Premium automaker Exeed has reported a successful completion of another series of tests of its electric saloon, the Exlantix ES. The car has passed grueling trials in the Taklamakan Desert in Western China with ground temperatures occasionally rising a high as +69 ºC (+156 ºF), Dongqiche reports. In some disciplines, it has actually surpassed its key competitors.
The engineering crew needed to make sure that the electric powertrain of the Exlantix ES could withstand prolonged exposure to heat, and also examined the thermal performance of its cooling and glass dome. The latter has proven especially efficient, blocking off 99.8% of all incoming infrared light and 99.9% of UV light. As a result, it took mere 15 minutes for the air conditioner on board to drop the temperature inside by a massive 30 degrees Celsius.
As expected, running the EV in smoldering heat impacted its range: instead of the rated 700 km (435 miles), the car could only do around 483 km (300 miles) per charge on average, 30% less than in ideal conditions. Having said that, most competing EVs show similar performance in such extreme conditions.
Charging the battery from 30 to 80 percent took 22 minutes on average. Exeed has praised this result, saying it became possible thanks to the highly efficient thermal regulation implemented in the battery compartment.