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What's with these weird, grandiose generalizations I've been seeing about America on this site, based on single data points?

Do you realize that other brands and models exist in the USA? Do you realize Tesla is and American company? Did you even check look into Chevy Cruze's mileage? Here's a guy getting 70mpg in a Chevy Cruze by driving 55mph on the highway. That's 30km/l.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15341744/the-prince-of-pa...



I'm not even american, but it is getting so tiring. Especially when it comes from europeans, something about throwing stones from glass houses I guess? Self loathing americans aren't much better since they usually have a completely laughable view of the outside world ("America is a third world country!!").

It's not even the fact that most of those generalizations are factually false, it's mostly just that it leads to every. single. discussion circling back to be about the USA.

(It reminds me of the super patriotic american circlejerk on the internet a decade+ ago, that had tons of europe bashing/america exceptionalism. But with the sides reversed and the delusional misplaced self-praise mostly coming from Europeans.)


Tesla is not an efficiency king either though... My 2016 ioniq does ~12kWh/100km whereas tesla is closer to 22kWh/100km


My 2021 volkswagen e-Up can easily do 10kWh/100km, but then it's pretty small and light.


In my defense - I replied to someone who gave the 31mpg number. I should have verified that information myself first.




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