• money_loo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Gas cars do this too.

    Years ago I bought an Infiniti truck that advertised 18 mpg. After owning and driving it I only got 9 mpg.

    I wish the government would crack down harder on this sort of blatant misleading “advertising” so gas or electric, we’d have a better idea of what we’re purchasing.

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        1 year ago

        @Voyajer @TheTango @money_loo

        All of them … or at least most of them. The numbers given are based on limited variables and almost never include qualifiers like proper tire pressure must be maintained, easy acceleration vs flooring it, usage of AC, etc etc … which all affect fuel consumption rates.

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          1 year ago

          Nobody should expect to reach fuel efficiency targets if they don’t even attempt to drive efficiently. Your other points stand though.

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        1 year ago

        It was a QX56 before they renamed it, but like that other guy said, it’s pretty much all of them as the car manufacturers are incentivized to give you the absolute best case usage scenarios for everything, and then slap that on a sticker as if it’s real world data.