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Woland Jul 28, 2023

Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken

Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken - lemm.ee

Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to improve the actual distance Tesla cars could drive between charges, according to an investigation by Reuters.

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Pokethat Jul 28, 2023

And this is why I think plug in hybrids are the way to go for most new car buyers for the next few years. Unfortunately greenies think im a plague doctor peddling useless herbs and the diesel heads are convinced that I invented a way to replace testicles with soybeans.

A PHEV uses 5x less critical material than a compatible BEV, and people with one of these can be in ev mode 80% of the time or at least run the gas engine but get way higher carbon efficiency than ICE alone.

Unfortunately the new IRA bill nuked federal rebate for most of them and dealers are still charging an arm, leg, kidney, and firstborn in dealer markups

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PersnickityPenguin Jul 28, 2023

A hybrid does not use 5x less than an EV unless you’re car weighs 1/5th that of a normal car.

My bolt weighs 3600 lbs. Including battery. Does your car weigh 720 pounds?

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Saneless Jul 28, 2023

“critical materials”

Could mean lithium or cobalt or something that’s harder to come by than steel or aluminum

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Proweruser

That’s the problem when people just invent words. Nobody knows what they mean.

Lithium is not hard to come by.

Cobalt is used sparingly in batteries or not at all. You know where it’s used a lot? Gasoline desulfurization. So your hybrid uses up a ton of Cobalt.