This is a thread for those of us (a minority) who value efficiency and economy over performance and thrills. Nothing against performance seekers and thrill buyers - they contribute to the mission of fossil fuel usage reduction bigly. When I owned a 2005 Prius, there was a class of drivers known as hypermilers, who used every trick they could think of to increase their mpg - I've carried my Prius hypermiling over to my Teslas and I think I'm not alone. I'm not a religious hypermiler - I typically drive 2-5 mpg over the speed limit when on the highway, stay in the right lane except to pass, and generally go with the flow of traffic but I do pretty well with a 232 Wh/m average over 17,000+ miles.
This is accomplished by a couple simple things:
1: Stay in Chill mode
2: Keep tires inflated to 42 psi
3: Anticipating/timing stoplights so as to avoid braking
4: Use of standard aerocovers
5: Gentle driving
6: Maintaining a steady speed
7. Use HVAC only when needed
8. Keep unneeded junk out of the car
9: Use of basic autopilot as much as possible (it's smoother on the accelerator than I am)
So no doubt, I am one of the most boring Tesla drivers in the country.
The benefits are:
1: Less stress on my Y should help it last longer with fewer repairs
2: Longer tire life
3: Less electricity usage
4: passengers don't get motion sickness/wife doesn't scream at me
5: maybe fewer moving violation tickets and accidents which should lower insurance costs
all leading to lower TCO.
So what do you other hypermilers in Teslaville do that I am missing? Any mods to decrease Whr/m? How do you deal with hills? Any advice?
This is accomplished by a couple simple things:
1: Stay in Chill mode
2: Keep tires inflated to 42 psi
3: Anticipating/timing stoplights so as to avoid braking
4: Use of standard aerocovers
5: Gentle driving
6: Maintaining a steady speed
7. Use HVAC only when needed
8. Keep unneeded junk out of the car
9: Use of basic autopilot as much as possible (it's smoother on the accelerator than I am)
So no doubt, I am one of the most boring Tesla drivers in the country.
The benefits are:
1: Less stress on my Y should help it last longer with fewer repairs
2: Longer tire life
3: Less electricity usage
4: passengers don't get motion sickness/wife doesn't scream at me
5: maybe fewer moving violation tickets and accidents which should lower insurance costs
all leading to lower TCO.
So what do you other hypermilers in Teslaville do that I am missing? Any mods to decrease Whr/m? How do you deal with hills? Any advice?
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