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by cptskippy 1914 days ago
> range figures no one hits in the real world

I was curious so I looked...

Wikipedia[0] says the energy of a gallon of gas is 33.70 kWh and MPGe is:

    (total miles driven) * (energy of one gallon of gasoline) / (total energy of all fuels consumed)

My Tesla Model 3 LR RWD has a government rating[1] of 130 MPGe, the odometer[2] reads 26,328 mi and 6,727 kWh:

    26328 * 33.7 / 6727 = 131.89 MPGe

So I'm doing better than the rated MPGe. I don't hypermile either, my partner would kindly describe my driving as aggressive.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equi...

[1] https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/PowerSearch.do?action=noform...

[2] https://i.imgur.com/AACiz7d.jpg