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		tekla on July 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of... I meant EPA average usage. And good it shouldn't.

mlyle on July 27, 2023 [–]

Very few people attain EPA average efficiency, so insisting on putting a range indicator based on EPA averages seems silly.

Most ICE cars calculate range based on a long term average of a person's usage with some small amount of pessimism. Why should an EV do worse?

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