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Re:Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range,... by lewisgodowski on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:49PM (#36991638)
> in every EV range comparison I’ve ever seen, teslas are the ones that can’t meet their claimed range by a fair margin. Other brands are almost always close to accurate or in some cases do noticeably better than claimed.

What's your source? Cause I don't think that's true... [1][2]

[1]https://youtu.be/fvwOa7TCd1E?t=2233

[2]https://youtu.be/xg6-Vc9CSwk?t=2589

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Re:Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range,... by Tarragon on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:36AM (#36999106)
Carwow is in the UK and tests the claims against the European WLTP test. The claim is that Tesla doesn't meet their EPA range ratings.

Here's InsideEV's comparison to EPA range where Tesla is a huge outlier:

https://insideevs.com/news/679024/recurrent-tesla-range-lowe...

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