October 19, 2012 at 3:11 pm by Justin Berkowitz
In the battle of the street-legal electric golf carts, Toyota takes the first round. Its Scion iQ EV received an EPA MPGe rating of 121 overall, with the feds figuring it’s good for 28 kW-hours per 100 miles. Its nearest rival, also just scored by the EPA, is the updated Smart Fortwo Electric Drive; Daimler’s baby was pegged at 100 MPGe with 34 kW-hours needed per 100 miles.
- Road Test: 2012 Scion iQ
- First Drive: 2013 Tesla Model S
- Instrumented Test: 2012 Ford Focus Electric
To put these voodoo numbers in some context, the Nissan Leaf is rated at 99 MPGe, the Ford Focus electric at 105, and the Tesla Model S at 89. You can get more info on just how the EPA derives its MPGe ratings—and what they mean—in our big story here.
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