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How does the Tesla know I'm going on a trip? Are you implying its strange that the Tesla can calculate a more accurate range estimate when you literally tell i
by tekla 3y ago
How does the Tesla know I'm going on a trip?
Are you implying its strange that the Tesla can calculate a more accurate range estimate when you literally tell it where you want to go to its computer which can use map data to calculate energy usage, versus you just driving around in circles in a arbitrary area and the computer only can assume based on EPA average usage?
- rootusrootus 3y agoIt doesn’t use average usage to calculate the remaining range, it uses EPA numbers which are 200 Wh/mi or less. Which, interestingly, is less than the consumption shown on the Monroney sticker. How they can show two contradictory numbers on the same official document is fascinating to me.
- tekla 3y agoI meant EPA average usage
- cowsandmilk 3y ago> computer only can assume based on average usage It is clear from the discussion that it isn’t basing it on that at all. Would be overjoyed if it was based on average efficiency for the last 50 miles I drove. It isn’t.
- tekla 3y agoI meant EPA average usage. And good it shouldn't.
- mlyle 3y agoVery few people attain EPA average efficiency, so insisting on putting a range indicator based on EPA averages seems silly. Most ICE cars calculate range based on a long term average of a person's usage with some small amount of pessimism. Why should an EV do worse?