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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by lelanthran on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:27AM (#34124943)
> and basing his entire decisions on what the car's guess-o-meter says for remaining milage is pretty crazy IMO.

What are you supposed to base it on? Does your EV come with a working crrystal ball? Should I read the car's horoscope?

I mean, really, I've read stupid statements, but blaming the user for trusting the displayed battery capacity on a device really takes the cake.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by simfree on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:33AM (#34134886)
The guess-o-meter doesn't reflect the actual state of the battery, but rather what it has seen in the recent past, hence OP should toggle to battery percentage and trust that instead of a known inaccurate estimator.
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