Just deal with numbers and facts and what came out of the Media release. That is what I believe in things you can actually prove. To name one Kyle 2.1 mi/kw @ 45 oF at 70 mph bang right on what you should expect for a 250 mi car and in accordance with the EPA numbers and 0.7 scalar for that speed and temp.
One advantage of the late release is that at lot of the media tests are being done in the colder temps so those that have to deal with cold winter temps are not getting a sugar coated summer range and then having to guesstimate the actual impact of the colder temps.
I suspect that "on pavement" -- as opposed to "on paper" -- the MME will have the same range as a MY. This isn't so much the window stickers are lying as it is that (1) manufacturers are legally able to use different methodologies in calculating the sticker; and (2) drive trains can be tuned for better efficiency on different cycles. It's why the window sticker on a Tesla Model S can show 140 more miles of range than a window sticker on a Porsche Taycan but end up having the same range when on a real road.
Don't know per se, but it's likely to be apples-to-oranges comparing to the AWD because the GT has the large motor on the front axle too. Two large motors is bound to consume more power and reduce range, in the same way that the AWD has 10% less range than the RWD.
Cherry picked numbers are not "facts". Anyone with experience with BEVs would know that you are not going to get 2.1 mi/kWh driving at 45 MPH in an MME. It's about as believable as getting 10 mi/kWh, which BTW I could do without breaking a sweat. Cherry picked number can show whatever you want them to: A Prius gets 7 miles/gallon on a cold morning when going to the grocery store, but it would be daft to expect this to be the mi/gallon number anyone would actually get.
I'd be surprised if it stays that way. I agree that cutting the charging power to just 15 kW at 80% seems highly excessive. Almost ridiculous, in fact. Most of the charge curves we've seen for other vehicles that are capable of high-power charging tail off around 50 kW.
Most definitely. I haven't paid close enough attention, but AFAIK it is typical for BEV's to come out with a more conservative charge curve and buffer until metrics are available. Thereafter things aer tweaked to improve
3.1 miles/kWh would not be unreasonable depending on conditions and how he was driving. The bigger issue is taking a short amount of driving and projecting it over longer drive cycles/periods.
Interesting. So to summarize, they did a range test at 125 km/h (78 MPH), and got 335 km (208 miles) out of the AWD ER (270 mile EPA). Actually they said "we calculate", so I'm guessing they did something like a sample segment at that speed to get a good miles/kWh reading then extrapolated (which is what I plan to do too).
The test was done in Ontario on a fall day. You can see in the video the parked cars have what seem to be Ontario plates. Plus the reviewer is based in Toronto so it makes sense since there was a demo car there.
