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New Canadian Winter Tests Reveal Fastest-Charging EVs

by Julien Amado
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Photo: Guillaume Rivard

Earlier this month, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) hosted a special EV drive event with a number of staff members and auto journalists—including The Car Guide’s Julien Amado—testing over a dozen different electric vehicles until their batteries ran out of power in order to find out which ones perform best in the cold. You can see the results here.

Another part of the evaluation involved fast charging at public DC chargers. As you know, cold temperatures also affect charging speeds. All the vehicles were charged from 10-80 percent, and those that feature battery preconditioning for faster charging had the system turned on. This all took place in minus 15 degrees Celsius weather.

Below are the results, counting down from the slowest-charging EV to the fastest-charging EV based on how much range they were able to regain in 15 minutes. CAA also calculated the time it took for each vehicle to return to 80 percent as well as how much power their battery managed to extract from a DC fast charger on average.

Note: While the Honda Prologue was included in the range part of the evaluation, a technical problem compromised the fast charging test, so you won’t find it among the list.

13. Toyota bZ4X LE FWD

Photo: Toyota

Range gained after 15 minutes: 19 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 92 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 33 kW

12. Kia Niro EV Wave

Photo: Kia

Range gained after 15 minutes: 35 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 77 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 36 kW

11. Kia EV6

Photo: Guillaume Rivard

Range gained after 15 minutes: 58 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 43 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 85 kW

10. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Preferred AWD

Photo: Hyundai

Range gained after 15 minutes: 64 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 45 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 80 kW

9. Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Extended Range AWD

Photo: Antoine Joubert

Range gained after 15 minutes: 71 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 46 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 85 kW

8. Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin Motor

Photo: Volvo

Range gained after 15 minutes: 90 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 40 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 87 kW

7. Kia EV9 Land AWD GT-Line

Photo: Marc Lachapelle

Range gained after 15 minutes: 105 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 33 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 139 kW

6. Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat Extended Range

Photo: Antoine Joubert

Range gained after 15 minutes: 109 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 45 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 128 kW

5. Volkswagen ID.4 Pro S AWD

Photo: Louis-Philippe Dubé

Range gained after 15 minutes: 112 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 34 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 104 kW

4. Polestar 2 Dual Motor AWD

Photo: Polestar

Range gained after 15 minutes: 120 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 40 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 94 kW

3. Chevrolet Equinox EV RS FWD

Photo: Antoine Joubert

Range gained after 15 minutes: 131 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 42 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 100 kW

2. Chevrolet Silverado EV 4WT

Photo: Antoine Joubert

Range gained after 15 minutes: 199 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 42 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 233 kW

1. Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD

Photo: Antoine Joubert

Range gained after 15 minutes: 205 km
Time to charge from 10-80 percent: 37 min
Average DC power from fast charger: 96 kW

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