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0 pointsTheRealSteel2y ago0 comments

How can you say nobody cares about city range? That's all I care about.

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Because people don't tend to drive non-stop for hundreds of miles at cities (except perhaps taxis)? You also always have a charger nearby.

But the range is calculated based on the energy efficiency, and all drivers (should) care about that number, since that's the cost.

Range != Efficiency. Electric motors are all pretty efficient. It has more to do with how big a battery they were able to squeeze into the thing.

This is different from ICE vehicles where fuel efficiency is more variable and does affect range more.

People don't generally drive 200 miles in the city in one stretch.

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Because people don't tend to drive non-stop for hundreds of miles at cities (except perhaps taxis)? You also always have a charger nearby.

But the range is calculated based on the energy efficiency, and all drivers (should) care about that number, since that's the cost.

Range != Efficiency. Electric motors are all pretty efficient. It has more to do with how big a battery they were able to squeeze into the thing.

This is different from ICE vehicles where fuel efficiency is more variable and does affect range more.

People don't generally drive 200 miles in the city in one stretch.

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