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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test (nypost.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test::A YouTuber took Tesla’s Cybertruck on a ride to see if it can actually hit its advertised 320-mile range, only to find out that its could only reach 79% of the target. When YouTuber Kyle Conn…

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Is this any different than EPA rated MPG listed on vehicles? Obviously their quoted range is an absolute best case scenario. Still fun to meme on the cyber truck though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Tesla has been known for a long time to game EPA numbers. Here's an article from 2020 talking about it: https://insideevs.com/news/407807/eletric-car-real-world-range-tested/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's not a best case scenario - it's a precisely repeated series of accelerations, cruising with a specific amount of resistance applied to the wheels, and braking.

It won't match any real world drive. In the real world there are other variables, traffic, wind, hills, speed limits, etc. It's also intended to be a fairly typical highway drive, so in ideal conditions you will do better than the EPA range. Down hill, for example, the cybertruck can drive forever (unlike an ICE, which is so inefficient it uses energy even going down hill).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Modern ICE cars do not use fuel when coasting down hill. The computer completely shuts off the fuel injectors when coasting and the physical energy from the car rolling keeps the engine turning over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's cool. I didn't know that. Obviously no regen braking so won't ever quite be as efficient downhill as an EV, but I'm glad ICE cars considered this and have a fuel/environment saving solution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I've found EPA MPG estimates to be fairly accurate. Unless I'm driving aggressively or there's a lot of elevation change the highway average has been spot on the EPA number in every car I've driven enough to pay attention to the MPG.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Because a lot of other EVs that he's run on the same test exceed the EPA numbers, some by a quite considerable margin. The Taycan for example is well-known for exceeding the EPA estimates by as much as 50%. He recently tested the EV9 (a brick) on the same test in similar temperatures, and it also exceeded the EPA numbers.