5.0 miles/kWh: Say Hello to the World's Most Efficient Car

[segbrk]

It is intentionally misleading when the frame-of-reference is not explicitly cited! "Oh, what a tangle wen we weaved...."

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Search the Guinness World Records website

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

Are any of these what you'd call useful or straightforward?
If it's intentionally misleading, who has it misled? I have some bridges in my trench coat I'd love to sell them!
Guiness an entertainment company, not a scientific organization. To Lucid it's an advertisement. Neither of these things should ever be taken without a grain of salt. If someone is making purchasing decisions based on the headline of an advertisement in an entertainment magazine, well, I think it's fair to say that's on them.
I just think you're taking this far more seriously than is reasonable.

 

[terrycs]

Saw this post on Reddit. An AGT ran for 749 miles on a single charge in Europe! Is 6.69 m/kwh real?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lucid_Group/comments/1lup9hk/lucid_air_grand_touring_set_a_new_guinness_world

Saw this post on Reddit. An AGT ran for 749 miles on a single charge in Europe! Is 6.69 m/kwh real?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lucid_Group/comments/1lup9hk/lucid_air_grand_touring_set_a_new_guinness_world

This would be easily believable if they were using kilometers for units if measure. Nice record!

 

[marsarbu]

This is the kind of idiotic articles that a stunt like this inspires. I bet you had no idea when you woke up this morning that "range anxiety is a thing of the past". I hate click bait.

 

[borski]

This is the kind of idiotic articles that a stunt like this inspires. I bet you had no idea when you woke up this morning that "range anxiety is a thing of the past". I hate click bait.

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Range anxiety is a thing of the past.

That has nothing to do with this record, but nevertheless.

Anyway, we understand your point. But someone was going to set it. Why not Lucid?

 

[marsarbu]

Range anxiety is a thing of the past.

That has nothing to do with this record, but nevertheless.

Anyway, we understand your point. But someone was going to set it. Why not Lucid?

There are millions of EV owner that disagree with you, but we admire your confidence

Like I was saying, the best thing out of this is that Lucid's name it getting out there.

 

[borski]

There are millions of EV owner that disagree with you

Citation needed.

(I know some people have range anxiety. I genuinely believe those people haven’t done enough road trips yet or have limited themselves to a single charging network like EA. But anyway, I digress)

 

[BS8899]

Citation needed.

(I know some people have range anxiety. I genuinely believe those people haven’t done enough road trips yet or have limited themselves to a single charging network like EA. But anyway, I digress)

Here is some data, for whatever it is worth:

EV Database

Range of full electric vehicles cheatsheet. Quick reference for all plug-in hybrid en full electric cars.

ev-database.org

According to this data, the average range for these EVs is 232 miles. The top 30 or so EVs (range) are all expensive (high 5-figure $ to 6-figure $ vehicles). Thus, the weighted "center-of-gravity" range of EVs on the road is probably even lower than the 232 miles in this chart, hence the persistent range anxiety.

Keep in mind that EV range anxiety is location-dependent. Californian are spoiled with a robust EV charging infrastructure hence, there is less range anxiety travelling in an EV in CA. I think there is some decent infrastructure along the East Coast as well. Once you get beyond these regions, the EV charging infrastructure is less robust and the anxiety level is much higher.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

This is not a legitimate "record" on EV efficiency as the circumstances convolute driving efficiency and elevation change without any quantification. As it stands, it is totally meaningless, hence the skepticisms by some of us.

As a comparison, in 2019, a Virgin Atlantic 787 set a "speed record" of 801mph over Pennsylvania. https://www.thetravel.com/jet-stream-propels-record-breaking-l-a-to-london-flight-to-801-mph/). 801mph would have broken the sound barrier, i.e., supersonic flight. The 787 was/is not capable of doing that without disintegrating! It was actually riding an unusually fast jet-stream flying at sub-sonic speeds (mph with respect to the jet stream) but, @801mph when references to the ground speed. Max speed for the 787 is ~Mach 0.9. In reality, no real performance benchmark was broken. Simply, it was a sleight-of-hand by quoting the exaggerated frame-of-reference (ground-speed vs air-speed). This is the stuff students should have learned in high school.

I think the aforementioned "record" for the Lucid range is bogus and misleading. It is good for a laugh, that's all!

And right on cute to shit on others enthusiasm…. Thanks as always Oscar T Grouch.