Drag Coefficient Estimates: R1T versus Cybertruck. And 265 mile range?

[evhelphub]

TroyTeslike estimates 294 miles at 100% SoC

He does good work, but there is approximately a 0% chance the EPA number will be less than 300, even if Tesla has to do some magic with it.

We also have no idea what conditions the vehicle was driven in and what the guess-o-meter is showing based upon that.

There is just absolutely no chance Tesla would let the number be below 300. Real world range? Different story.

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[DuoRivians]

He does good work, but there is approximately a 0% chance the EPA number will be less than 300, even if Tesla has to do some magic with it.

We also have no idea what conditions the vehicle was driven in and what the guess-o-meter is showing based upon that.

There is just absolutely no chance Tesla would let the number be below 300. Real world range? Different story.

Doesn’t really matter, imo. They’re nowhere near 500 or 350 even

 

[KootenayEV]

He does good work, but there is approximately a 0% chance the EPA number will be less than 300, even if Tesla has to do some magic with it.

We also have no idea what conditions the vehicle was driven in and what the guess-o-meter is showing based upon that.

There is just absolutely no chance Tesla would let the number be below 300. Real world range? Different story.

I expect it will be similar to the other 4 models Tesla builds right now; ie it isn't a GOM; it is instead a more granular representation of battery capacity rather than %. Each km of range is equal to a static value of Watt-hours (~142 Wh in the case of my 2018 Long Range RWD Model 3). The GOM part of a Tesla doesn't show up unless you are using navigation, and it displays somewhere else.

 

[Stickboy46]

265 miles?!

Also of note in that picture .. That A pillar ... sure is gonna be fun. You are basically just begging people to run over pedestrians with that.

 

[evhelphub]

I expect it will be similar to the other 4 models Tesla builds right now; ie it isn't a GOM; it is instead a more granular representation of battery capacity rather than %. Each km of range is equal to a static value of Watt-hours (~142 Wh in the case of my 2018 Long Range RWD Model 3). The GOM part of a Tesla doesn't show up unless you are using navigation, and it displays somewhere else.

You're right. I'm too used to my ID4. I forgot Tesla uses "dumb" range as the default display. I always used battery percent personally. I do think they will show a 300 mile range, which is what was advertised initially. I just think the price will be quite a bit higher.

 

[SANZC02]

I expect it will be similar to the other 4 models Tesla builds right now; ie it isn't a GOM; it is instead a more granular representation of battery capacity rather than %. Each km of range is equal to a static value of Watt-hours (~142 Wh in the case of my 2018 Long Range RWD Model 3). The GOM part of a Tesla doesn't show up unless you are using navigation, and it displays somewhere else.

You threw me for a minute when I saw 142 Wh, I am thinking wow is Model 3 twice as efficient as the Model S that uses 290. Then I realized you were talking KM and I was hearing miles…

 

[KootenayEV]

You threw me for a minute when I saw 142 Wh, I am thinking wow is Model 3 twice as efficient as the Model S that uses 290. Then I realized you were talking KM and I was hearing miles…

Sorry! I was just bugging my teen last night about showing his units in a math question lol. Yes I meant 142 Wh/km =~ 227 Wh/mile.

 

[Throwdown]

265 miles with 800v charging is more than 90% of what people need probably. I'd love my T to have the smaller battery with an 800v architecture

 

[DuoRivians]

265 miles with 800v charging is more than 90% of what people need probably. I'd love my T to have the smaller battery with an 800v architecture

Except v4 chargers aren’t going to be ubiquitous by any means over the next few years. And by 2026, Rivian and others will also have 800v charging out.

If Tesla and Tesla stans didn’t hype up this CT to such levels, none of this would be as amusing as it is now.

 

[COdogman]

265 miles with 800v charging is more than 90% of what people need probably. I'd love my T to have the smaller battery with an 800v architecture

Is there any proof the CT has 800v?

 

[DuoRivians]

Is there any proof the CT has 800v?

I think it will

 

[Dark-Fx]

Except v4 chargers aren’t going to be ubiquitous by any means over the next few years. And by 2026, Rivian and others will also have 800v charging out.

If Tesla and Tesla stans didn’t hype up this CT to such levels, none of this would be as amusing as it is now.

Supposedly Tesla is able to put the higher voltage cables onto the v3 cabinets but they would still need to upgrade the power hardware as well. v4's primary advantage is the longer cable to reach other vehicles (and the CT)

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

Those models don't appear to include that giant unit of a wiper sitting on the windshield either. We already know it was an afterthought. Imagine the drag if the wiper is in motion on the way down while driving forward

Wait, you don't know it's actually not just a wiper but also a super-mega-awesome spoiler with built-in musk juice squirters?

 

[DuoRivians]

Therapy session over at this place:

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...rtruck-driven-by-marques-brownlee-mkbhd.9969/

Narrative from “Cybertruck gonna get 500 miles!” to “You only need 300 miles anyway!”

 

[Dark-Fx]

TFL really needs to get one of these on the IKE to do their towing test. That's the one that really matters for truck people.

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