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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by rockinghigh on Sunday March 09, 2025 @08:19PM (#43315430)
Getting only 30% of the advertised range would be very unlikely unless you always drive uphill and in the cold. I've had a Model 3 and a Model Y, and would get at least 80-85% of the advertised range in average California weather.
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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 09, 2025 @09:53PM (#43316184)
If they were traveling uphill to work you’d think they would gain some of that back coming back downhill. But I’m guessing it might be very hilly terrain where the roads are not level at all. The crazier thing is that their commute is 60+ miles one way (based on saying they are lucky they can charge at work).
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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by wongarsu on Monday March 10, 2025 @03:05AM (#43317700)
I assume they leave work on a full battery after charging there for free, limiting the advantage of regen braking
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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by searealist on Monday March 10, 2025 @03:28AM (#43317823)
They are full of shit.
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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by foobar1962 on Monday March 10, 2025 @03:30AM (#43317829)
> If they were traveling uphill to work you’d think they would gain some of that back coming back downhill

It's uphill both ways.

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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by darknavi on Sunday March 09, 2025 @10:32PM (#43316430)
Looking at Tessie, my Model Y's lifetime average is 83% (289 Wh/mi at ~40,000 miles) and my Model 3's average is also 83% (280 Wh/mi at ~53,000 miles).

Most of my driving is in the Washington/PNW, so a bit more hilly and colder than California.

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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by bdangubic on Sunday March 09, 2025 @08:27PM (#43315504)
I have 2014 Tesla S and 80-85% is just about right
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Re:Tesla's team to suppress driving range complaints (2023) by numpad0 on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:21AM (#43317234)
GP wouldn't notice effects of uphill and downhill averaging out if he starts at the bottom and charges at the top. And GP is implying he do.
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