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Tesla have to provide an estimate. That can take into effect some aspects, temperature, weather, but it will always be an estimate.
"Lost miles" are due to physics, battery chemistry & probably sentry mode.
ICE cars are very inefficient & use brute force to make progress. Generally people don't notice their diesel is using loads of fuel when cold. EVs are more efficient & all sorts of things make a difference.
For anyone researching before buying a Tesla - plenty of youtube videos (Bjorn Nyland, Andrew Till, EV Man, R Symons) explaining this, I'm sure there are plenty of forum posts here, stickies here. Worth knowing how to get the best from any car.
"Lost miles" are due to physics, battery chemistry & probably sentry mode.
ICE cars are very inefficient & use brute force to make progress. Generally people don't notice their diesel is using loads of fuel when cold. EVs are more efficient & all sorts of things make a difference.
For anyone researching before buying a Tesla - plenty of youtube videos (Bjorn Nyland, Andrew Till, EV Man, R Symons) explaining this, I'm sure there are plenty of forum posts here, stickies here. Worth knowing how to get the best from any car.
- Weather
- Temperature
- Water in air (humidity, rain) & on road surface
- Air pressure
- High winds
- Heat - better to use seat heating rather than air (pretty minor)
- Sentry mode on - computer is on, uses energy
- Heating battery, stop, reheat might take a lot of energy depending on situation & length of stops
- Pre-heating for Supercharger - you can swap kWh for time by navigating to a nearby point (hotel, shop) rather than Supercharger, might take a little longer to charge, but saves some kWh/money
- Luggage - worth buying a towbar version & towbar luggage instead of roof box - I'm looking at YOU Andrew Till - top-box to Italy - pfft!
- ICE vs EV - acceleration in an ICE uses a LOT of fuel, EVs - not so much. High-cruising speed in EVs have a bigger effect because EVs are more efficient & air-resistance is a bigger factor.
- Drop 5mph can make a huge difference
- Tyre pressures (lower in cold as air pressure related to temperature, less range with low tyre pressures) - I prefer setting to higher end of range if I'm starting a long trip or series of them.
- Driving, smooth, one-pedal driving vs unnecessary use of brake
- Possible to have a sticky brake, check temperatures (hand, temperature gun - dunno)
- New energy graph/details worth investigating
- 3 tabs, Drive, park & Consumption - below is just from "Driving" tab
- Driving
- Climate
- battery Conditioning
- Elevation (up/down hills)
- Everything else
- Gren - good (better than car expected)
- Orange - worse than expected
- 3 tabs, Drive, park & Consumption - below is just from "Driving" tab