Just came back to read this thread but found a train wreck.
Phil A said:
Diver, you berate anyone who gets their rainwater calculation out by a few precent but its ok for professionals to get their spin wrong by 50%?... get real.
I give accurate calculations and explain how to arrive at them for the greater benefit of all. If you want to either comment or question any information that I post, then do it at the appropriate time and in the correct thread so that I and others at least know what you are referring to.
As for the article you posted, the 'tests' were done by an inexperienced new Tesla owner in very cold and difficult driving conditions in hilly terrain. If the article and your follow up comments were posted by a new poster, I would have called troll.
A 50% reduced range in the 'test' conditions described was no surprise, after all, in addition to the hills and the driving conditions, the very cold weather necessitated the car's energy source to also provide initial heating for both the vehicle and the occupants. An electric car's reduced range in cold weather is a known fact and the additional reduced range on hills is just plain common sense.....no matter what vehicle you are in.
Would you have really expected an ICE vehicle to have attained its highway mileage figures over the same course?
Posted Saturday 10 Jun 2017 @ 1:43:31 am from IP
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