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The old Nissan Leafs that look like bugs can easily get 5+ miles per kWh in warm weather with careful driving. Car shape does a lot here.

In China the Tesla Model 3 gets 634km/394miles out of 62.5kWh battery on CLTC, which is 6.3 miles/kWh.

Wow - that’s an insanely useless test then. Because I own a 60kwh Tesla 3 and it can hardly travel 250 miles on a 100% charge in any reasonable scenario.

The Chinese EV test cycle typically gives like 30-50% more than than the EPA's