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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Aerodynamic drag increases with the square of speed. Other frictional losses might follow a similar pattern.

Cars have other sources of inefficiency too (such as idle power consumption), so all cars have a different optimum speed for maximum range (which depends on wind speed, direction & temperature too).