Audi EV Sets Guinness Record With 831 Miles On A Single Charge

• The Audi A6 Sportback E-Tron covered 831 miles (1,338 km) on a single charge, setting a new Guinness World Record for production cars.
• Rally driver Miko Marczyk averaged just 7.09 kWh/100 km during the record-breaking run.
• The same driver previously set a fuel-efficiency record by driving a Skoda Superb diesel 1,759 miles (2,831 km) on one tank.

Miko Marczyk has done it again. After driving a Skoda Superb diesel for a whopping 2,831 kilometers (1,759 miles) on a single tank of fuel last year, the Polish rally driver has now set another Guinness World Record for production cars. This time, he swapped diesel for electrons and squeezed 1,338 kilometers (831 miles) out of a car with a far more complicated name: the Audi A6 Sportback E-Tron.

Yes, the same Miko Marczyk from our previous story is behind this latest efficiency stunt. In 2025, the reigning European Rally Champion drove a fourth-generation (well, fifth if you’re counting the 1930s-1940s model) Superb across Europe and back, averaging just 2.61 liters per 100 kilometers (90.1 mpg). Now he's back with an entirely different kind of range challenge, while staying within the Volkswagen Group.

This time, Marczyk got behind the wheel of Audi’s posh liftback, which has a WLTP range of up to 777 km (483 miles), but the rally driver managed to travel about 72 percent farther than the official rating. The record attempt began at 1:55 AM on September 11 in Poland. Marczyk drove along the Vistula, passing through Krakow, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Torun, and Grudziadz before reaching Hel on the Baltic Sea. He then turned around and followed much of the same route back. More than 45 hours after setting off, the A6 finally ran out of battery juice somewhere between Torun and Ciechocinek.

Miko Marczyk and his two Guinness World Records

Photo by: Audi

No Cheating!

And no, he didn't achieve that figure by putting the Audi on a trailer for half the journey. The car remained on public roads and dealt with normal traffic, including rush-hour conditions. The average temperature was around 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit), although it dipped as low as 7°C (45°F) during the drive.

The truly ridiculous number is the energy consumption. Marczyk averaged just 7.09 kWh per 100 km, which is less than half the A6 Sportback E-Tron's official combined consumption figure. That's the kind of number you get when a professional rally driver suddenly decides that touching the accelerator too enthusiastically is a personal offense.

It's Not Just The Driver, It's Also The Car

Of course, the Audi itself deserves plenty of credit. The A6 Sportback E-Tron has a 0.21 drag coefficient, making it the company’s most aerodynamic production car ever. It also has a sizeable battery pack with a net capacity of 94.9 kWh, while regenerative braking can provide up to 220 kW. The Four Rings claim that around 95 percent of everyday braking events can be handled through recuperation.

Marczyk also shared the usual hypermiling commandments: know the car, use regenerative braking intelligently, keep the tires properly inflated, anticipate traffic, and avoid unnecessary acceleration and braking. In other words, don't drive an EV like you stole it.

It's Not The Overall Record

There's one important asterisk, though: this isn't the overall Guinness World Record for the greatest distance driven by an EV on a single charge. That title currently belongs to the TUfast Eco Team, which covered 2,573.79 km (1,599.27 miles) in its tiny “muc022” prototype in Germany back in September 2023.

Marczyk's run therefore sets a record for production cars, rather than beating the outright distance record. Still, doing 831 miles in an electric Audi on public roads is pretty wild in its own right.

Miko Marczyk sets Guinness EV range record in the Audi A6 Sportback E-tron

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Motor1's Take: There are plenty of caveats with records like this. Nobody should expect to buy an A6 E-Tron, leave the dealership with 777 km of range, and casually drive 1,338 km without charging. Marczyk spent more than 45 hours driving and deliberately optimized every aspect of the journey, which we imagine was rather stressful. That's about as far removed from normal driving as a rally stage is from a Sunday cruise.

Still, these extreme efficiency runs are interesting because they demonstrate what's possible when you remove the biggest enemy of range: inefficient driving. The A6 Sportback E-Tron already has an exceptionally slippery body and a large battery, but Marczyk's result shows how dramatically consumption can change when the driver treats every kilowatt-hour as precious.

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