Re:Real-world ranges for Teslas 50-60% of EPA Range
by jsight on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:17PM
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Define better? Should it be the last 15 miles of downhill driving into Baker, CA? The last 20 miles of 85+ along a high speed interstate? The last 20 miles of city driving?
TBH, other cars tend to do some mystical formula that is some approximation of the above. There's a reason that they get called guess-o-meters.
I 100% understand that quite a few people prefer that, but it does come with some interesting downsides too.
Re:Real-world ranges for Teslas 50-60% of EPA Range
by Merad on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @07:54PM
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My Toyota RAV4 Hybrid provides a distance to empty number that "learns" based on your driving habits (probably just averaging your MPG over the last 3-4 tanks, or something like that) and IME at least it's usually extremely accurate. Several times I've driven the car down to just 5-6 miles left on the DTE. When I did that it took almost exactly 12.5 gallons to fill up, and the car has a 14.5 gallon tank with 2 gallons held in reserve.
If Toyota can manage do it, I'm pretty sure that Tesla can. I'm just not sure that they want to.
Re:Real-world ranges for Teslas 50-60% of EPA Range
by twobitshifter on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @07:50PM
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Is that actually true? Even the 2014 i3 estimates range based on past driving data. I don’t think Tesla would just program in a magic number and leave it at that.
> It is even more complicated for a Tesla owner because the range displayed on the dashboard does not factor in the effects of temperature, driving efficiency or post-sale modifications. It is only when driver requests directions to a destination that the vehicle begins accounting for temperature and driving conditions.
I can kind of understand why? But I also don't believe that it would be impossible to use a better estimate even when you don't have a destination set.