Electric vehicles performed WORSE in EPA estimates than gas-powered cars: The EV push is a RIGGED SCAM

 Testing director Dave VanderWerp showed proof that EVs routinely perform far worse than their claimed EPA highway fuel economy numbers - while gas-powered internal combustion engine vehicles, by comparison, perform equal to or even greater than their advertised EPA highway fuel economy numbers.

The paper compares the EPA fuel economy and range estimates provided by vehicle manufacturers to that of Car and Driver's real-world highway tests, this being a gold standard benchmark for measuring true fuel economy.

"Basically, we've taken a look at how vehicles perform relative to the values on the window sticker, looking at the difference between what the label says and what we actually see in our real-world highway test," VanderWerp explained during a presentation at SAE International's annual WCX conference.

"We see a big difference in that gap between gas-powered vehicles and the performance of EVs. The real question is: When first-time customers are buying EVs, are they going to be pleasantly surprised or disappointed by the range?" Buyer beware: EVs are not all they're cracked up to be In its 75-mph highway test, Car and Driver evaluated more than 350 internal combustion vehicles, which averaged 4.0 percent better fuel economy than what was stated on their labels.

"The combined rating is weighted 55 percent in favor of the city figure, where EVs typically perform better." "This inflates the range estimates, making it harder to match in real-world highway driving. The paper proposes publishing both city and highway range figures - as with fuel-economy estimates for gas-powered vehicles - to give shoppers a more holistic sense of a vehicle's abilities." To be fair, the Environmental Protection Agency's highway cycle test is different from the Car and Driver 75-mph test.

The former shows slightly better results for EVs than the latter, but the fact remains that EVs are being falsely advertised on paper as delivering much better performance than they actually do in the real world.

"The marketing team wants to tout a big range number, but to customers you want to be conservative." VanderWerp's paper recommends that the EPA shift the reduction factor in its test closer to 0.6, which in laymen's terms basically means to adjust the measurements for highway versus city street travel, the latter of which tends to show better figures for EVs.

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