be. Let’s take a look at my results. I drained the battery to 73% to know the average consumption so that I could estimate the total range. I stopped at 73%, because the average consumption at my measuring points did not change that much in the last intervals. Based on a consumption of 13.8 kWh , the range is 558 km in the city.

In conclusion, I can say that the range of the Volkswagen ID.4 is somewhere between 397 and 558 km, based on comparable driving conditions. If driving and weather conditions change, you may get a different result.

I did the same test with the Audi Q4 e-tron in rainy weather and got a range of between 399 km and 487 km in that case. After the city range test, I drained the battery further to 21% with a more mixed trajectory consisting of highway and more city traffic. I drove 370 km and the average consumption was 15.1 kWH. This gives me a range of 510 km as a mix between city traffic and highway, which is very useful.