More terrible range estimates incoming.
Jalopnik is mostly just quoting stuff from another article that was quoting forum posts. So its basically hearsay at this point. Still, its further evidence that Cybertruck’s range is utter crap (and these original posts seem legitimate, as they originate from pro-Tesla sites).
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928563/tesla-doj-ev-range-exaggerate-investigation
https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/tesla-range-complaints-deception-electric-vehicles-battery-size.html
https://electrek.co/2023/07/27/tesla-vastly-overstates-its-vehicles-range-report-states/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/07/27/tesla-exaggerated-its-cars-driving-range-and-canceled-service-appointments-if-drivers-complained-report-says/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so-much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-range-exaggeration-lawsuit-breakdown/
There’s some kind of misunderstanding between you and @eltimablo. I’ve removed both of your posts / insult-fest from below. Please be nicer.
As far as I can tell, everyone agrees that Tesla regularly lies about range estimates. But also EV firmware updates can change ranges (though only through small amounts: like 5% due to various software optimizations and the like). I think the disagreement between the two of you was revolving on how much this matters. But the bulk of both of your points seemed to be agreed upon, so I’m confused why the discussion got out of hand.
Thanks. It was such a dumb argument.
How does any of this relate to “software updates can improve EV range” in any way whatsoever? In no way have I suggested that Tesla didn’t lie about their ranges.
As a moderator: I’m cutting off the discussion from here. Below are a bunch of stupid insults between the two users above. I get that tempers can get heated at times, but that doesn’t mean the insult-stream deserves to stay unremoved.
Other guy is butts
Removed by mod
Removed by mod
Removed by mod
Removed by mod
Removed by mod
At no point has this person defended Tesla. I get that you want to pick a fight with Tesla fanboys and have your script ready to go, but you should actually use it against people defending Musk. Go to the comments section of that verge article or go to Reddit instead.
Removed by mod
Removed by mod