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Edmunds Tested: Electric Car Range and Consumption

by duncanawoods on 2/10/21, 8:20 PM with 4 comments

• by mint2 on 2/11/21, 12:08 AM

  The article missed expanding on a weird contrast.

  Some of the cars were less positive in the consumption comparison than they were in the range comparison or vice versa, but the Tesla’s were better in consumption than their range comparison.

  The consumption and range measure slightly different items, but the article should have explained what the relation was between both outperforming for a car or both performing different.

  If one car is leaving more of a buffer or not charging to 100% then the range will be effected. It almost looks like the Tesla’s are performing as rate in range but leaving a 10% buffer. If that is the case, Can the buffer be used or is it unavailable?

• by ravedave5 on 2/11/21, 2:37 AM

  "We prefer to use a higher percentage of city road driving because we believe it's more representative of typical EV use." - different tests give different results. I bet if this were instead 70% freeway the rankings would be totally different. You see the same thing with gas cars. The EPA mileage doesn't match real world because everyone drives different roads, in different temperatures, with different gas petal usage.

• by itsoktocry on 2/11/21, 12:01 AM

  Being as how ZEV credits are earned based on the battery range of vehicles, Tesla's credits are overstated as well.