I’ve been impressed by the 2020 Bolt’s range predictions. Best case, worst case, and based on current consumption.
Sincerely, Bob Bath Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 56 y.o. vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not cluelessness. > On Dec 20, 2021, at 9:13 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I'm wondering why none of the EVs seem to have good range estimation. I > think there is a very simple solution to providing reasonably accurate range. > Maybe some of the manufacturers are doing what I'm about to describe, but > I've never seen any discussion of such. > > Obviously, if the car has no knowledge of where you are going, all it can do > is use past behavior and throw out a number. I'm really not interested in a > range estimate based on my average, I'm interested in an estimate for the > trip I'm about to take. What if you were to tell it where you are going and > what route ? Then, it would potentially know every hill and stop light. With > your past driving behavior, it should be able to come up with a very close > estimation of how many kWh that trip will take. > > Google maps has all that info. Maybe local wind info is available, too. I > understand privacy issues, but most people already have google location > turned on and have their cell phones with them while moving about. Google > already knows everything. So, could the car's software incorporate google > maps to get the info I mentioned above ? Seems like a straight forward > technology. > > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20211221/30478580/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
