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Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to improve the actual distance Tesla cars could drive between charges, according to an investigation by Reuters.
Honestly there should be a law which makes car companies (tesla especially) publish ranges based on real world conditions
That will never happen. They will either just make numbers up, use cars without interior and always “test” in california where it’s warm and straight.
Maybe this will inspire the law. We can call it the “stop Tesla lying act”
Although to be fair, my 2012 Kia Hybrid also grossly over estimates it’s MPG. So much so that I also thought something was wrong with it when I first bought it, so it’s not just Tesla. MPG and range absolutely need some strict regulation on it with some real teeth if companies get caught gaming the system.
Iirc toyota also says that Land cruiser 300 can do 1200 km and despite having 110L tank, I refuse to believe that.
Maybe a better way of testing would be to use the car for a month and then averaging it.