Because a lot of other EVs that he's run on the same test exceed the EPA numbers, some by a quite considerable margin. The Taycan for example is well-known for exceeding the EPA estimates by as much as 50%. He recently tested the EV9 (a brick) on the same test in similar temperatures, and it also exceeded the EPA numbers.
TheIllustrativeMan
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He ran his standard test. Most other EVs in this test exceed the EPA range, most notably he recently tested the EV9 (a literal brick) in similar temperatures.
It's worth noting that he recently did the same test, with similar temps, in the EV9 (which is also super inefficient on the highway), and got over the EPA range. IIRC most of his range tests exceed EPA numbers.
It'll never happen, even if there was the will to do it the city doesn't have the money (or the tax base to bring in that kind of money).
That's what I'm saying though, we got rid of those regulations, and it still doesn't matter. Banks want parking. Banks limit height. Banks limit unit counts. Developers routinely propose some pretty decent housing products, where they've run the numbers and they work, then go to get it financed and it very rapidly gets cut in half and turned to shit.
The only solution is for the city to finance and build themselves.
The big problem is V2L/V2H/V2G aren't a part of the CCS or NACS standards, so each manufacturer is out doing their own thing that doesn't work with anyone else's thing. Makes it more expensive (specialized hardware/software), and complicates changes down the road.
I'd be surprised if they really try to push the BYD brand in the US. I think Geely is probably taking the right approach in using brands with varying degrees of establishment (Volvo, Lotus, Polestar).
I mean they sell a shit-ton of cars, so I don't think it's that surprising. Telsa also gets posted like crazy. Less bots, and more people who are excessively attached to the brand probably.
I mean whoever she ends up running against in the primaries (or general) will have a field day with "she represented her district so poorly she had to change to ours".
I think standard openings will get more and more moves added to them, but even at the highest level of chess there are still many valid openings, and many valid responses to each of those openings. Then, even after playing those "known openings", it very quickly ceases to be solved.
You start with a piece handicap. It's interesting for both because it makes it competitive, but also completely destroys the better player's knowledge base because they're missing important pieces, making it more about intuition.
I play this way with a friend that I'm like a thousand points higher rated than. With a rook+knight handicap, it's very competitive, we probably each win about half the time.
So does the EV9, but it exceeded the EPA range in the same test.