Posted on 07/27/2023 8:39:21 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Electric vehicle manufacturers have exaggerating the driving range of their vehicles by more than twice as much as advertised in some cases, according to a study by SAE International. On average, electric vehicles (EV) fall short of their advertised range by 12.5%, according to a study by SAE International. The study included 21 different brands, and revealed that EV manufacturers as a whole inflate the range of their vehicles far beyond their actual capabilities. Tesla seems to be inflating the numbers far more than other brands. SAE International revealed that the range displayed on Tesla vehicle’s dashboard is 26% lower than the car’s ability.
This led to a slew of service requests by Tesla customers. The employees denied these requests because, in reality, the batteries did not need to be fixed; they were just operating at a level far below advertised. Tesla employees were informed that they save the company 1000 dollars every time they turn down a service request. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 30: A tesla vehicle is displayed in a Manhattan dealership on January 30, 2020 in New York City. Following a fourth-quarter earnings report, Tesla, the electric car company, saw its stock surge to another record high Thursday that blew past estimates, giving the leading maker of electric vehicles a market valuation of $115 billion. Shares of Tesla (TSLA) rose 10.3%, closing at 640.81, a new closing high. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The exaggerated range can be attributed to the testing procedures prescribed by the EPA. Although most manufacturers follow these guidelines, Tesla uses additional testing that may boost the car’s purported range. “I’m not suggesting they’re cheating. What they’re doing, at least minimally, is leveraging the current procedures more than the other manufacturers,” said Gregory Pannone, an expert on EV’s. This is not Tesla’s first time being accused of such transgressions. South Korean regulators fined Tesla $2.1 million for exaggerating the performance of their vehicles in 2019. The fine came after it was discovered that Tesla cars drove half of their advertised distance when used in cold weather, according to Reuters.
He is busy on DeSantis threads.
Yawn.
Golf carts have worķed fine for decades.
Only need enough time at the range to get to the 19th hole....
No reasonable prosecuter charges for violating the Laws of Physics any more.
YMMV :)
Its all about control, they can control electricity
Big Auto has been screwing with gas mileage figs for decades, why would it come clean with regard to EVs...
How exactly do they come up with the number?
Putting any vehicle on a fixed roller and letting it run until it stops is quite different than road conditions.
Even if you schedule accelerations and stops, your actual set of accelerations and stops will be different and yield a different result.
And if you attempt to factor in use of AC, headlights, and radio it gets even more error prone.
“On golf courses and in super markets.”
Those are successful using the old fashioned led-acid batteries.
EVs for the most part are totally useless. They don’t work well in cold or hot weather when AC or heat are required. They can’t handle mountainous terrain without draining the battery quickly.
As with every consumer product, the design and build quality will deteriorate to make room for price increases for quality models. This will, in turn, result in lower battery performance, but more importantly, more EV fires.
Having had a phone battery fire myself, I can tell you all it is surprising to say the least. What looks like a harmless little phone can easily burn your house to the ground or your car to ashes.
Older EV’s will have to be parked away from residential buildings.
I had the same question. Seems to say the opposite of the point the author is making.
Box cars for us conservatives.
Yep, it’s easy to underestimate just how much energy is stored in those little phone batteries.
I was thinking of Pfizer products....
Yup, there’s another one.
The Chinese have fields of EVs rotting,
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They come in lots of 10,000 fully registered and licensed. Now they are running out of space to store these vehicles made to provide the production numbers required by the Party. Solution?
Export to the US.
Report: China Looks to Flood U.S. Market with Cheap Electric Vehicles
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4171003/posts
How’s the ocean’s garbage islands with all the plastic water bottles going?
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Ask China and Africa where 99.9% of it comes from.
I can’t see any market for a five year old EV with 150,000 miles on it considering the cost just to replace the batteries when they ultimately die.
Now you know why the car manufacturers were QUICK to jump on the EV wagon...they will have the ENTIRE car market because not a single person in their right mind would purchase a used EV - PERIOD!
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