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> “We’re looking at the range, and you literally see the number decrease in front of your eyes,” he said of his dashboard range meter. Well, I’m not sure what
by speedgoose 3y ago
> “We’re looking at the range, and you literally see the number decrease in front of your eyes,” he said of his dashboard range meter.
Well, I’m not sure what the range meter is supposed to do? Freeze when an eye tracker detects the driver looks at it?
Or maybe he was idling the car in cold weather. Even without the heater running, the battery cools down and that can reduce the range.
Electric vehicles aren’t perfect and some little education can prevent a lot of frustration.
- guax 3y agoThats the crux of the complaint tho, if the number requires education the number should not be used without context and something more realistic should be used. If on average the car does 250 miles it should not be advertised as 400. Either a range or a disclaimer should be present. I think the "number decreasing" complaint seems to be related to the fact that you would drive 10 miles and lose 30 on the dash. The article also claims the number becomes more realistic when it crosses bellow 50% charge so I expect this difference to be noticeable.
- speedgoose 3y agoThe car is probably warm by the time it goes below 50%. Such number is a difficult problem. The Tesla number doesn’t represent anything meaningful. I personally have the state of charge set in % and not distance. I used to have a BMW that was guessing the range based on the last driving conditions. It was very bad too. Driving downhill in a warm day was producing big range numbers the next day. Driving uphill in a snow storm would make you want to have the car checked for battery degradation.