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I've been interested in a 3 for a little while now. For those driving it, what kind of range is realistic? I have a 325 mile round trip commute that is all interstate with a super charging station at the half way point. Also, I assume the battery will drain a little while it sits in the employee parking lot... if so, how much?
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On the other hand, favorable conditions - warm temps, driving on back country roads (~40mph), etc - can extend advertised range significantly (~30%).
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So let's say you have to buy electricity to charge your Tesla, and you pay the average $0.12 kWh to do so (just for numbers).
A M3 gets 4 miles per kWh best case, or for his 325 mile drive would cost about $10.
A car getting 40 mpg like a Chevy Cruze or similar with gas at $2.50/gal would cost around $20.
In other words, if he's doing this four times a month, paying for electricity at normal rates (not supercharger rates which are much higher, around $0.25 per kWh which is double the median household rate) would only save $40/month best case. And he's already going to have to use a supercharger at least somewhat, so that cuts it down even more.
IOW, the cost savings isn't really tremendous compared to another commuter car...and you're putting a ton of miles on your $50k electric car and depreciating the battery like a bat outta hell.
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Check the various a Tesla forums. I am a big fan of the concept of the cars. Reliability and customer support have been terrible. It can take days or weeks for them to respond to non running cars. A friends car spent over half its time the first year unusable. He finally dumped it after giving up on trying to get Tesla to do the right thing and buy it back.
I think the model 3 is brilliant. A brilliant non working car however is just a Yugo called another name.
I think the model 3 is brilliant. A brilliant non working car however is just a Yugo called another name.
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Check the various a Tesla forums. I am a big fan of the concept of the cars. Reliability and customer support have been terrible. It can take days or weeks for them to respond to non running cars. A friends car spent over half its time the first year unusable. He finally dumped it after giving up on trying to get Tesla to do the right thing and buy it back.
I think the model 3 is brilliant. A brilliant non working car however is just a Yugo called another name.
I think the model 3 is brilliant. A brilliant non working car however is just a Yugo called another name.
The model 3 is selling at a rate of around 100,000 a quarter if there was any major problems they would be well known by now.
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This article suggests they sold so many cars that service fell behind:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2...e-battery.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2...e-battery.html
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