Comment by ErroneousBosh
21 hours ago
The range of most EVs is only about 120 miles, which isn't especially useful when they take around six hours to charge.
21 hours ago
The range of most EVs is only about 120 miles, which isn't especially useful when they take around six hours to charge.
Maybe most EVs in the wild, but no way for EVs being sold today. There are only 5 cars on this list below 200: https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/electric-car-range-and-cons..., and more than half above 300.
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But I mean, you say that but if you test a car advertised as having 200 miles real-world performance then in practical terms that's about 120 miles.
You might get 200 miles if you're driving in a perfectly straight line on a perfectly flat motorway at a steady speed.
That's... weird? Maybe it's blocked in your country? The link opens just fine for me.
Those were tested numbers, not advertised though. I don't see how you'd get a drop from 200 to 120 miles, that's a 40% drop. Maybe in a gasoline powered car, but EVs can regeneratively break, so I don't think it'd make that much of a difference.
Reading some more, there are a handful of different ratings. the old European one: NEDC, the new European one: WLTP, the US EPA, and China's CLTC.
Generally the ratings from lowest to highest go EPA, WLTP, NEDC, then CLTC. The EPA rating is just a tad high I've read when you look at fast highway driving (e.g., 75 MPH), but should be within ballpark range.
I think you're under estimating the range of modern EVs.