Originally Posted by
avi8orco
Most Teslas will not make it 249 miles driving through a desert like in the guy above’s example in 3.5 hrs without a charge in the middle somewhere. The most efficient Model 3 is rated for 300 or so miles which is a crock as that takes in regen braking to the calculation. Driving 249 miles in 3.5 hrs is 70 mph. EVs range drop like a rock at highway speeds since they have no way to retain energy in the battery. Add running the A/c and radio and you’d be lucky to make it 200.
My neighbor road tripped his long range model y this summer and it did 210 miles out of a 100 percent battery before the car started flipping out to find a plug. Told me next time he’ll rent an SUV. I told him my truck will go 400 miles on a tank on the highway running everything….and if I was worried about it I can get another 100 out of a 5 gallon can sitting in the bed just in case.
I have the long range M3 live 2 hours from my base 122 each way I charge to 90% and can round trip if I was feeling frisky but I’d get home with like 6% so I stop at the hotel right by the employee lot plug in charge use the bathroom and I’m good to go but All the above are correct the real world range of the m3 long range is about 260-275 at 70 mph 90% depending how you drive (consistently charging above 90 can have bad long term effects on degradation and that’s a whole other can oh worms) you won’t be getting the 359 advertised my commute is Smf to sfo