Lifetime Average Wh/mi

[gg_got_a_tesla]

After a memorable almost-1,300 mile roadtrip filled with 80-90 mph runs between superchargers on I-5 and a spirited 420 Wh/mile run through the Grapevine (my god, this car can pull like a freight train up an incline without breaking a sweat!!), crossed 17k miles. My lifetime average ticked up from 314 to 315 Wh/mile again:

 

[dpodoll]

Wh Miles State Battery Wheels N LastUpdate
297 ~ 3793.7 ~ HI ~ 60 ~ 21 ~ 1 ~ 2013-12-31

 

[Al Sherman]

My December and Lifetime numbers.

303Wh/mi 962.7 mi IN P85 19 1

300Wh/mi 7376.3 mi IN P85 21/19 1

 

[efusco]

December was my worse month in over a year of ownership. Still not 100% sure what made it so terrible, it was a little colder than last winter, but not so much so as to account for the dramatic decrease in efficiency I'm seeing here. The car went to St.Louis Service and had a new alignment and wheel balance, tire pressures were at 45psi all around and no change in driving style... In fact, I was probably much more conservative than last December b/c I'd just gotten the car and was really enjoying the power/torque/speed and spent a lot of time showing it off to friends and family. Lifetime dropped from 309 Wh/mi to 314 Wh/mi in one month despite having over 23,000 miles on the vehicle! Very frustrating.

Lifetime-314/23569/MO/S85/19
Dec.-359/1765/MO/S85/19

 

[jerry33]

 

[dirkhh]

dirkhh 356 1398 OR 60 19 1 12/31/2013 (Dec)
dirkhh 327 7806 OR 60 19 1 12/31/2013 (Lifetime)

 

[roblab]

December was my worse month in over a year of ownership. Still not 100% sure what made it so terrible, it was a little colder than last winter, but not so much so as to account for the dramatic decrease in efficiency I'm seeing here. The car went to St.Louis Service and had a new alignment and wheel balance, tire pressures were at 45psi all around and no change in driving style... In fact, I was probably much more conservative than last December b/c I'd just gotten the car and was really enjoying the power/torque/speed and spent a lot of time showing it off to friends and family. Lifetime dropped from 309 Wh/mi to 314 Wh/mi in one month despite having over 23,000 miles on the vehicle! Very frustrating.

Lifetime-314/23569/MO/S85/19
Dec.-359/1765/MO/S85/19

Evan, I'll bet it's power used by the resistance heater. When my resistance heater is on, my wh/mi goes up 50 to 100 easily. And you can't tell when it's on, unless, UNLESS you're watching the wh/mi very closely.

I turn the thermostat to "LO", turn the fan to "1" outside air to the windshield to keep fog off. I drive when it's sunny for infrared heat (thank you CA). My Wh/mi are sitting at 308. If I have the temp on (let's say 68), I immediately start using battery by the ton. The car starts heating the outside air and pumping the warm car air to the outside.

I drive with blankets and gloves at times. Don't expect everyone to do that, but the alternative is to use battery powered resistance heating.

 

[ZBB]

Here's my update... Dec alone was 10 Wh/mi higher than Nov -- we had a cold spell in AZ in early December -- temps near freezing in the mornings for over a week.

Lifetime:
ZBB 298 9,423.0 AZ 60 19 1 12/31/13

December Only:
ZBB 304 1,124.0 AZ 60 19 1 12/31/13

 

[Al Sherman]

Evan, I'll bet it's power used by the resistance heater.

Not sure. That's a large increase for a guy that is very familiar with his numbers. My consumption average increased in December but was clearly due to cold ambient temps, heat use, and a particularly "spirited" drive to the grocery store and back by my beautiful, brilliant (but lead footed) wife documented here. I think Evan would have had to seriously alter his driving style to see that kind of increase with all other factors being normal. It really seems to me that there's something else going on. But what?

 

[tomanik]

Model S 60 with 19" Tires after 7 months of ownership - update lifetime is now at 321 wh/mi, and climbing

November and December have been terrible due to the cold and use of winter tires.

 

[tomas]

Model S 60 with 19" Tires after 7 months of ownership - update lifetime is now at 321 wh/mi, and climbing

November and December have been terrible due to the cold and use of winter tires.
View attachment 39658

Nice graph, but seriously - do not get upset or disappointed. This is totally known and expected behavior. Typical summer averages ~300 whammy, winter averages ~400 whammy. Factor it in as you calc range!

I suspect we'll see a lot of this from people who took delivery spring/summer/fall 2013. For those of us who took delivery last winter, there was initial disappointment that we didn't get expected range, but then elation in summer when we realized the difference.

 

[Jeff Miller]

Total Miles 1,248,924
Total Drivers 177

Summary



wh/mile
avg 337
median 333
stdev 38
dist_wt_avg 332

State / Province/Country


State Wh N Miles
1 AB 308 2 6913
2 AK 350 1 7297
3 AZ 322 8 38217
4 BC 336 3 20626
5 CA 336 44 316465
6 CO 348 5 24512
7 CT 330 1 11000
8 ESTONIA 466 1 235
9 FL 337 8 62164
10 GA 306 3 52439
11 HI 305 3 15431
12 IL 354 16 62332
13 IN 350 3 19257
14 MA 364 2 6130
15 MD 327 3 56527
16 MI 338 2 20275
17 MN 336 6 27054
18 MO 300 3 51058
19 NC 315 2 9682
20 NH 279 1 7000
21 NJ 381 3 9239
22 NV 301 1 5000
23 NY 331 4 20948
24 OH 381 1 6028
25 ON 344 2 22939
26 OR 371 8 62678
27 PA 366 2 23370
28 QC 304 2 21013
29 TX 319 11 80084
30 UT 323 2 13282
31 VA 310 6 49809
32 WA 362 13 74977
33 WI 302 2 20544
34 WY 293 1 6659


Battery


Battery Wh N Miles stdev
1 40 300 5 16311 43
2 60 309 35 179201 23
3 85 346 122 914830 38

Wheels


Wheel Wh N Miles stdev
1 19 325 98 669209 37
2 21 354 50 373605 33


Battery and Wheels


Battery Wheels Wh N Miles stdev
1 40 19 283 4 15561 22
2 60 19 309 34 175407 23
3 85 19 336 58 447873 39
4 60 21 297 1 3794 NA
5 85 21 355 49 369811 33

By Battery, State/Province/Country, and Wheel:


State Battery Wheels Wh N Miles
1 AB 60 19 321 1 6000
2 AB 85 21 295 1 913
3 AK 85 19 350 1 7297
4 AZ 60 19 320 3 20629
5 AZ 85 19 306 2 6950
6 AZ 85 21 318 2 9888
7 BC 60 19 331 1 3386
8 BC 85 19 335 1 10040
9 CA 60 19 310 10 51642
10 CA 85 19 318 12 102388
11 CA 85 21 357 16 133955
12 CO 85 19 346 2 8900
13 CO 85 21 343 1 2765
14 CT 85 19 330 1 11000
15 ESTONIA 85 19 466 1 235
16 FL 85 19 338 1 5165
17 FL 85 21 336 5 39514
18 GA 85 19 294 2 29439
19 HI 60 19 289 1 2224
20 HI 60 21 297 1 3794
21 IL 40 19 294 2 6561
22 IL 60 19 328 2 8790
23 IL 85 19 358 5 20224
24 IL 85 21 371 6 24957
25 IN 85 19 347 1 2881
26 MA 85 19 384 1 5230
27 MA 85 21 345 1 900
28 MD 60 19 294 1 6836
29 MD 85 19 328 1 12596
30 MD 85 21 359 1 37095
31 MI 60 19 319 1 5298
32 MI 85 19 357 1 14977
33 MN 60 19 306 3 6864
34 MN 85 19 358 1 12579
35 MN 85 21 370 2 7611
36 MO 40 19 266 1 2000
37 MO 85 19 314 1 23569
38 NC 85 19 266 1 2059
39 NC 85 21 364 1 7623
40 NH 40 19 279 1 7000
41 NJ 60 19 340 1 900
42 NJ 85 19 380 1 4739
43 NV 60 19 301 1 5000
44 NY 60 19 281 1 4297
45 NY 85 19 361 2 12351
46 OH 85 19 381 1 6028
47 ON 85 19 344 2 22939
48 OR 60 19 327 1 7806
49 OR 85 19 384 2 5233
50 OR 85 21 370 3 33953
51 PA 85 21 366 2 23370
52 QC 60 19 310 1 3000
53 TX 85 19 314 6 42984
54 TX 85 21 318 2 13300
55 UT 85 19 328 1 4012
56 UT 85 21 318 1 9270
57 VA 60 19 297 2 16250
58 VA 85 19 308 3 29959
59 VA 85 21 342 1 3600
60 WA 60 19 299 2 7401
61 WA 85 19 366 4 37440
62 WA 85 21 396 4 21097
63 WI 60 19 292 1 9744
64 WY 85 19 293 1 6659


Data


Wh Miles State Battery Wheels LastUpdate
aaron.s 352 7000 NY 85 19 05/13/13
AC1K 295 913 AB 85 21 08/22/13
ajros1 332 1100 TX NA NA 10/31/13
Al Sherman 300 7376 IN 85 NA 01/01/14
AMN 340 2502 MN 85 21 08/28/13
AmpedRealtor 304 2700 AZ 85 19 10/24/13
Andrew Wolfe 333 4600 CA 85 21 05/13/13
AndyM 355 21000 OR 85 21 11/27/13
AnOutsider 409 8567 PA 85 21 05/13/13
araxara 297 7969 AZ 85 21 06/07/13
Banahogg 310 4500 CA 60 19 06/11/13
bbmertz 348 2200 CA 85 NA o
Beavis 343 2765 CO 85 21 o
Ben W 359 12500 CA 85 21 10/01/13
Benjamin Brooks 309 14250 CA 85 19 12/01/13
Bifff67 330 10815 VA 85 19 10/01/13
bigsmooth125 299 4000 TX 85 19 05/23/13
bob_p 326 3000 TX 85 NA o
bosgig 345 900 MA 85 21 o
Brad-isa 365 1490 IL 60 19 o
Brett 350 3896 CA NA NA 11/04/13
brianman 385 15162 WA 85 21 08/29/13
BriansTesla 294 1200 WA 60 19 06/14/13
BryanW 328 4012 UT 85 19 10/04/13
Bucket22 387 1244 IL 85 21 o
Bugeater 349 15675 CA 85 21 12/15/13
captain_zap 385 4004 WA 85 21 o
Cattledog 348 6400 TX 85 19 o
ChadS 361 6000 WA 85 19 o
Chgd Up 353 8400 <NA> NA NA o
ckessel 426 3000 OR 85 21 o
Cliff Hannel 344 19000 CA 85 21 12/02/13
Cottonwood 323 10000 CO 85 NA 11/04/13
cschock 320 4701 CA 85 19 08/05/13
Darmok 301 5000 NV 60 19 06/01/13
davecolene0606 310 13985 FL NA NA 06/15/13
David Trushin 378 1100 IL 85 19 o
DavidM 338 5165 FL 85 19 05/19/13
ddenboer 346 13000 CA 85 21 o
deaton52 353 12850 WA 85 19 08/13/13
Denarius 318 9270 UT 85 21 11/11/13
DfibRL8R 293 12250 VA 60 19 09/11/13
dfitz206 326 16823 WA 85 19 12/03/13
dflye 364 7623 NC 85 21 o
digitaltim 359 37095 MD 85 21 12/12/13
dirkhh 327 7806 OR 60 19 01/01/14
dlmorgan999 397 1565 OR 85 19 o
dmckinstry 297 3160 WA 85 NA 09/07/13
dpodoll 297 3794 HI 60 21 12/31/13
drbradfo 430 686 OR NA NA o
drp 339 6100 IL 85 21 05/13/13
dtich 402 1300 CA 85 21 o
dwegmull 298 5521 CA 85 19 11/14/13
EarlyAdopter 415 1373 WA 85 21 o
eelton 404 1100 IL 85 19 o
efusco 314 23569 MO 85 19 01/01/14
ElSupreme 325 19100 GA 85 19 12/01/13
FlasherZ 403 1900 IL 85 21 o
flightdoc 329 9413 HI 85 NA 12/02/13
fluxemag 369 750 AZ 40 NA 06/11/13
gdh66 333 15000 OR NA NA 12/01/13
GeekGirls 302 14500 CA 85 19 12/01/13
gene 305 10000 CA 85 19 09/03/13
gg_got_a_tesla 315 17285 CA 60 19 12/29/13
glhs272 292 9744 WI 60 19 12/02/13
gmtom1 289 2224 HI 60 19 11/03/13
gnelson 296 1507 TX 85 21 08/25/13
gregincal 317 6256 CA 85 19 10/18/13
gtimbers 330 900 CA 85 19 o
hj-45 279 7000 NH 40 19 10/07/13
HTK 335 10040 BC 85 19 07/28/13
huntjo 380 2847 CO NA NA o
ibcs 381 6028 OH 85 19 o
IlliniT 291 7300 IL 60 19 06/07/13
Iz 281 4297 NY 60 19 07/31/13
J in MN 270 4444 MN 60 19 10/31/13
Jason 339 11793 TX 85 21 05/13/13
Jason S 351 4334 CA 85 NA o
jchangyy 323 1800 CA 85 19 o
Jeff Miller 315 4434 IL 85 19 01/02/14
jeffnorman 357 1118 IL 85 21 07/28/13
jerry33 257 16218 TX 85 19 01/01/14
jhs_7645 399 558 WA 85 21 o
jive_devil 300 2500 CA 60 19 06/16/13
jjaeger 363 3974 CA 85 19 o
joer00 355 15034 FL 85 21 11/01/13
johndoe74 309 4250 AZ 85 19 06/08/13
johngray 391 4879 WA NA 19 o
jomo25 311 9706 AZ 60 19 12/01/13
jpasqua 290 2216 CA 60 19 06/02/13
jweinstein 350 7297 AK 85 19 09/03/13
kaivball 340 1400 CA 85 21 o
kcveins 331 10890 IL 85 19 10/04/13
kendallpb 328 12596 MD 85 19 12/01/13
Kipernicus 320 2185 CA 60 19 o
Kklabunde 347 2881 IN 85 19 o
Klaus Fechner 322 6826 CA 60 19 12/02/13
kvietor 301 14880 FL 85 21 10/29/13
lholtzman 364 2700 IL 85 19 o
Liz G 320 25489 MO NA 19 11/01/13
Lloyd 354 6467 CA 85 21 05/13/13
lolachampcar 311 4500 FL 85 21 06/15/13
Longhorn92 315 2261 IL 40 19 09/03/13
mal42north 284 9340 <NA> 60 19 09/09/13
Mario Kadastik 466 235 ESTONIA 85 19 12/13/13
mark 370 8100 TX 85 19 11/02/13
MassAmped 384 5230 MA 85 19 06/15/13
matthew.johnson 407 3500 IL 85 21 o
mckemie 279 7200 TX 85 19 06/30/13
mcornwell 337 14221 CA 85 21 12/01/13
meduri 332 23000 GA NA NA 10/31/13
merlynhough 370 3668 OR 85 19 12/02/13
Michael S 290 3915 CA 60 19 o
michiganmodels 357 14977 MI 85 19 11/01/13
Mike_Schlechter 330 11000 CT 85 19 10/24/13
MitchL 383 3300 CA 85 21 o
mknox 326 16731 ON 85 19 12/01/13
mnx 362 6208 ON 85 19 07/26/13
Model S P 338 1919 AZ 85 21 05/23/13
Mossisthecat 331 3386 BC 60 19 07/12/13
Nathan Smith 322 14803 PA 85 21 09/03/13
neroden 370 5351 NY 85 19 10/28/13
Nickjhowe 340 1600 FL 85 21 o
NJS1207 424 3600 NJ 85 NA o
ohaq 319 5298 MI 60 19 08/21/13
pbrulott 310 3000 QC 60 19 06/11/13
pilotSteve 422 1767 WA 85 19 o
Psullivan 333 7885 CA 85 21 05/13/13
qphan79 292 4740 CA 60 19 o
raptorweb 401 5109 MN 85 21 o
rcc 365 3500 CA 85 NA o
rdrcmatt 313 10800 WI NA NA 10/21/13
rlcordeiro 358 6600 CA 85 NA o
Rlsarch 374 3500 FL 85 21 10/30/13
Rodolfo Paiz 370 3500 FL NA NA 10/28/13
rpavlicek 326 6421 CA 60 19 07/12/13
Sacrament055 273 4300 IL 40 19 08/14/13
scaesare 308 3144 VA 85 19 07/01/13
schueppert 332 1066 TX 85 19 08/05/13
SCW-Greg 329 9953 OR 85 21 12/01/13
smd 369 7950 CA 85 NA 05/13/13
spaghetti 285 4878 CA 85 19 10/01/13
Sparrow 262 10339 GA 85 19 12/01/13
spatterso911 354 2000 CA 85 21 o
StephRob1 387 4938 CA 85 21 o
StephRob2 336 1054 CA 60 19 o
stevezzz 326 8900 CO 85 19 06/15/13
stsanford 321 4300 NY NA NA 08/26/13
sublimaze1 332 19700 TX NA NA 12/02/13
SuperCoug 368 1000 WA NA NA o
svoelpel 266 2059 NC 85 19 07/05/13
Tacket 304 6201 WA 60 19 09/12/13
tdiggity 345 760 CA 85 21 o
tesla2012 346 1500 AZ 60 19 06/11/13
tezco 366 NA CO 85 19 o
Todd Burch 287 16000 VA 85 19 10/25/13
Tomanik 321 6000 AB 60 19 01/02/13
tomas 331 11095 IL 85 21 12/18/13
Tommy 322 29400 CA 85 19 12/07/13
Toto_48313 298 18013 QC 85 NA 10/01/13
Treker56 301 4000 VA 60 19 08/10/13
Ven Rala 294 6836 MD 60 19 08/31/13
Vern110 407 1800 IL 85 NA o
Vexar 367 1015 MN 60 19 o
Vger 342 7200 BC 85 NA 06/07/13
William13 403 9000 IN 85 NA 05/13/13
wraithnot 339 6208 CA 85 19 05/12/13
wycolo 293 6659 WY 85 19 06/15/13
XK8driver 342 3600 VA 85 21 o
xray 371 10131 CA 85 21 07/25/13
yobigd20 380 4739 NJ 85 19 o
youlikeadajuice 340 900 NJ 60 19 o
ZBB 304 9423 AZ 60 19 01/01/14
zdre 266 2000 MO 40 19 07/26/13
Zextraterrestrial 373 16778 CA 85 21 12/02/13
Zythryn1 358 12579 MN 85 19 06/25/13
Zythryn2 282 1405 MN 60 19 06/25/1

wh.m.deciles
0% 257
10% 292
20% 301
30% 315
40% 326
50% 333
60% 344
70% 355
80% 369
90% 387
100% 466

 

[phx182flyer]

Here is my hat for the ring:

Wh Miles State Battery Wheels LastUpdate
phx182flyer 303 16843 AZ 85 21 01/02/14

Ron

 

[mknox]

Here are my December numbers:

Lifetime:
18,206.3 miles
6,059.2 kWh
333.0 Wh/mi

December:
1,474.7 miles
600.0 kWh
407 Wh/mi

From my Power Meter:
812.257 kWh
550.8 calculated Wh/mi

 

[AudubonB]

Looking at these data...
...I think Mario Kadastik's real name is Mario Andretti.....

 

[Benjamin Brooks]

Benjamin Brooks 308 15500 CA 85 19 01/02/14

 

[Sparrow]

Sparrow 262 10979 GA 85 19 01/01/14. December was 640 miles with an average of 261 Wh/mile.

 

[dfitz206]

End of 2013:

19,196 mi, 331 Lifetime Wh/mi, WA, 85 19

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Looking at these data...
...I think Mario Kadastik's real name is Mario Andretti.....

Hahaha, I was providing the first 250 miles data Which included tons of demos to people and only short distance driving in winter Here's an update for December (which happens to be lifetime)

December 2013
1634km (1015 miles)
total kWh: 403,5kWh
Average: 247Wh/km (397Wh/mile)

It's still highish, but it's coming down. The last 500 or so km have been mostly ~200Wh/km as they included some longer distance driving and it's not that hard to average < 200Wh/km on the road if you go for 50+km so that the car is nice and comfy warm and all limiters are gone.

 

[kendallpb]

I was lazy and am posting this a couple of days late. As before, trip A is everything except the 21 miles at delivery; I reset trip B last month so I can do monthly numbers. This is all on 4.x, BTW.

ONE-MONTH:
kendallpb 01-03-2014 371 1,864.3 MD S85 19" (Dec.)

LIFETIME:
kendallpb 11-09-2013 325 11,699* MD S85 19"
kendallpb 12-01-2013 328 12,596 MD S85 19"
kendallpb 01-03-2014 333 14,460 MD S85 19"

Going up! Well, weather's worse, plus trips; we went out of town for 5 days (5+ hours each way, Supercharging, atypical driving). Then I was out of town without the car for 5 days. ;-(

Supercharging is great, but my range doesn't impress me (nowhere near 265 when I let it finish, on the road trip). I should search out the latest recommendations for battery balancing and do another range charge, to see how much I really get.... Too lazy right now. ;-)

Party on and Happy New Year, folks!