Well, committed to doing the annual ski trip from London to the French alps in the Y/LR which is 750 miles door to door. Some learnings from me:
The Supercharger network appears to be as good as they say (in France
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The nav planned it all out perfectly and there was only one instance where I arrived with 7% but I was sitting at 85mph for a while that stretch. I find that 70mph-75mph is the best balance for battery / progress. First experience with 250KW charging
Throttling past the point of reaching next destination is bit annoying. Was worried about charger congestion as I went during school break but often I was the only one there lol. The French don’t seem to like EVs as all the Teslas I saw were Brits / other countries.
Ride is better on the motorway but still not great. Seats gave me lumbar aches that my BMWs never did (both had lumbar support) and I did much longer trips in those. Think they’re also too soft.
Three instances of phantom braking whilst on AP, one quite scary, where there was zero danger - that’s too many really.
That’s me 2,000 meters up. It’s been parked in sub zero temps day and night and so far only losing 1% per 24 hours. Not 1% of total battery just a 1% unit - no sentry mode tho. Dual Motor helpful up here too.
All in all, impressed and confident of doing longer trips in it. I did bring the mobile charger (and a long extension) as a last resort but was never close to needing it.
The Supercharger network appears to be as good as they say (in France
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The nav planned it all out perfectly and there was only one instance where I arrived with 7% but I was sitting at 85mph for a while that stretch. I find that 70mph-75mph is the best balance for battery / progress. First experience with 250KW charging
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Ride is better on the motorway but still not great. Seats gave me lumbar aches that my BMWs never did (both had lumbar support) and I did much longer trips in those. Think they’re also too soft.
Three instances of phantom braking whilst on AP, one quite scary, where there was zero danger - that’s too many really.
That’s me 2,000 meters up. It’s been parked in sub zero temps day and night and so far only losing 1% per 24 hours. Not 1% of total battery just a 1% unit - no sentry mode tho. Dual Motor helpful up here too.
All in all, impressed and confident of doing longer trips in it. I did bring the mobile charger (and a long extension) as a last resort but was never close to needing it.