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Software improvements certainly can play a part.

• masklinn 11y ago
  Software is not magic, there's a specific amount of energy stored in a battery and you won't software more out of it, sorry.
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  • ctdonath 11y ago
    You could say the same about gasoline, yet MPG varies widely across vehicles. On my EV, I can drastically change the battery's range (from 80 to 120 predicted miles) based on driving behavior, much of which could be "shaped" by software. "Softwareing" 50% more distance out of that stored energy matters.
    • prodmerc 11y ago
      That's because petrol has ~20 times more energy per KG than Lithium Ion cells, and engines are only ~30% efficient at converting it into movement (vs electric motors at 90%). There's more potential for various optimization in an internal combustion engine. EVs have been designed from the get go with most of the possible software optimizations...
  • monochromatic 11y ago
    It's not gonna buy you a factor of two, but software tweaks might well give you some small improvements.
  • Animats 11y ago
    Right. Tesla's battery to electric motor is about 90% efficient now. Not much improvement potential there.