![]() Want proof? Let’s take a look at the 68 MPGe and 49 kWh/100 mi figures achieved by a familiar face, the Ford F-150 Lightning with the standard range battery pack. Clearly, something is very wrong here, because if the figures for MPGe and kWh/100 mi were both accurate, they’d be incredibly close to each other. What’s wild is that, in accordance with EPA procedure, after a correction factor is applied to laboratory testing to calculate MPGe, that MPGe figure is then converted back to kWh/100 mi for the official kWh/100 mi rating. Why does the Lordstown Endurance have such a bad MPGe rating when its kWh/100 mi rating is better than that of its competitors? If we back-calculate, 48 MPGe combined works out to 70.22 kWh/100 mi, which is much higher (worse) than the 48 kWh/100 mi rating on that same EPA label. Lordstown hasn’t disclosed whether that 109 kWh is gross capacity or net usable capacity, but that wouldn’t account for a range that much worse than the F-150 Lightning’s. Plus, if the 48 kWh/100mi figure is right, then - knowing that the Lordstown Endurance’s 109 kWh battery pack is bigger than that of the F-150 Lightning’s 98 kWh unit - then shouldn’t it offer more range than the 49 kWh/100mi F-150 Lightning? You’d think so. So if the Endurance needs less energy (in kWh) to travel 100 miles, then how can it also require more energy (in units of 33.7 kWh) to travel 100 miles? It makes no sense. If you look at the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T’s 49 kWh/100mi rating, that’s actually worse than the Lordstown Endurance’s figure. More Efficient Than The Competition, But Also Less Efficient? However, something feels off - if the Lordstown Endurance gets substantially worse MPGe than the F-150 Lightning and the Rivian R1T, why is its kWh/100 mi figure nearly identical to those of established competitors? Look closely and you’ll notice kWh/100 mi printed in tiny font below the MPGe figures. In pretty much every EV’s trip computer, energy consumption is displayed as either mi/kWh or kWh/100 mi, and that latter unit makes its way onto EPA labelling, too.īelow is the EPA fuel economy label for the Lordstown Endurance, alongside labels for the Ford F-150 Lightning with the standard range battery pack and the Rivian R1T on 22-inch wheels. Very rarely will EV owners use precisely 37.7 kWh of electricity, and charging stations certainly don’t use 37.7 kWh as a base unit. ![]() While this is a useful way to compare EVs to gasoline-powered vehicles, it doesn’t feel particularly useful in the parlance of EV use. This odd initialism stands for Miles Per Gallon equivalent, but what does that even mean? Basically, it’s how many miles an EV can travel on 37.7 kWh of electricity, or the same energy found in a gallon of gasoline. ![]() Let’s start with the most confusing metric - MPGe. However, delve a little deeper into the numbers and nothing on the Endurance pickup’s EPA label makes sense at all. To make matters worse, the truck achieves the worst MPGe of any 2023 model year EV rated by the EPA at just 48 MPGe combined. For those keeping track at home, that’s just 25 miles more range than a base-model Nissan Leaf and 56 miles less range than a base Ford F-150 Lightning. This crew cab behemoth is rated for a range of just 174 miles. ![]() EPA figures are out for the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup truck and they aren’t good.
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