Utterly Unrealistic Range Tests Are Uninforming And (Mostly) Useless
, the story of a wild range test of the Chevrolet Bolt EUV was shared. To commemorate the launch of the vehicle in Brazil, GM’s South American division worked with a local university to wring out as many miles as possible from the vehicle’s battery pack. The result? Just over 900 kilometers, or 560 miles.
As you can see, there was no energy used for climate control or for battery conditioning, so it’s pretty clear that things were absolutely ideal for this test.I don’t want to be a total naysayer, so I’m going to start out with the things I like about ideal conditions tests like these. Like anything academic and theoretical, utility is limited, but not zero.
The other benefit is also scientific. Gathering data on the top possible efficiency of the vehicle under ideal conditions gives scientists, researchers, and students of all kinds data they can use for things most of us don’t think of. One thing I can think of right off the bat is that a researcher studying the use of EVs in emergency evacuations can get ideas on how to aid such evacuation efforts.
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