I thought the EPA rated highway range was below 300 miles for the RWD, less for the AWD/P. Is that not true?
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I thought the EPA rated highway range was below 300 miles for the RWD, less for the AWD/P. Is that not true?
True. And Discount also allows you to buy their road hazard on tires you bought somewhere else, or that came new on the car. Saved me at least $400 on the last set of run flats that came on a car I bought. I intend to go and buy road hazard in my Model 3 tires when I take them in to have the wheels swapped out.
Knightshade
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No, that is not true.
It's 310 miles for all of them.
This is because Tesla asked them to lower the RWD to 310 (from the 334 their actual testing found) to match the AWD tested numbers.
Some more on that here
Here’s how Tesla played with EPA ratings to advertise all Model 3 versions with 310-mile range
Sorry, I should have made that clearer: Yes, you're right its 310 miles of rated range for all the trim levels. However, 310 is the range in the EPA combined cycle (highway AND city driving.) I am not sure if there are numbers for highway driving only, but I don't expect to get 310 miles of range on the highway. More like 290 best case.
Well, if you keep the speed down you might get 310 or more. Don't really know. I do know that at 55 mph you can go a long way past the rated range in a Leaf, haven't tried it in my Model 3 yet. And, yes, there is still a 55 lane where I live, so you don't have to worry about getting run over.
Oh yeah, I am sure you're right and it mainly depends on speed. I don't know what the EPA highway cycle is testing for. Where I live 55 isn't really a practical highway speed, but I realize that it's location dependent.
