Seems like this is important enough that a trusted 3rd party tester should probably become the go to source for these numbers. If Tesla had any balls they would simply be transparent with their data. I’m sure they know what each customer is getting on their average charge to distance ratio. Massive data set should produce a pretty solid real world average.
Tosti@feddit.nl 8 months ago
All these manufacturers collect tons of data. There is no reason range estimates can’t be better.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Tosti@feddit.nl 8 months ago
My point exactly. Maybe this data should be required to be disclosed.
ExLisper@linux.community 8 months ago
My car just tracks the energy use over the last X kilometers and adapts the range accordingly. Of course it doesn’t know if the next X kilometers will be all uphill or downhill so it’s till just an estimate but it’s definitely not exaggerating in a problematic way.
Nurgle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
…the article is referring to range claims on the website/adverts not in car/on the dashboard.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Teslas also lie on the dash. They just quickly drop to their real range once you start driving.
Tosti@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Mine too. I more mean that what is put on the sticker for sales. That should be an accurate average range for normal use.
Yes we can haggle over “normal use” but the bottom line is that the ranges advertised should be better representative of reality.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Not the car, the company. Tesla records every mile driven by every model of tesla car. They can give the actual true average range as the general estimate. Instead, they dramatically overestimated and now are begrudgingly adjusting it in what’s likely the first of adjustment as the DOJ sues them for fraud.
dragontamer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
www.reuters.com/…/tesla-batteries-range/
Tesla knows exactly what they’re doing here.