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by HWR_14 1056 days ago
That makes sense. But if Tesla is going to do that, surely their less informed estimation shouldn't be so naive and use historic data. Why would Tesla guess I'm in stop and go traffic when it knows I spend 80% of my time on a highway. Shouldn't it aim for either the most accurate or most conservative naive number?

As the article points out, it also switches to a significantly more accurate estimation once the battery is half discharged.