I have put over 50K miles on my two Model S, and I still obsess over the Wh/mi numbers. It's the engineer in me: Must. Optimize.
I find myself looking at the wh/mi numbers too much. Why? I don't know. Still a novelty, I guess.
A few days ago, after being at a lifetime (~4K miles) of 284 for about a month, I noticed it just dropped to 283 and let out a "Yesss!" :smile:
I keep regen on high. never considered changing the setting.Same here, except I'm at 279 wh/mi (70D). I hardly use brakes, and I drive at 62mph on a 55mph freeway.
What is your regen setting? High or low? I'm on high, but wondering if low will be more efficient.
I believe a lot of it has to do with the altitude. The air resistance at highway speeds is 10-20% less here.Your lifetime average is only 283Wh/mile? Congratulations. You need to wait for an entire year though, to make sure you're averaging in all the climate conditions. (lots of heating goes on in the winter... drives up your average)
I find myself looking at the wh/mi numbers too much. Why? I don't know. Still a novelty, I guess.
A few days ago, after being at a lifetime (~4K miles) of 284 for about a month, I noticed it just dropped to 283 and let out a "Yesss!" :smile:
That's the thing - I am not driving with efficiency in mind. Maybe I'm doing fewer launches from traffic lights than I did the first few months, but that's it. I think a lot of it has to do with driving in the Colorado mountains. Also, it's an 85D which is naturally more efficient.I cannot fathom why you'd spend all this money to buy a high performance car with negligible fuel costs, and then drive it like a monk just to save an irrelevantly small amount of money and avoid making use of the performance you paid so much for.
Yes slightly obsessed... with keeping my lifetime average over 400Wh/mi.
On a recent 1500 mile trip with some long gaps between chargers where I had to drive very carefully, our lifetime average dropped to 396Wh/mi and I am gutted... it will take a couple of months to get it back up there again!
I cannot fathom why you'd spend all this money to buy a high performance car with negligible fuel costs, and then drive it like a monk just to save an irrelevantly small amount of money and avoid making use of the performance you paid so much for.
Hope you don't think that way about the phaco pedal, too. Oh, the poor endothelium... :smile:Exactly.