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31-08-2020, 12:40 PM
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or why never to trust marketing...
The Adjustment Factor
Digging into the specifics of EV range quickly uncovers a rabbit hole of dense technical documents, such as the SAE's 32-page J1634 standard (https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j1634_201707/) that governs range and efficiency testing. Here's the summary: EVs are strapped to a dynamometer—essentially a treadmill for cars—and repeatedly run through a test regimen that ends only when the battery is...
Stretching the Truth -- How Tesla games the testing rules to boost their official EPA numbers. (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/stretching-the-truth-how-tesla-games-the-testing-rules-to-boost-their-official-epa-numbers.291798/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/stretching-the-truth-how-tesla-games-the-testing-rules-to-boost-their-official-epa-numbers.291798/).
or why never to trust marketing...
The Adjustment Factor
Digging into the specifics of EV range quickly uncovers a rabbit hole of dense technical documents, such as the SAE's 32-page J1634 standard (https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j1634_201707/) that governs range and efficiency testing. Here's the summary: EVs are strapped to a dynamometer—essentially a treadmill for cars—and repeatedly run through a test regimen that ends only when the battery is...
Stretching the Truth -- How Tesla games the testing rules to boost their official EPA numbers. (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/stretching-the-truth-how-tesla-games-the-testing-rules-to-boost-their-official-epa-numbers.291798/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/stretching-the-truth-how-tesla-games-the-testing-rules-to-boost-their-official-epa-numbers.291798/).