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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by darth_avocado on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:21AM (#36894951)
I have a model 3. I recently took a trip of 196 miles but lost almost 270 miles in battery. I wasn’t driving like a maniac, I was on 65 mph cruise control the entire time with no traffic.
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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by mint2 on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:38AM (#36895205)
How were the Tires inflated? are they stock tires? are the rims the aero dynamic ones? were you using climate control, was their wind? Hills? Any roof cargo? All these have a big effects.

Wind can easy be a 3mpg hit for my car, that’s about 10%. Not all the difference but a couple stacked effects could get yours

Annoying all these things matter when range is constrained. Next gen batteries can’t come soon enough.

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by itsoktocry on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:51PM (#36896429)
>How were the Tires inflated? are they stock tires? are the rims the aero dynamic ones? were you using climate control, was their wind? Hills? Any roof cargo? All these have a big effects.

True. But none of this should matter if your Tesla actually "learns", as other comments claim, right?

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