“automotive testers and regulators continue to flag the company for exaggerating the distance its vehicles can travel before their batteries run out.” - from the article.
EPA required Tesla to reduce advertised range by 3%, when in reality the number is often 25% lower, or according the S.Korean regulator, 50% lower in cold temps.
~$2.2m fine in S.Korea and no fine from what I could see in the US.
Shitty company breaks law to boost profit because the benefits way outweigh any risk. Truly a story we’ve never heard before.
In the article they talk about range estimates done by car itself. So you are driving and thinking you have 50 miles, while actually only 30 miles left.
Not a Tesla fanboy but just noting EV range in general can be quite hard to predict - there’s a huge drop off in efficiency at higher speeds, so driving through town I may get 350 mi range on my 300 mi rated EV6, but on the freeway at 75+ mph, I probably get less than 250.
Not surprised Tesla exaggerates their range though. YMMV.
Isn’t the epa responsible for publishing and testing the numbers?
“automotive testers and regulators continue to flag the company for exaggerating the distance its vehicles can travel before their batteries run out.” - from the article.
EPA required Tesla to reduce advertised range by 3%, when in reality the number is often 25% lower, or according the S.Korean regulator, 50% lower in cold temps.
~$2.2m fine in S.Korea and no fine from what I could see in the US.
Shitty company breaks law to boost profit because the benefits way outweigh any risk. Truly a story we’ve never heard before.
In the article they talk about range estimates done by car itself. So you are driving and thinking you have 50 miles, while actually only 30 miles left.
Not a Tesla fanboy but just noting EV range in general can be quite hard to predict - there’s a huge drop off in efficiency at higher speeds, so driving through town I may get 350 mi range on my 300 mi rated EV6, but on the freeway at 75+ mph, I probably get less than 250.
Not surprised Tesla exaggerates their range though. YMMV.
Hard to predict means that half of the time you would under estimate the mileage, if done correctly. This is not what is going on here.
It isn’t much better if they are doing it though… CNBC’s YouTube did a video on why EV range is flawed. Video
TL, DW: Most EV estimates from the EPA window stickers are lower than stated by an average of 12.5%.