I never fully understood this Reuters range investigation. I have had a Tesla Model 3 for many years now, and it tells me I can go, say, 290 miles on a full charge. When I plan a long road trip, it figures out I need to stop at a charger after about 275 miles so I have a few percent left. So I drive the 275 miles, get to the charger with roughly that amount of % charge left, charge my car and keep on going. If I really only had 150 miles of range, there's no way I would've ever reached that charger. I've done trips like this many times now. In my experience the advertised range is more or less realistic, and this is easily provable with any car.

Is it a quality control issue? Are people being confused by the massive effect temperatures have on EV range? It doesn't seem like the major conspiracy it's made out to be. Mishandled though, probably.

Why linking to an article that simply repeats what the original Reuters article says, but in an exxagerated, sensationalized and occasionally downright misleading way? To be clear, I'm never buying a Tesla for the exact reasons described in either article, and more, but I prefer things being stated more factually, less sensational:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/