ELECompare FAQ
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- Q: What is this website about?
- A: It's a collaborative comparator of electric vehicles.
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- Q: Electric vehicles… are hybrid, plug-in hybrid and EV with a range extender allowed?
- A: No, this website is 100% dedicated to battery electric vehicles.
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- Q: This website is collaborative, so I can add data. How?
- A: Once you're logged-in, you can click on buttons to create data.
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- Q: Which data can I add/change?
- A: You can add cars, attributes, and change cars attributes and picture.
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- Q: There is no button for changing a car attribute or picture, how do I change it?
- A: Simply double click on this car attribute.
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- Q: When I want to change a car attribute, I can specify a source. What is it?
- A: It's simply a link to a page where you found the data. Specifiying trusted sources will greatly improve this website quality.
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- Q: Which unit do I have to use for all this data?
- A: Don't do any conversion, just use the unit specified in your source.
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- Q: Is there a preferred way to write down the numbers?
- A: Yes, please write the number without space, with a dot as the decimal separator. Separate the number and the unit with a space. Don't put any space in the unit. Eg: "54.3 kWh"
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- Q: Can I have a list of accepted units?
- A: Of course: cm, cm³, floz, ft, ft³, hp, in, in³, kg, km, km/h, km/kWh, kW, kWh/100km, L, lb, lbft, m, mi, mi/kWh, mm, mpge, mph, m³, Nm, Wh/km, Wh/mi
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- Q: My changes are not taken into account, is there a manual validation?
- A: Yes, moderators manually check your suggestions, and approve/reject them.
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- Q: How can I become a moderator?
- A: Once 10 of your changes have been approved, you'll automatically become a moderator.
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- Q: Ok, now I'm a moderator. How do I validate things?
- A: Just click on the "Admin" button, you'll see other's propositions. Just click on Reject or Accept.
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- Q: In what case do I have to reject a proposition?
- A: When there is no source, when the source is incorrect, when the number isn't well formatted, where there is no unit, when the unit is wrong.
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- Q: Can I validate my own propositions?
- A: Of course not.
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