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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test (nypost.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] skysurfer 9 points 1 year ago (23 children)

What was the EPA rated highway range? The 320 mile range is the EPA combined city/highway which you won't hit doing entirely highway but you would beat doing entirely city.

[–] ABCDE 3 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Why is the efficiency lower on highways?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It has the aerodynamics of a brick

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So does the EV9, but it exceeded the EPA range in the same test.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was a highway test though, not how EPA test the ranges

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 1 year ago

I know. But this YouTube channel, Out of Spec, runs this exact same 70mph loop in every EV. A large number of them exceed their EPA rated range in this test. I mentioned the EV9 because it's similar to the Cybertruck in many ways (a brick...), and I had just watched that range test this week.

Also worth noting the guy is a Tesla fanboy, so he's not going to deliberately make the CT look bad.

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