News already bashing

[malba2366]

The outstanding question on the Mach E range is what were the adjustments used to get from 250 to 270 and what are the real world implications of those adjustments.

Porsche and Tesla take an opposite approach on using the allowed EPA range adjustments and those different approaches reveal themselves in vastly different real world range, Taycan vs Model S.

I suspect Ford landed somewhere between the two approaches used by Porsche and Tesla, overly conservative and overly optimistic. Only time and real world experiences will tell.

Perhaps a better standardized test will emerge that makes range comparisons more useful.

Problem is that all these nuances are lost on the general public and most mainstream media. I get why these automakers (namely VW) are being conservative, but they are handing Tesla a huge advantage. Of note, the Mach E has a higher WTLP number than the comparable model Y (AWD long range). Also you can see that Tesla's WTLP numbers are very close to their EPA numbers while other automakers are have a bigger delta between the two methodologies.

It is unbelievable to me that the EPA would allow this sort of manipulation of the numbers.

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[EVer]

Just had a co-worker text me about the bad MME range...looks like the media is already bashing. Why???

Because at large the media has hostility towards EVs.

 

[RonTCat]

Because at large the media has hostility towards EVs.

Looks like the Tesla friendly media is bashing. Good, it means we have their attention. They are correct to be scared. We are coming for them.

 

[shutterbug]

I seriously wonder how this guy has a job as a journalist. Big fail.

Yahoo! isn't really journalism.

 

[EVer]

Looks like the Tesla friendly media is bashing.

lol, really? The last article I saw on Yahoo about a Tesla was spun waaaaaay anti-Tesla.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/100-mph-tesla-model-3-183800471.html?guccounter=1

It's highly unlikely, were that an ICE car, that the theme of the article would have been about the danger the vehicle poses to the surroundings. The common pattern is that the media at large is hostile towards EVs.

 

[macchiaz-o]

Yahoo! isn't really journalism.

The original source is TechCrunch. I don't really follow TC, but I gather they have a mix of professional journalists and click bait amateurs. I know of at least one professional in the AV space who publishes there.

Anyway, the headline is lousy, and it got republished all over. My Mach-E search on Twitter first showed me results from India, for instance.

Arguably just as bad was Fox News' click bait headline:

 

[Blinkin]

The original source is TechCrunch. I don't really follow TC, but I gather they have a mix of professional journalists and click bait amateurs. I know of at least one professional in the AV space who publishes there.

Anyway, the headline is lousy, and it got republished all over. My Mach-E search on Twitter first showed me results from India, for instance.

Arguably just as bad was Fox News' click bait headline:

The Mustang Mach E doesn't need gasoline because of this ONE WEIRD TRICK (oil companies HATE it)!

 

[sockmeister]

The original source is TechCrunch. I don't really follow TC, but I gather they have a mix of professional journalists and click bait amateurs. I know of at least one professional in the AV space who publishes there.

Anyway, the headline is lousy, and it got republished all over. My Mach-E search on Twitter first showed me results from India, for instance.

Arguably just as bad was Fox News' click bait headline:

Oh boy, THIS far? I just have to know! What's this one weird mileage the Mach-E can travel that doctors don't want you to know about?

 

[sockmeister]

The Mustang Mach E doesn't need gasoline because of this ONE WEIRD TRICK (oil companies HATE it)!

Lol, I think we're on the same wavelength.

 

[EVer]

The Mustang Mach E doesn't need gasoline because of this ONE WEIRD TRICK (oil companies HATE it)!

Perfect ?

 

[JCHLi]

The Mustang Mach E doesn't need gasoline because of this ONE WEIRD TRICK (oil companies HATE it)!

If you have THIS in your garage, top vehicle doctor urges you too throw it away NOW!

 

[shutterbug]

The original source is TechCrunch. I don't really follow TC, but I gather they have a mix of professional journalists and click bait amateurs. I know of at least one professional in the AV space who publishes there.

Anyway, the headline is lousy, and it got republished all over. My Mach-E search on Twitter first showed me results from India, for instance.

Arguably just as bad was Fox News' click bait headline:

The headline could have qualified as journalism if Ford missed their target, or if it was published over a year ago, when Ford first put out it's target. "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news."

 

[SolarAB]

Just had a co-worker text me about the bad MME range...looks like the media is already bashing. Why???

Mach E has Lackluster Range

Well, when you promise 300 and only get 270 miles of range....

 

[Blinkin]

Well, when you promise 300 and only get 270 miles of range....

Uh. What. Ford promised 300 on RWD ER models and hit that target. They promised 270 for the same battery with dual motor AWD.... And hit that target too.

 

[sockmeister]

Well, when you promise 300 and only get 270 miles of range....

No, they promised 300 and got 300. All models' targets were met.

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