The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal

Re:The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal by saagarjha on Sunday January 28, 2024 @03:06AM (#39163462)

Sorry, I might be missing something. What does mpg even mean for an electric vehicle? When measuring efficiency I typically see miles/kWh, which to my knowledge is not fudged (except for “this may not match real-world driving” etc.)

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Re:The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal by daemonologist on Sunday January 28, 2024 @03:18AM (#39163521)

They take the energy content of a gallon of gasoline when burned (for the EPA, 33.7 kWh) and convert the efficiency from miles/kWh to mpg using that figure.

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equi...

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Re:The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal by aksss on Sunday January 28, 2024 @03:23AM (#39163539)

"The energy contained in 1 gallon of gas is equivalent to 33.7 kWh (kilowatt hours) of electricity. So for example, if an electric vehicle can travel 100 miles on 33.7 kWh of electricity, it would be rated with an MPG equivalency of 100 MPGe."

https://www.merchantsfleet.com/future-of-fleet/mpge-explaine...

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