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Title here is missing the vital "Highway" word, and the main reason is that the EV number inccludes city driving too. Having said that, their highway testing s
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
Title here is missing the vital "Highway" word, and the main reason is that the EV number inccludes city driving too.
Having said that, their highway testing seems less "real-world" than the EPA tests, driving at exactly 75mph for hours at a time?
- theluketaylor 3y agoLong distance at high speed is the worst case scenario for an EV, so it's a pretty useful figure to know, especially when cross-shopping cars. A fixed speed range test gives you a solid floor for range, with all other uses pretty much guaranteed to meet or exceed that number. The lone exception being cold weather performance, but the easy solution there is conduct the test at multiple temperatures. Most drivers in an ICE car can get pretty close to the EPA fuel economy in the real world, but in EVs there are some pretty wild swings. Some EVs outperform their EPA number and others can't achieve it, making the EPA number not especially helpful.