Introducing our all-new Adventure Series by DriveArabia - A new segment in which we review the car, the road trip and most importantly the destination. In this episode, Shabnam & Mohamed are test driving the new 2022 Audi e-tron Sportback 55 Quattro by @AudiMiddleEastofficial all the way to @tilalliwahotel8826 in @VisitAbuDhabiChannel from Dubai.
Being an all-electric vehicle, we wanted to check how far this Audi e-tron Sportback 55 Quattro would go and to make things even more challenging we were heading out to an area which barely has any electric vehicle chargers around, Madinat Zayed Region in Abu Dhabi.
Audi claims the e-tron Sportback to have 444-kms range in ideal conditions, however you need to factor in environmental variables in the UAE. In general, the biggest challenge for electric vehicles in the Middle East is the weather, the batteries don't perform at their optimal levels with 45°c - 50°c! Don't forget we are using the battery to power the air conditioner in the cabin, cooling the vehicle battery pack and charging other mobile devices. The e-tron sportback does a good job in cooling down the vehicle at MAX settings however, it does eat through your vehicle range as well.
We charged at an Ultra-Fast-Charger 150kWh charger by @DEWAOfficial at an ENOC Stations in the EXPO2020 location, known as the Service Station of the future. On a full charge it showed a total range of 373kms which should be alright since @tilalliwahotel8826 is about 260kms from the station. However, we were burning through the charge faster than we expected and had to tone down our A/C, reduce our cruising speed to 120kph to ensure we had a minimum gap of 40kms from distance destination and available range.
Our destination @tilalliwahotel8826 in Madinat Zayed Region is a about 280kms from Downtown Dubai and about 180kms from Abu Dhabi City. Madinat Zayed stands for City of Zayed, formed by the father of the nation and is well known for its Camel & Dates Festival. @tilalliwahotel8826 is a 4-star desert resort that is secluded and disconnected from all the hustle and bustle of the cities. The resort is set at the mouth of The Empty Quarters also known as Rub' al Khali that spans over United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
UAE has made major strides towards its Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, however, more work needs to be done to ensure mass adoption of EVs across the country. During our test period, we didn't observe any DC chargers along route between Ghantoot and YAS Island and after MASDAR going towards Ruwais which does contribute towards range anxiety.
In our next episode we will discuss more about the vehicle, the resort and neighboring sight seeing venues in Madinat Zayed Region - Abu Dhabi.
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