like2short
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The first mile event used a lot of heavy throttle. Hee haw!While I generally agree with you, people don’t keep a trailer hitched while driving most of the time and the trailer use case dramatically decreases range, particularly at speed. I had 1/3 the range driving 75 on I5 towing a 4x8 trailer in my Model Y (900 Wh/mi), 1/2 the range driving 65, and 3/5 range at 55.
My point is that for more common use cases, additional range can make things more convenient and not having it can be annoying. All this said, could just be that the test vehicles show lower range as more people are routinely flooring it skewing the range algorithm for the car.
as regards to big battery or not. A Tesla plaid recently set a coast to coast Time record. The drivers used an interesting strategy to minimize time. They drove Fast, stopped frequently. They Depleted battery to 10 percent and charged to only 50 percent. They figured out that this method maximized time on the road and minimized total charging time. This worked Because the battery charges at a higher rate when depleted and the charging slows as it becomes more full.
On a long range model 3 tesla, they estimate 1 stop from Woodhills to Vegas at a total of 5 hours for a 290 mile trip. With the standard range it’s 2 stops for a total of 5 hours 10 minutes. Long range is 358 and Standard is 268. The recommended stops are not “fill ups”.
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