Tesla Motors Club
Having now driven all 3 models (Only 1 version of each) one thing that caught my attention is the following:
Its all about making the charging spot (7kw AC Charger) available at work for others to use and not hogging it all day.
One thing not mentioned (or I have not seen mentioned) is that i find the SR+ very efficient in its usage and charging on a 7kw charger.
Example:
I drive daily between Leicester & Derby, 40miles each way (80mile round trip) and i charge at work to 90% every day at work. My SR+ uses around 10kWh each way. So that’s 20kWh before I plug it in again when I'm back at work. It takes my car around 3hrs to charge back to 90%. So if I plug in at 9am its finished by 12pm.
I’m driving a MX (loaner) at the moment and this consumes roughly 16kWh for 40mils so 32kwh before charge and this takes nearly 6hrs to charge. I tried to drive as economical as i could, but stopping at the red lights waiting for them to change is too much fun!
This shows that the SR+ can charge "quicker" to gain back the same miles driven and free up the space for another user. Its this bit that I was thinking about if more users get electric cars at my place.
I had a MS 70D on loan (Late last year) and that consumed around 375wh/m (and this took roughly 4.5hr to charge for the same journey)
Note - Yep I know the MX is heavier, quicker, bigger, different car etc etc. The MX is the V10 electron guzzler
Based on an average 13p/kwh - Standard Elec Tariff
M3 SR+ costs 0.032p/mile
MS 70D costs 0.048p/mile (approx 33% more to run)
MX P100D costs 0.052p/mile (approx 38% more to run)
All costs are rough calcs, and dont take accout of weather, roads, driving habits, Agile tariff!! etc etc
Its all about making the charging spot (7kw AC Charger) available at work for others to use and not hogging it all day.
One thing not mentioned (or I have not seen mentioned) is that i find the SR+ very efficient in its usage and charging on a 7kw charger.
Example:
I drive daily between Leicester & Derby, 40miles each way (80mile round trip) and i charge at work to 90% every day at work. My SR+ uses around 10kWh each way. So that’s 20kWh before I plug it in again when I'm back at work. It takes my car around 3hrs to charge back to 90%. So if I plug in at 9am its finished by 12pm.
I’m driving a MX (loaner) at the moment and this consumes roughly 16kWh for 40mils so 32kwh before charge and this takes nearly 6hrs to charge. I tried to drive as economical as i could, but stopping at the red lights waiting for them to change is too much fun!
This shows that the SR+ can charge "quicker" to gain back the same miles driven and free up the space for another user. Its this bit that I was thinking about if more users get electric cars at my place.
I had a MS 70D on loan (Late last year) and that consumed around 375wh/m (and this took roughly 4.5hr to charge for the same journey)
Note - Yep I know the MX is heavier, quicker, bigger, different car etc etc. The MX is the V10 electron guzzler
Based on an average 13p/kwh - Standard Elec Tariff
M3 SR+ costs 0.032p/mile
MS 70D costs 0.048p/mile (approx 33% more to run)
MX P100D costs 0.052p/mile (approx 38% more to run)
All costs are rough calcs, and dont take accout of weather, roads, driving habits, Agile tariff!! etc etc