Real-world EV efficiency

How EVs really drive.

Efficiency from real drives by PlugLog drivers, by year, make and model, and by the weather, speed and trip length. Not a lab test: the energy their batteries actually used. Shopping for an EV? See how it holds up.

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Shared by PlugLog drivers

drives: 173; drives
EV models: 14; EV models
driven: 2,036 mi; driven

Every number comes from a real drive, measured by the car's own battery, and grows as more drivers share.

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Real-world efficiency

2.32mi/kWh

Across 173 shared drives

Compared with EPA

+11%

Better than the EPA rating

Drives

173

14 vehicles

Distance

2,036mi

Driven by PlugLog drivers

By vehicle

Real-world range is the EPA range scaled by how the real efficiency compares.

Vehicle	Drives	Real-world	EPA	vs EPA	Real-world range
2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV All-Wheel Drive · 3 drivers · 651 mi	20	2.08 mi/kWh	1.98	+5%	413 mi
2025 GMC Sierra EV 4-Wheel Drive · 2 drivers · 250 mi	26	2.35 mi/kWh	1.91	+23%	480 mi
2026 GMC Sierra EV 20-mod battery, 11kW 15-mode charger 4-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 234 mi	21	2.33 mi/kWh	2.02	+15%	473 mi
2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV All-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 202 mi	12	2.24 mi/kWh	1.87	+19%	537 mi
2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV 24-mod battery, 19kW 6-mode charger 4-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 189 mi	18	2.15 mi/kWh	2.02	+6%	525 mi
2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV 20-mod battery, 19kW 6-mode charger 4-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 168 mi	21	2.22 mi/kWh	2.09	+6%	451 mi
2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD Front-Wheel Drive · 2 drivers · 72 mi	11	3.62 mi/kWh	3.22	+12%	359 mi
2026 Tesla Model Y Performance AWD All-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 63 mi	8	3.52 mi/kWh	3.30	+7%	327 mi
2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 52 mi	8	2.94 mi/kWh	2.50	+18%	330 mi
2024 Cadillac LYRIQ Rear-Wheel Drive · 2 drivers · 51 mi	11	2.70 mi/kWh	2.63	+3%	323 mi
2026 Polestar 4 Long Range Single Motor Rear-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 39 mi	2	3.55 mi/kWh	2.86	+24%	386 mi
2025 Tesla Model Y Performance AWD All-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 34 mi	9	3.57 mi/kWh	3.09	+16%	321 mi
2024 Honda Prologue AWD Elite All-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 19 mi	3	2.98 mi/kWh	2.72	+10%	300 mi
2025 Cadillac LYRIQ AWD (19 kW Charger) All-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 13 mi	3	3.41 mi/kWh	2.52	+36%	411 mi

Efficiency by outside temperature

Cold batteries and cabin heat cost range. Here's how much, for these drives.

32–50°F1.97 mi/kWh3 drives
50–68°F2.34 mi/kWh63 drives
68–86°F2.31 mi/kWh72 drives
Above 86°F2.31 mi/kWh35 drives

Longer bars go further on each kWh.

Efficiency by speed

Air resistance climbs quickly with speed. Here's what it costs, by each drive's average speed.

Under 20 mph1.87 mi/kWh24 drives
20–40 mph2.58 mi/kWh113 drives
40–55 mph2.32 mi/kWh26 drives
55–70 mph2.10 mi/kWh10 drives

Longer bars go further on each kWh.

Only drives from drivers who chose to share their efficiency data, with no names or locations. Efficiency is distance ÷ the energy each battery reported using, net of regen. How it's measured

How it's measured

Real drives, straight from the battery.

EPA ratings come from a lab cycle. These come from the road: every drive shared by a PlugLog driver, recorded by the car itself.

Measured, not estimated

The PlugLog car app reads your battery's power many times a minute and checks it against the battery level. Efficiency is distance over the energy actually used, net of regen.

Shared on purpose

Drives count only if their driver turned on efficiency sharing, and then all of them do, so no one picks their best. No names, no routes, no locations: just how the EV did.