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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles (insideevs.com)

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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles::Also, the charging speeds are below par, but on the flip side, the sound system is awesome and the car is “a dream to drive.”

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My 2008 city golf has gotten 600kms on 55L(typical fill for me is about 52 litres)

Thats all highway driving and not being an idiot.

Im lucky to get 400 kms on a tank in the middle of winter just driving to work and back. Think the worst i got is 385 kms.

I dont understand why people are so upset at not getting the listed mileage when literally every car is only as good as the driver.

Ive delivered auto parts in a 2014/2015 prius V hybrid (not plugin) doing about 1500 kms a week.

Depending entirely on how i drove i could get 735 kms to a 35 litre tank or about 490 kms. Same route. Just how you drive. Idling and acceleration are the most important factors in real world driving that effect your fuel efficiency aside from how much extra weight is being hauled around

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Electric cars don't idle

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You misunderstand why i mentioned that it seems. Allow me to clarify.

The point is not how ICE and EV differ, it was brought up to support the real world issues that cause a listed range to be untrustworthy because how you operate a thing effects its perfmance.

I do not drive an EV and did not spend 8 hours a day often 6 days a week driving one around the city i live in so i cant say i have relevent experience to say how much idling effects the EV, but if a device is on, its using energy to stay on, so idling at lights will have some kind of drain on the battery that will give you less range.

How can it not? It wont be the same i totally agree but I cant imagine it wont make some kind of difference

Lights will be on, typically you will be listening to something on the entertainment system, passengers will also using whatever features exist but just multiple screens on while the vehicle is "running"

Again i dont use an EV so i admit i dont know all you might be doing in one that will be used, but i think im more ignorant of what can drain it while on and not overstating anything

Thank you for the response

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lights will be on, typically you will be listening to something on the entertainment system, passengers will also using whatever features exist but just multiple screens on while the vehicle is “running”

yeah that's different. I was talking about the engine/motor.

Lights and sound will barely affect an EV battery. maybe you'll lose 5 miles (at most) of range.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Okay but you are picking specifics and arent acknowledging the point im making, so i have to assume you missed my point.

If you only drive 10k to work and 10k home, and you have to stop at a lot of lights then you are constantly starting and stopping. The need to stop your movement, then get back up to speed aka stop and go traffic is going to absolutely gut your mileage, EV or ICE.

That same 20k every day that is mostly just staying in motion is going to be drastically different for your overall mileage. If you also drive aggressively and speed a lot you are going kill that mileage even more in stop and go traffic.

So again the listed mileage is under ideal conditions which is never what you see

My point is how you drive and what you encounter will determine how close you will get to the listed mileage value no matter what vehicle you drive. Its pretty naive to complain about it just because Elon Shithead is trying to sell a ridiculous vehicle and is a shithead

Theres much better and more honest arguments/factors to point out if you want to complain about Cybertruck or tesla in general.

But thank you for letting me know that the internal electical features barely factor in to EV mileage. Its good to know if im ever able to afford an EV

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

No I get your point. But there are a few details.

The need to stop your movement, then get back up to speed aka stop and go traffic is going to absolutely gut your mileage, EV or ICE.

Regenerative braking is supposed to help. I don't really know how much though, so ignore my point here

Elon Shithead is trying to sell a ridiculous vehicle and is a shithead

LOL this is completely true though. I'm never buying a tesla. there are better EVs.