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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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[–] snowe@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Regenerative braking only can recapture something like 2-5% of lost energy. The bigger factor is exactly what the other person said.

[–] murderisbad@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

This is just not true. Regenerative braking is much more efficient than that.

[–] flyingjake@lemmy.one 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure where that number came from but according to Wikipedia the conversion from momentum to electricity loses 10-20% and the conversion from electricity to battery storage is another 10-20% leaving a theoretical recovery at 60-70%. In real world tests, Teslas recovered 20-32% range with regenerative braking, a far cry from 2-5% you cite. https://electrek.co/2018/04/24/regenerative-braking-how-it-works/