Elon Musk has been lying about Tesla battery range for a decade... Tesla created a “Diversion Team” to suppress thousands of complaints

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According to a new report by Reuters, Tesla performed “intentional inflation” about the range estimates of its electric vehicles under the guidance of CEO Elon Musk.

An anonymous source said the automaker had started to use algorithms about a decade ago that would inflate projections at a full charge. Then, once Teslas reach a 50 percent state of charge, the numbers get a bit more realistic so drivers have a better chance of avoiding getting stranded, along with a 15-mile buffer that allows the vehicle to drive on battery after it reaches zero. According to the source, “Elon wanted to show good range numbers when fully charged.”
The Reuters report also claims that Tesla created a dedicated “Diversion Team” last summer focused solely on canceling service appointments from customers concerned because their vehicles fell short of the misleading range estimate shown after a full charge. According to the story, team members would hit a note on a xylophone after each cancellation, and the employees were told that each canceled appointment saved the company about $1,000.

Tesla didn’t provide a response or quote for the Reuters story, but companies like Apple have admitted issues with their prediction algorithms before. Long before the $113 million “batterygate” settlement over throttling, Apple faced the issue of the iPhone 4 dropping signal depending on how you held it. The company eventually said it was “stunned” to find out its formula for signal strength was wrong and “in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should.”

Regulators worldwide have dinged Tesla over its inflated range estimates. In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency made Tesla reduce its 2020 model-year vehicle range estimates by an average of 3 percent. And earlier this year, the automaker was fined $2.2 million in South Korea for only delivering as little as half of its cars’ estimated range in cold weather.

Across the electric vehicle industry, it’s common to see larger range numbers at a full charge and see faster drop-offs later — especially when driving on highways. EVs use significantly more energy in constant motion, with no regenerative braking being applied to give batteries some return energy, and sometimes go much further in city driving. The report was backed up by data from EV analytics firm Recurrent, which said that, based on its study of real-world versus estimated range, estimates in cars like the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Chevrolet Bolt, and Hyundai Kona were more accurate, with the Kona generally underestimating its actual range.
 
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When you charge up your battery, it is a guess on what your range. City or Highway driving can have a big impact. As you drive, the computer makes adjustments.

Now if Tesla is giving you a range of 300 miles in the winter when it is 200 miles every time you fully charge, that is fraud. The seasonal temperatures, don't radically change, so your car should be knocking your range down because of the heater and the battery performing worse.

Now range impact from city or highway, now I don't see nothing wrong giving a driver the good numbers. Battery degradation should be factored in over time.
 
I can see that. Tesla is a Pinto with a mediocre battery.

Battery technology is getting better.

It already is.

I rented a Tesla couple months ago. Drove from San Francisco to Carmel valley. About 120 miles.

It took 150 miles worth of range to get there. Then, when I got back in the car 10 hours later another 10 or 15 miles disappeared into thin air.

Last week my roommate rented a Kia EV6. It's a much cheaper much less luxurious car. However, the battery held about 50 to 100 more miles and a WAY more accurate battery gauge.

Unlike Tesla, Kia had the good sense to understand that most American driving is done on the freeway and adjusted their battery indicator accordingly.

Then again, Elon Musk is such an asshole that he included a Netflix and Hulu app on his car. That way you can watch TV while you refuel so that the guy behind you has to wait even longer.

Muska needs to carve that social media logo into his forehead Charles Manson style. That way assassins have something to aim at.
 

















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