What's Up With Tesla's Unrealistic Range Estimates? is explained below.

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It was revealed last month that Tesla appeared to be exaggerating the range of its vehicles,

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Even going so far as to suggest a class-action lawsuit against the electric car manufacturer, three owners.

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But what really is happening here?

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Is Tesla faking data to trick customers into believing their vehicles have longer range than they actually do? It's not necessary

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According to C/D's tests, Tesla appears to just check how full the battery is, multiply that figure by the whole amount of range predicted by the EPA.

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