In 2012 AUTOBEST launched ECOBEST Challenge project, as a world’s first project for measurements of consumption, CO2 emissions, pollutants and micro particles. ECOBEST Challenge was launched years before Diesel gate scandal, with the aim to give consumer real data in real life traffic. AUTOBEST was the first NGO motoring European organisation that draw the attention on the differences between real
traffic conditions and the European cycle of measurements. In 2013 AUTOBEST reignited ECOBEST CHALLENGE Project, in partnership with Peter Auto, Bureau Veritas and Transport & Environment NGO in Brussels, aiming to offer every auto consumer the possibility to find out the consumption, the CO2 emissions, micro particles and the noxes produced by their cars in real traffic conditions, also the real range of the EV`s and plugins and fast charging capabilities. Through this project, AUTOBEST aims to come with an assessment about how truly green these technologies and products are by the end of the day. DEVELOPING In July 2018, AUTOBEST joined forces with Spanish publication coches.net and organised the first edition of ECOBEST Challenge to measure the first Real Range EV Test on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where 10 EVs on sale in Europe were checked for their real range. GOALS `With ECOBEST Challenge, our organization is making one bolder step to serve European motorists, delivering key information about the real range, energy efficiency and more about the most popular EV’s on the market. Our aim is to offer an independent test, where all the cars are driven in the same time, on the same route by different drivers, coming this year from 13 countries. Our consistent method of testing was exactly the same for all the cars and the results are representing –in our opinion- a good average, a very reliable reference for all the EV’s in the test. With the unique figures of real range after the Zero battery indication on the cluster, AUTOBEST if sending a clear message that there is life after the official emptiness of the battery” declared Dan Vardie, Founder & Chairman of AUTOBEST and the creator of ECOBEST Challenge as a crucial part of the AUTOBEST The Real Green larger project. The professional motoring journalists of Autobest and coches.net drove 15 Electric Vehicles available in Europe (all with more than 200 KM of homologated WLTP range and a price list under 32.000 € before taxes) to answer the more usual question people looking for and EV car starting with crucial info about the real range. The test started and finished at Circutor headquarters where the cars were also recharged. All the cars tested were regular production models with one person on board only, climate system and infotainment equipment in on mode and the tyre pressure recommended by the brand. ECOBEST Challenge is the only one independent test in Europe measuring what is happening after the battery reserve indication is showing zero! With this package of info’s, AUTOBEST is sending an incredible relief to all the people driving EV’s and arriving to such a difficult situation of having Zero battery reserve.
