stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
Yeah, with the switch to PMAC and the car being much lighter, the Model 3 is going to share a lot more similarities with other existing EVs (including being more efficient in the city).Interesting. That does seem pretty definitive, however unexpected. Also note the city/highway break - 131 city, 120 highway, 126 combined. Most Teslas to date have higher freeway than city...
However, the relative efficiency still matters. here's how the 3 compares to the most efficient EVs in the market:
Combined / City / Highway
Ioniq Electric: 136 / 150 / 122
Model 3 (LR): 126 / 131 / 120
i3 (60 Ah): 124 / 137 / 111
Bolt: 119 / 128 / 110
Spark EV: 119 / 128 /109
e-Golf: 119 / 126 / 111
i3 (94 Ah): 118 / 129 / 106
Leaf (24 kWh): 114 / 126 / 101
Leaf (30 kWh): 112 / 124 / 101
i-MiEV: 112 / 121 / 102
fortwo electric coupe: 108 / 124 / 94
Focus Electric: 107 / 118 / 96
Soul Electric: 105 / 120 / 92
Model S 90D: 104 / 102 / 107
I think this bodes well for highway efficiency, since the trajectory is that it looks like it's likely to beat the Ioniq at more realistic highway speeds (given how much higher the city rating is, the Ioniq is likely far more city optimized than the Tesla).
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