Randahl FinkJul 28, 2023

On orders from Elon Musk, Tesla employees implemented driving range calculations that fakes a longer range in the beginning of your trip and catches up with reality as you approach your destination.

The effect? When potential buyers take a new Tesla on a short test drive, they only see the inflated range numbers, and are fooled into thinking Tesla's perform better.

Dare I say… it is almost as if Elon Musk is not an honest man.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/

Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints

About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

Reuters
Show threadJonatan Hildén

@randahl
Reminded me of this interesting Finnish project: crowd-sourced testing of EVs in real-world conditions. Site in Finnish only, but should be easy for machine translation. Kesä is summer, kevät spring, talvi winter and yhdistetty combined.

https://fltp.fi/dl/6471c6

FLTP.fi

Finnish Light Vehicles Test Procedure, eli suomalaisiin oloihin suunniteltu kulutustestaus.

Jul 28, 2023 at 9:37amWeb