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That's called a Jedi Mind Trick.

You can reset the data all you want. You're wasting time and effort. It will always be wrong. It used to be spot on accurate in the beginning, but it was changed to kowtow to the people that complained.
It's still closer to what you can expect vs long term data. That's typical of any machinery. I was just making sure the OP knew it existed. What anyone does with it is up to them.

I did caveat it with "until you start driving". We can expect different results under different conditions (weather, city vs highway, etc)
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I created this little matrix to show the ESTIMATED effect of temperature and effect of avg speed on range. I hope it helps. As Zprime stated... if you need to get a certain mileage on a trip. Monitor your MPK (131 kWh battery so, ever 10% you use is 13.1 kwh) as you go and do the math to figure out if you will get there or need to slow down to maximize efficiency. I'll go as far as resetting one of trip monitors once I get on the highway so my MPK is not polluted by any city driving that was done to get to the predominate interstate or highway.
I keep a spreadsheet for my Lariat ER tracking the date of charge, miles driven since last charge and kWh added. My calculated mi/kWh at different ambient temperatures is pretty close to the values in your matrix.
 

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Yeah, my Ram didn’t get 15/22 either.
It comes as a surprise to most new EV drivers that unlike their ICE vehicles, which get better fuel economy at steady highspeed on the highway than in city driving, EVs are LESS efficient at steady highspeed highway driving, than in the city. The reason is regenerative braking in the EV (helps its efficiency) vs. the extra gasoline required for accelerating in stop-and-go city traffic.
 

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If you drive a lot of city driving you will see numbers of close to 400 miles on the guess a meter.
On the highway - no wind - warm temperatures - not going over 70 mph - you should see between 2.0 -2.4 miles per kWh
Once any of those variables are changed it only goes down from there
You will get good with math in your head.
13 kWh / 10% of battery.
I wish that our Lightnings’ GOM Range display had a setting that (instead of the mysterious “guess” range that is the bane of so many on this forum) would display a “dynamic“ range based upon the instantaneous mi/kWh x the remaining battery kWh. On highway, you would know immediately how to adjust your driving in order to have enough range to get to the next charger (if you have 57 miles to go, drive so that your “dynamic range” number stays at or above 67mi, or whatever arrival safety factor you can tolerate).
 

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I wish that our Lightnings’ GOM Range display had a setting that (instead of the mysterious “guess” range that is the bane of so many on this forum) would display a “dynamic“ range based upon the instantaneous mi/kWh x the remaining battery kWh. On highway, you would know immediately how to adjust your driving in order to have enough range to get to the next charger (if you have 57 miles to go, drive so that your “dynamic range” number stays at or above 67mi, or whatever arrival safety factor you can tolerate).
100%, I also would much prefer the stored energy gauge be displayed in kWh not percentage. It is mind boggling to me that they measure efficiency by m/kwh, but then measure capacity by %
 

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100%, I also would much prefer the stored energy gauge be displayed in kWh not percentage. It is mind boggling to me that they measure efficiency by m/kwh, but then measure capacity by %
In these massive computers on wheels, no reason we can't have both. Imagine that, options. 😆

I can't imagine these weren't discussed at length by highly-paid people. Then they decide on this?? They CAN'T be driving Lightnings (or MME) full time.
 

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They CAN'T be driving Lightnings (or MME) full time.
It’s as though everything was geared toward the never-before EV owner, rather than the needs of the same driver after 6 months experience in their Lightning or MME.
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