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1. Technology Connections (techconnectify@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 04:42:56 JST Technology Connections

   I feel like not enough praise gets given to the Chevy Bolt's range estimator.

   Notice how to the left of the battery gauge there's a green line extending all the way up to the max number? That is an instantaneous trend line, and it is incredibly helpful!

   When you're driving fast and it's cold, it trends down to help you know you need to slow down or change the climate control to attain the predicted range. When things get better, the line moves up.

   The UI team nailed this back in 2017

   • Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Technology Connections (techconnectify@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 04:43:55 JST Technology Connections

     in reply to

     I have never seen something so useful since then, and my new Hyundai Ioniq 5 has nowhere near as useful information, let alone laid out so nicely.

     In the example I showed here, a few days ago I drove the car 70 highway miles in extreme cold and wet roads. Range was abysmally bad, and so it's predicted range after being recharged was pretty poop.

     Now, though, it is immediately trending way up because conditions are better and it's correcting. Here's after ~18 miles of driving