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In a spirit of pure scientific inquiry -- no hedonic pleasure, us -- we took our M3 up into the local mountains yesterday. Our route:
Sherman Oaks (San Fernando Valley) up to Mt. Waterman (San Gabriel Mountains) and back.
53 miles each way.
Elevation 900 feet --> 7000 and back.
Mix of freeway and mountain highway.
Eager to see whether Tesla handled 335 --> 310 down-rate by:53 miles each way.
Elevation 900 feet --> 7000 and back.
Mix of freeway and mountain highway.
Hiding capacity at top.
Hiding capacity at bottom.
Making RMs more realistic in between.
Preliminary evidence suggests they've gone primarily with door #3.Hiding capacity at bottom.
Making RMs more realistic in between.
Trip up used 94 RMs (versus 110-ish) in our S85D.
Trip down used 9 RMs (versus 10-15) in our S85D.
Round trip used 103 RMs to go 106 actual miles.
This was at energy usage of 226 Wh/mi. Suggests "break-even" (to get rated range) just under 235.
Remote S charging data suggested just over 235.
Also noteworthy: M3's efficiency. As the photos below show, we gained 2 kWh, an average of 40 Wh/mi, on the 38-mile descent from Waterman to 134 Freeway ... more than we ever had in our MS. And, we didn't hit our net-zero point until just before the 134/101 transition, 45 miles ... better than we had ever done in our MS.Trip down used 9 RMs (versus 10-15) in our S85D.
Round trip used 103 RMs to go 106 actual miles.
This was at energy usage of 226 Wh/mi. Suggests "break-even" (to get rated range) just under 235.
Remote S charging data suggested just over 235.