The diesel car that beat Tesla in range. Everyone praises EVs for range, but did you know that a diesel powered car once set a record-breaking range of 2,617 kilometers on a single tank? In 2005, the Volkswagen Passat TDI drove from London to the south of Spain using less than eighty liters of fuel. That's over thirty-two kilometers per liter or seventy-five miles per gallon. No battery, no plugin, just precise aerodynamics, a lightweight chassis, and a super efficient turbo diesel engine. While