1. Tesla's estimates are not "highly accurate". They are alleged to use a deliberately optimistic estimate when the battery is near full, then gradually switch to a more realistic estimate as the battery drains. In particular they are alleged to incorrectly account for the weather. This means the car will always display nearly the advertised number at full charge (and on a test drive). Supposedly Tesla used to use a more accurate estimate but then got orders from on high to fudge the numbers.
2. For other car manufacturers, the range estimates are not terribly inflated. The report from Edmunds claim that most EV models meet or exceed their range estimates, and cars that miss their estimates don't miss by anywhere near as much as Teslas.
1. Other companies have more accurate estimates than Tesla.
2. Tesla uses a different and more accurate algorithm when charge is low.
3. Tesla's estimates used to be more accurate.
It doesn't make sense to argue the problem is intractable when it has supposedly been solved by many companies, including Tesla itself.
>Why would you expect it to factor in _potential_ weather when giving a range estimate?
I wouldn't expect that. The cars have thermometers.
I agree the test needs a redesign. No one drives 55, and speed has a big impact on EVs due to wind resistance.
Tell me when highways, bridges, and streets are not paid by gas taxes -- you won't.
Tell me when I can trade money for reliably sequestered CO2 -- you can't.
edit: I didn't downvote them btw
We’ve decided collectively how to fund infrastructure and engage in climate action as a society. If you don’t like it, feel free to lobby your neighbors and representatives to change the law.
Why do people need to drive fast? The gains are minimal even if you stay exclusively on a lightly-trafficked freeway. In more realistic scenarios, the gains are almost nothing. You'll just be the first one to the light or traffic jam.
If there aren't a lot of trucks around, then going 55 in the right lane has less of an impact on other drivers. But if there are many trucks (which there usually are, IME), then going 10 MPH under the limit will cause a lot of headaches for all the other drivers around you.
That’s 20-25mph faster than you. At that point you’re practically impeding traffic, and having a big truck pass you is terrifying.
Just because you can legally drive 55 or maybe even less doesn’t make it safe.
Generally, you actually can't legally drive that much slower than prevailing speed.
Where these signs aren’t present, I think you’d have to be going more than 10 under the maximum limit to get a ticket.
This is different from ICE vehicles where fuel efficiency is more variable and does affect range more.