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I've owned EVs from different brands, including Tesla. In my experience so far, only Tesla uses the naive and wildly optimistic EPA number for the range displa
by rootusrootus 3y ago
I've owned EVs from different brands, including Tesla. In my experience so far, only Tesla uses the naive and wildly optimistic EPA number for the range display. My wife drives a Bolt and it uses your moving average to calculate the range estimate, and it's pretty much dead-on accurate.
Tesla -could- do it but chooses not to. Put it in trip mode and it's pretty close to dead-on. Look at the consumption page and it's pretty accurate there too. Tesla elects not to use this already available information, because it would consistently show people a lower number than what the web page did when they ordered the car.
- simondotau 3y agoPolestar also shows the wildly optimistic EPA rating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3P32TyLMMM&t=644s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3P32TyLMMM&t=644s