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[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, all cars I drove consistently showed 10% over the actual speed I was going, when compared to GPS speed.

[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I recently bought a new car and found that, basing upon the difference showed on my speedometer and the google maps displayed speed, it’s closer to 5% over actual speed until around 100km/h when it falls to a flat 5km/h over (tested up to around 130km/h displayed speed). All cars are calibrated to show higher speeds on speedometers than actual speed, but the variance isn’t always as high as 10%.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Currently driving a 2025 Volvo EV which shows 1–2 km/h over actual speed at 40 km/h.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I was only driving analogue shit boxes from the 90s ;D