New tesla 70D owner!

[travwill]

I am falling into these numbers as well, however..... I am jealous of all of you getting the nice round number of 215 at 90%. Me? 214! Humpf.

Ha, maybe bring up the battery some, charge up to 92% or so then lower back down to 90% and you'll see an increase of 90% being around 215? Worth an experiment... Or report back after you do a range 100% charge one day and switch back to 90% - curious to know if your number changes!

 

[lg_golfs]

I am actually curious about something. Is there a rule of thumb on how often you should take it to 100% ? I do not plan to do it often but was wondering if there was a guideline.

 

[Johan]

I am actually curious about something. Is there a rule of thumb on how often you should take it to 100% ? I do not plan to do it often but was wondering if there was a guideline.

As often as you need. You will need it only when taking trips where you're maxing out the range, so you won't stay long at 100% so it's not very damaging.

 

[Tedkidd]

I'm averaging about 320-325 WH/mi on suburban streets, but I was able to get 280 WH/mi going downtown during Friday rush hour traffic.

The car clearly hits a lot of sweet spots. Really amazing mileage for so much car.

For reference, my Smart is VERY hard to get to 250, seems to live at 340, and in winter can go as high as 500+ Wh/mi.

 

[pmoa]

DS finally called and the appointment has been made to pick up on Thursday at 2 PM!

 

[Earlian]

Hello to the new 70D owners and gratulations, I'm waiting for one, too.

Does anyone know the weight of the 70D comparing to 85D?
Thx Earl

 

[kuttakamina]

Hello to the new 70D owners and gratulations, I'm waiting for one, too.

Does anyone know the weight of the 70D comparing to 85D?
Thx Earl

I don't remember exact numbers, but 70D is lighter by 50-100lbs (insignificant) I think.

 

[travwill]

Hello to the new 70D owners and gratulations, I'm waiting for one, too.

Does anyone know the weight of the 70D comparing to 85D?
Thx Earl

170 lbs lighter than P85.

 

[Earlian]

Thx for the help. So the 85 is 4647 lbs and the s70d is 4477 lbs.

 

[lg_golfs]

Ok. Now I am down to 213 miles range at 90% ! I am turning the thing in!

 

[kuttakamina]

Ok. Now I am down to 213 miles range at 90% ! I am turning the thing in!

Thats pretty good. Looks like they aren't BSIng about the range.

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Thx for the help. So the 85 is 4647 lbs and the s70d is 4477 lbs.

Wow thats 170lbs, like having one less person (European) in the car all the time.

 

[Bonlaw]

Best we could do was 238 not mad about that.

 

[DrumCoder]

I am falling into these numbers as well, however..... I am jealous of all of you getting the nice round number of 215 at 90%. Me? 214! Humpf.

If it makes you feel any better, I have 215 miles when I walk up to the car, but by the time I coil up the charge cable in my garage and get in and get ready to drive, I'm already at 214. I'm sure I go from 215.1 to 214.9 during that time.

 

[vdiv]

It has been rather hot and humid in NoVA (34 deg C/93 deg F, close to 70% rel. humidity today) that the A/C has been running really hard (have it set to 23 deg C/73 deg F inside). The blower fan on auto was not going down below 7. There was a lot of water pouring out from the evaporator and running from under the car. It lost about 8 miles (~2.5 kWh) just standing still and trying to cool down the car out in the sun. Should have parked it in a shade somewhere.

 

[Max*]

It has been rather hot and humid in NoVA (34 deg C/93 deg F, close to 70% rel. humidity today) that the A/C has been running really hard (have it set to 23 deg C/73 deg F inside). The blower fan on auto was not going down below 7. There was a lot of water pouring out from the evaporator and running from under the car. It lost about 8 miles (~2.5 kWh) just standing still and trying to cool down the car out in the sun. Should have parked it in a shade somewhere.

8 miles loss over? A 10 minute bathroom break or a three hour skipping spree?

 

[vdiv]

The car sat in the sun all day on Thursday. I remotely started the climate control three times for about 10 minutes each as I was away and could not move the car. Keep in mind the 8 miles were just an estimate by the car charged at 90% showing 215 miles that dropped to 207. It is possible that it adjusted the guess-o-meter, taking into account the increased discharge rate, to show a lower range, and that the used energy was less. It is also possible that the A/C ran in addition to my remote commands to keep the battery cool.

 

[kushari]

I pick mine up on Thursday! whooo hooo!

 

[Cyclone]

I pick mine up on Thursday! whooo hooo!

Sweet!! Glad your car is finally up in the "great white north"! How long was it from production complete until Thursday?

 

[kushari]

Sweet!! Glad your car is finally up in the "great white north"! How long was it from production complete until Thursday?

About a month (May 2nd to June 3rd). I'm actually picking it up Wednesday now. I'll post 4k Video of it (shooting the video for my dad, family, friends, and community).

 

[Earlian]

Great! Have fun tomorrow and don't forget to post a link here, while being flashed