Comment by ErroneousBosh
2 days ago
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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.
I've driven some brand new 3-digit-miles Kia Niro EVs, which start off indicating 200 miles range but have dropped to 150 by the time I get across town, and after about 100 miles total driving they're screaming at me to find a charging point.
The real-world performance does not match the advertised performance.