EV battery sizes, ranges, and Tesla exaggerations
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This is a revealing interview, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" seems to apply. If you don't have time to watch the take-away is Edmunds is at best incompetent and fails to understand even the basics of testing. For example, "We don't think there is a correlation between efficiency and range" uh what? I started to feel embarrassed for that rep, scary he is the editor in chief.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1toreNTrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1toreNTrU
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This is a revealing interview, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" seems to apply. If you don't have time to watch the take-away is Edmunds is at best incompetent and fails to understand even the basics of testing. For example, "We don't think there is a correlation between efficiency and range" uh what? I started to feel embarrassed for that rep, scary he is the editor in chief.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1toreNTrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1toreNTrU
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but this does bring up the whole issue of terrible range drops with temp drops making ev's a bad choice for long drives in cold climates.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
but this does bring up the whole issue of terrible range drops with temp drops making ev's a bad choice for long drives in cold climates.
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On something like an EQS, I'd say it's a tossup on how much range matters, only because in theory, you want "just enough" battery to cover the majority of your needs. Too little is impractical, while too much means you're carrying expensive weight. The better your charging network, the more freedom you have with the cars design, IMO (no different than gas cars, really).
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On something like an EQS, I'd say it's a tossup on how much range matters, only because in theory, you want "just enough" battery to cover the majority of your needs. Too little is impractical, while too much means you're carrying expensive weight. The better your charging network, the more freedom you have with the cars design, IMO (no different than gas cars, really).
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I still say the range anxiety argument is a little irrelevant at the price point of an EQS. The Average American drives 13,000 miles a year, That is 36 miles a day....people who have $100k cars very easily can rent a nice a gas powered vehicle for the rare long trip where they don’t want to be charging jumping from charger to charger. . Of course. 300 miles of range or more is ideal, but the range issue for a EQS buyer is drastically different than someone who has no charging capability.
i have no doubt range is a BIG concern for a potential EQS owner. now a taycan? maybe not as much since that's a rocket sports car.
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