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In response to "generally in law school we were taught that this is fraud -- (link)" by hollywood big shot

Nothing new for automakers to take a best case scenario as the stated range/mpg rating.

Posted by TWuG Jul 28 '23, 09:55

And these are all approved by the EPA as within the acceptable range of estimates even if on the higher, more unlikely side.

The bigger issue here is most cars don't have an in-car way to track actual mpg and gas gauges aren't terribly accurate anyway.

This is people thinking environmental factors and driving styles shouldn't affect range as much as it does because they never notice that happening in ICE vehicles because there isn't a gauge for it.

Tesla takes the drive like a grandma in good weather estimate. Porsche went the other way with the Taycan and lowballed their estimates by nearly 50%.

Thew newest Tesla in car energy app gives a breakdown of what is consuming range so drivers can see where they can make improvements and what is an effect of environment.

https://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/your-fuel-economy-gauge-is-fibbing.html#:~:text=Edmunds%20Testing%20Finds%20Overestimated%20MPG%20Is%20Common&text=In%20fact%2C%20Edmunds%20testing%20reveals,the%20editors%20at%20Edmunds.com. (www.edmunds.com)

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do other automakers staff up an entire office to gaslight the cheated customers? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 10:18 1
- You mean tell customers there's nothing wrong with their vehicles? Yes. There's nothing wrong with the range estimates (approved by the EPA, remember) - TWuG Jul 28, 10:29

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Nothing new for automakers to take a best case scenario as the stated range/mpg rating.

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