exxxviii
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The real problem here is EPA. Their ratings for EV are just stoopid.I’m not questioning the EPA result. I’m questioning its usefulness.
I bought the car three years ago knowing I would never hit the actual number because I like to research things.
For the general public that is used to highway mileage is better than city mileage, using a non-repeatable (at highway speeds) number as your selling point is a problem.
Companies like Porsche that derate this value, get it.
MPGe? What the heck. Did a room of middle schoolers concoct this? This is supposed to represent the miles of the equivalent gallon of gas, which they decided is 33.7. The heck!!? They forever tied EVs to something going obsolete and unrelated.
Then, the EPA combined range definition is 60% city and 40% highway. That made sense for gas, but they should at least swap it for EV.
Then, allowing automakers to arbitrarily derate performance with no controls? Really, that is utter anarchy.
There is really only one automaker, well maybe two, that seem to take EPA testing seriously and publish accurate results: Tesla and Hyundai. Audi is using the 5-cycle test, but not many of their cars are rated yet under that standard.