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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by cowsandmilk on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:03AM (#36893698)
No reason it has to show the EPA range. My family’s Subaru has “learned” that it lives in the mountains and the range estimates reflect that. And I’m pretty sure it’s a simply looking at what kind of gas mileage it got recently. When we have kayaks on top of the car, it readjusts the mileage estimates down pretty quickly.

All these comments about ICE vehicles being the same ignore that when ICE vehicles have estimates to empty, they take basic steps to try to get the estimate correct.

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by ComputerGuru on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:19AM (#36894914)
Same with my VW.
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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by mulmen on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:16PM (#36895839)
My BMW even calculates "alternates". When I have under 50 miles of range it checks the internal (no Internet service needed) database and offers a route to the nearest known gas station.
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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by patd on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:11PM (#36896764)
With your system, if I live somewhere flat and I go to the mountains, I will be out of juice during the climb. Tesla has a battery indicator in percentage and the navigation which is pretty accurate. Your ICE car has a gauge for the tank and an estimation of range.

Tesla should probably not allow you to show the battery as range as it will always be inaccurate and people will complain. But if they only show percentages, people complain as well.

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