cwerdna
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Not sure if we already have such a thread... Post stories of it here.
Today, I was at https://www.fremont.gov/2089/Experience-Electric-Campaign to test drive a bunch of vehicles. I've test driven the Rav4 EV a few times before. I was a bit dismayed the the saleswoman that rode along had some misinformation about the range. She seemed to be under the mistaken impression that the Rav4 EV's range was either 76 miles or between 76 and 103 miles. I was like "say what?" I told her I knew the EPA range rating was 103 miles, supposedly obtained by the 80% 100% averaging. She knew about 103 miles being in small print.
After finishing the test drive I looked carefully at the sticker. (Pic at http://www.myrav4ev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3067&sid=31e81345f6a3fb2c4cbb6da52d81c96a#p3067). Well, she confused 76 MPGe as being some measure of range or possibly the lower bound. :roll:
I wonder how many others are doing that. That'll really hurt the Rav4 EV's sales, but then again, it's not like Toyota wants to sell over 2600 of them..
On a similar note, we had similar (but worse) garbage going on w/the Leaf: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11867. They took the 102 MPGe number (http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Nissan-LEAF-sticker.jpg from http://insideevs.com/nissan-leaf-side-by-side-range-comparison-2012-vs-2013/2013-nissan-leaf-sticker/) and confused that w/its range. :roll:
Today, I was at https://www.fremont.gov/2089/Experience-Electric-Campaign to test drive a bunch of vehicles. I've test driven the Rav4 EV a few times before. I was a bit dismayed the the saleswoman that rode along had some misinformation about the range. She seemed to be under the mistaken impression that the Rav4 EV's range was either 76 miles or between 76 and 103 miles. I was like "say what?" I told her I knew the EPA range rating was 103 miles, supposedly obtained by the 80% 100% averaging. She knew about 103 miles being in small print.
After finishing the test drive I looked carefully at the sticker. (Pic at http://www.myrav4ev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3067&sid=31e81345f6a3fb2c4cbb6da52d81c96a#p3067). Well, she confused 76 MPGe as being some measure of range or possibly the lower bound. :roll:
I wonder how many others are doing that. That'll really hurt the Rav4 EV's sales, but then again, it's not like Toyota wants to sell over 2600 of them..
On a similar note, we had similar (but worse) garbage going on w/the Leaf: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11867. They took the 102 MPGe number (http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Nissan-LEAF-sticker.jpg from http://insideevs.com/nissan-leaf-side-by-side-range-comparison-2012-vs-2013/2013-nissan-leaf-sticker/) and confused that w/its range. :roll: