Can You Beat 73 Wh/mi?

[PianoAl]

I was surprised to see an efficiency of 73 Wh/mile, then realized that we'd just driven home from a higher altitude picnic. I'd noticed that we'd gained 2% SOC by the bottom of the hill.

 

[Izzyz28]

I can drive home from the top of Pike's Peak and have negative consumption, not sure what feedback you're looking for. Way to go I guess?

 

[LoudMusic]

I can drive home from the top of Pike's Peak and have negative consumption, not sure what feedback you're looking for. Way to go I guess?

I did that while vacationing in the area. Seems like we used 30something percent going up and got 17ish coming back down? I made a post here about it at the time

 

[PianoAl]

Way to go!

Why, thank you.

 

[tstafford]

Ferry ride?

 

[someguywithcar]

-80 Wh/mi. 13 mile trip.

It is neat to see, but really you only see efficiency if you do a round trip.

 

[tstolze]

Clingman's Dome into Pigeon Forge, 32 miles, -75Wh/mile

 

[fholbert]

I can drive home from the top of Pike's Peak and have negative consumption, not sure what feedback you're looking for. Way to go I guess?

Admin(s), Can we get a PARTY POOPER emoji?

 

[supergeek]

-383wh/mi.

I have a lot of experience with long downhill drives in WA. The Model Y LR battery actually gets heat soaked pretty easily and I’m quickly at 100% regen the whole time and using friction brakes through the corners.

Most of my really impressive -4k or -5k feet drives down from Rainier, Hurricane Ridge, etc top out around -115wh/mi. The battery just can’t take much more than that.

I bet in something with a spicier batter/charge curve like a Taycan you could really get great numbers down those long mountain roads.

 

[mpgxsvcd]

-383wh/mi.

I have a lot of experience with long downhill drives in WA. The Model Y LR battery actually gets heat soaked pretty easily and I’m quickly at 100% regen the whole time and using friction brakes through the corners.

Most of my really impressive -4k or -5k feet drives down from Rainier, Hurricane Ridge, etc top out around -115wh/mi. The battery just can’t take much more than that.

I bet in something with a spicier batter/charge curve like a Taycan you could really get great numbers down those long mountain roads.

That nuts. I put my 18” wheels and Hankook iON EVO AS tires back on the 2024 Model 3 Performance this morning and efficiency improved dramatically.

This isn’t a loop style test but it is almost flat. I hope to get 350+ highway miles on a single charge with the 2024 Model 3 Performance when I test it next month.

 

[gottagofast]

wouldn’t the wh/mile need to be negative to gain SoC?

 

[Izzyz28]

Admin(s), Can we get a PARTY POOPER emoji?

Sorry hoss, that's just how these cars work, nothing extraordinary going on. I drove 25 miles home from the Pike's Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday and used precisely 0 energy, but used 20% getting up there. If someone does a round trip of a reasonable distance and expends 0 energy, I would love to see how Tesla has broken the laws of physics.