EPA vs Lucid

[bwilson4web]

By accident, I came across this:

Ordinarily the city MPGe is higher than the highway metric, see Tesla metrics, because of lower aerodynamic drag from lower speed. This is a puzzle.

Bob Wilson

 

[teslarati97]

I thought the range tests are done indoors on a dynamometer without aerodynamic drag, run through cycle testing until limp mode, and then recharged to full. This is indeed a puzzle.

 

[bwilson4web]

I thought the range tests are done indoors on a dynamometer without aerodynamic drag, run through cycle testing until limp mode, and then recharged to full. This is indeed a puzzle.

A set of 'roll down' coefficients are measured to determine the actual vehicle performance on a 'Standard Day.' These are converted to dynamometer to predict the mileage. The EPA shares these roll down coefficients which can calculate the drag power at any given, Standard Day, speed.

Bob Wilson

 

[teslarati97]

Yes but the coefficients should be in Tesla's favor because Tesla is superior to Lucid.