CNBC report: not bad, driver obviously likes the car, typical mistakes on the numbers, lots of joking about what to do at rest stops.
They will be following the route up to Milford during the morning, so more live reports to come.
Yeah. Decent job but again, throwing out wrong numbers. He did state 265 miles EPA the first time then repeated 285 miles multiple times. Also 85 kilowatts instead of 85 kWh. Didn't really dig into why Broder's claims other than he didn't charge all the way.
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I'm not arguing with you, but I'm a bit troubled by the inconsistency of this particular argument. When leaving a charging station with "enough" rated range, he was criticised for taking rated range too literally. When he left that morning with only 32 miles rated range, he was criticised for not taking the range estimate seriously enough. Broder may be a tool, but I'm not sure we can have it both ways. I repeat again that poor real-world range estimation is a serious problem once we get beyond the more savvy early adopters.
The real world estimate is not bad, he was just looking at the wrong number. The Rated range is based on the EPA 5 cycle test so not valid at 65-80 mph in winter with heat on. He never bothered to look at the projected range which was there, has nothing to do with savvy early adopters. That's like looking at your fuel gauge in a gas car and expecting it to last exactly the EPA highway estimate of 25 mpg even though you are driving 80 mph.
There is no explanation for taking off with less range than you need to get there. None.