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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test (nypost.com)
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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test::A YouTuber took Tesla’s Cybertruck on a ride to see if it can actually hit its advertised 320-mile range, only to find out that its could only reach 79% of the target. When YouTuber Kyle Conn…

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[–] farcaster 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One difference is EVs have regenerative breaking. Using your brakes in an ICE is 100% wasted energy, while regen breaking in an EV returns some (I don't know what percentage) of the car's kinetic energy back into the battery.

[–] rdyoung 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hybrids have regen as well. Some phevs and some evs let you set the regen strength so you can either brake by letting off the accelerator (highest return to the battery) or you can just coast (lowest return) or somewhere in between.

For more info, look for one pedal driving. If either my current or last car had adjustable regen I'd probably be able to do even better with efficient driving.