Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints

Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by pi-rat on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:57AM (#36893591)

And much more than one would intuitively think.

I just finished a long drive for summer vacation. Driving through Denmark (completely flat) at 130 km/h would absolutely wipe the battery, would be surprised if I managed even 350 km on a full charge. Driving over the mountains in Norway however, from 0m elevation to over 1000m and down again, at slower mountain roads (max 80 km/h), yielded almost 500 km on single charge.

I did not expect flat+high speed vs hill-climbing+low speed would be that dramatically different.

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by brookst on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:03AM (#36893688)

Air resistance is proportional to square of velocity. That goes up pretty quickly!

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by aaronblohowiak on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:48AM (#36894429)

And the power required to move against the air goes up by the cube of speed (as you multiply the resistance times your speed itself.)

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by medvezhenok on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:42PM (#36902927)

I imagine that regenerative braking has a role here too. When you're going downhill the battery can recharge itself to some extent.

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