What does NEDC driving range mean?

[SabrinaFitz]

NEDC driving range refers to the New European Driving Cycle, which is the European standard for range testing. When the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology tests the comprehensive range of pure electric vehicles, it adopts the NEDC testing standard. During NEDC testing, the vehicle is placed on a test bench. Although it can also be conducted on a windless flat road, to simulate various conditions encountered during actual driving, the rollers in contact with the tires are equipped with motors to simulate resistance under different driving conditions. The test includes two driving cycles: the first is the urban driving cycle, which simulates city driving from 0 to 780 seconds. During this cycle, the vehicle undergoes acceleration, maintaining speed, deceleration, and stopping, repeated four times, with the test starting from the 780th second. The second cycle is the suburban driving cycle, where the vehicle speed is significantly faster than in the urban driving cycle.