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Thanks, I would not have suspected drag. Still, it seems like you're saying "the number would be unrealistic", but I'm not sure people want a realistic number,

Thanks, I would not have suspected drag. Still, it seems like you're saying "the number would be unrealistic", but I'm not sure people want a realistic number, just a "worst case scenario"... I understand that standard tests try to measure something "realistic", but they end up giving a value that is not what people are waiting for - which is, again, and I can't stress it enough because it's 100% of the conversation i still have about EVs with every single person I talk to - "insurance that I will be able to visit my mum on a single charge at the other end of the country". I understand it's a bad question to ask and people don't really need _that_ range, but apparently they need _that_ info :/

eightysixfour 3y ago
Right, but those people would then get their EV, go for a 20km drive in bad EV conditions, see their range decrease by 30km, and call the manufacturer a liar. Been there, done that. Family member sold theirs because they weren’t “confident in the range” despite never driving more than 80km in a day. Truth is I think some people just don’t want them and they look for a “logical” out since that conflicts with their desire to be less impactful to the environment. A 75kwh battery pack has the same energy as ~8.5 liters of gasoline. While the conversion of that energy to movement is far more efficient than a gasoline engine, that’s still a small amount of energy comparatively, so the variance is going to be very, very high.