Hypermiling for the next generation.

[watsongrg]

For Maximum EV Efficiency, Stick to 25 Miles an Hour, Ignore Angry Drivers

‘Hypermilers’ in pursuit of extreme fuel efficiency in electric cars invite road rage with painfully slow driving. ‘They don’t understand what’s going on.’

www.wsj.com

This was a thing in 2006 with the Prius. Now the new generation of EV buyer is making their mark.

There’s a reason all the Prius’ and Leafs were driving slowing. That’s where they are most efficient, and deliver at or more than their rated range. Tesla is no different.
News flash…. Its an electric car.
You can have speed or range, but you can’t have both.
Gotta run with the little dogs now and line up behind the Prius and Leaf, if you want the rated range. Tesla isnt magic. Physics rule. It’s a big Nissan Leaf.

Electricity has very little energy density.
1 gallon of gas = 33.7 kW of electricity.

So let’s put that into perspective. Your new model Y carries about 2.3 gallons of gas!
Had our previous gas tanks held 2.3 gallons, everyone would have slowed down long ago.

The beauty of electric is what it CAN do, with so little energy, if you slow down and wise up.

 

[jcanoe]

To increase your popularity with the other drivers always nestor in the left lane.

Seriously, you share the road. Obey traffic laws; drive at the speed limit when conditions permit. Don't hold up traffic and incite road rage or contribute to causing an accident. If you want to hypermile do it on a little used secondary road (good luck finding one) or spend a day at a track doing low speed laps until you run out of charge.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

Electricity has very little energy density.
1 gallon of gas = 33.7 kW of electricity.

So let’s put that into perspective. Your new model Y carries about 2.3 gallons of gas!
Had our previous gas tanks held 2.3 gallons, everyone would have slowed down long ago.

The beauty of electric is what it CAN do, with so little energy, if you slow down and wise up.

but who cares?

You'll probably have enough electricity to get where you're going and then get back home where you can take a charge. No need to "slow down"

So let’s put that into perspective. Your new ICE needs to go to the gas station! [1]




[1] but at least you can make some charitable contributions to all the panhandlers there. Maybe buy one or two of those all day "sausage" things

 

[JustJohn]

Don't people in general have somewhere to be?