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A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

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1321 points kwindla | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.371s | source
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bufferoverflow ◴[25 Apr 25 17:52 UTC] No.43796607[source]▶
150 mile range makes it close to useless. As soon as you take it on a highway, the range will likely drop by half. Which means you can only do a round trip of 37 miles before you have to charge.

Even a very aerodynamic Model 3 loses half of range at highway speeds.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vkz0SOnR45Gved9B-q9n...

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1. plorg ◴[26 Apr 25 05:36 UTC] No.43801195[source]▶
The range figure is determined by a test regulated by the EPA and actually does account for a variety of driving conditions, specifically including highway driving. The graphic you linked to actually shows that the advertised range is very close to the range at all highway speeds.