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Teslas are significantly more efficient than anything from legacy manufacturers. That's not just one trick, but ground-up design and engineering of the whole dr
by pornel 4y ago
Teslas are significantly more efficient than anything from legacy manufacturers. That's not just one trick, but ground-up design and engineering of the whole drivetrain. Also look at packaging — Tesla manages to pack everything neatly to leave room for a large frunk, while every legacy manufacturer still leaves a jumbled mess under the hood.
In batteries and charging only Hyundai/Kia is competitive, and that's somewhat by brute force, because their cars aren't as efficient. VW charging speed peaks at half of Tesla's speed. Renault, Nissan and Stellantis charge at 1/3rd or 1/4th of Tesla's speed, and they probably don't even realize how important that speed is. They are so far behind that I don't expect them to survive.
And every legacy manufacturer still sucks at software. I don't mean self-driving stunts, but basics like navigation that includes charging stops accounting for charging speed and availability. They still think they can upsell you $2000 for an Android tablet from 2010.
- phkahler 4y ago>> Teslas are significantly more efficient than anything from legacy manufacturers. Somehow I doubt that. Do you have Wh/mi data on various cars to compare?
- pornel 4y agoSure: https://ev-database.org/uk/compare/efficiency-electric-vehicle-most-efficient https://ev-database.org/uk/compare/efficiency-electric-vehic... https://ev-database.org/uk/compare/rapid-charging-electric-vehicle-quickest https://ev-database.org/uk/compare/rapid-charging-electric-v... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V6ucyFGKWuSQzvI8lMzvvWJHrBS82echMVJH37kwgjE/edit#gid=15442336 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V6ucyFGKWuSQzvI8lMzv... Note that the cars which come close to Tesla in the raw wattage value are usually with less powerful single motor and a smaller battery (lighter).