New software could get rid of EV range anxiety by making better estimates of range

October 27, 2014 | treehugger
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have made it harder for anyone to use range anxiety as an excuse for not wanting to own an electric car. A team of computer engineering professors has created software that more accurately estimates the amount of miles the car has left on a battery charge than the current technology being used in the vehicles.