Ars TechnicaTesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken
Inundated with complaints, Tesla created "Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.
Nathan Wierink@arstechnica I find it almost spot on. Sometimes a bit lower and sometimes a higher then indicated. In cold winter or very hot days a 10% less then indicated. That’s about the same difference in indicating as the volvo v70 3D that i had before.
gazan@nathanwierink @arstechnica I have a similar experience. I feel weird speaking positively about tesla though, but in my defense, I bought it before I knew much about musk.
@gazan @arstechnica same here and the ‘problem’ is that there where no brands that even came close to the driving experience and range 2 years ago. I tried the polestar, VW and the ford mustang. All of them to small, still a plain looking car interior and no supercharger places. Which I think is in Europe a mayor plus. They are everywhere and much cheaper in general then other charging stations.
@nathanwierink @arstechnica Besides the fact that all of those companies are corporations run by corporate people owned by stock holders. If you look at the actions of Ford or VW for example, you’ll see that they’re absolutely no better than Musk (and I would argue quite a bit worse). It’s just that Musk is a very public person who likes to run his mouth, so we all know about the crazy shit he does. I promise you if you looked into other car executives, you will uncover something familiar.
@gazan @arstechnica and due to personal situation the car is powered for app95% by 2nd hand solarpanels at home. Ps. Musk is still an asshole full of sheit!
Beeyokey@nathanwierink I agree with that in terms of the on screen navigation in my model y but the number you get when tap the battery for a range estimate is definitely never right.
@byokii model y as well but i see the indication being quite near the actual km. Maybe there is also a difference per country. We don’t have any hills or mountains.
Sean Eric Fagan@nathanwierink @arstechnica Below 50% charge, it gives more realistic estimates.
We don't tend to charge above 50% unless we're going on a long drive (e.g., to Dublin or Cork). And we don't drive ideally, and car load and weather factor in, and so forth.
What *did* catch my interest in that article was that all other EVs, save one, *underestimated* their available range.
Also, I'm waiting for the EPA and/or DOT to weigh in.
@kithrup @arstechnica this same ‘mistake’ is also widely ‘applied’ to fossil fuel cars. Almost ever since the range was calculated.
@nathanwierink @arstechnica That's why I'm waiting to see what the EPA does, if anything -- they cracked down *hard* on fossil-fuel milage estimates a while back, and I *thought* they had similar rules for EV range. But that could be voluntary, or of course I could be wrong.