I've got a 2018 75D that gets 246 fully charged. I've made a few trips to the Indianapolis Tesla service shop to get minor repairs done and noted it was using 206-214 miles worth of energy to travel 138 physical distance. This occurred with temperatures in the high 60's and is pretty much the same with temperatures in the 20's-30's. I asked Tesla and they didn't seem concerned.
Today I had to go back to the service center for more work and I left my car so I received a loaner. The loaner is a 2016 MS 85D with 246 miles of charge (100% charge) and 58k miles on it (I have 25k miles on my car). When I drove it home, it was registering I used 152 miles of the 138 physical miles traveled. I drove the exact same route with the same interior heating conditions at the same speed (63 mph all highway) and with same weather conditions (wind 5-10 mph out of the W/NW( I was traveling N & S).
When I called the Tesla Service Center and asked why there is such a difference between the two cars they said it'd not apples to apples comparison due to the hardware configuration. But if they have the same battery wouldn't it be?
I'm just trying to figure out if this is something I need to pursue with Tesla. It seems odd to me that I am using 200+ miles worth of power to travel 138 miles in my car but only 152 in the loaner car.. Maybe if I had a long range version it wouldn't be that big of a deal but when you only have a max range of 246 miles to begin with, loosing 50 miles is kinda a big deal.
This is my first electric car, am I just being too picky expecting too much? I don't want to hassle Tesla if this is just the way it is.
Any input would be appreciated.
Today I had to go back to the service center for more work and I left my car so I received a loaner. The loaner is a 2016 MS 85D with 246 miles of charge (100% charge) and 58k miles on it (I have 25k miles on my car). When I drove it home, it was registering I used 152 miles of the 138 physical miles traveled. I drove the exact same route with the same interior heating conditions at the same speed (63 mph all highway) and with same weather conditions (wind 5-10 mph out of the W/NW( I was traveling N & S).
When I called the Tesla Service Center and asked why there is such a difference between the two cars they said it'd not apples to apples comparison due to the hardware configuration. But if they have the same battery wouldn't it be?
I'm just trying to figure out if this is something I need to pursue with Tesla. It seems odd to me that I am using 200+ miles worth of power to travel 138 miles in my car but only 152 in the loaner car.. Maybe if I had a long range version it wouldn't be that big of a deal but when you only have a max range of 246 miles to begin with, loosing 50 miles is kinda a big deal.
This is my first electric car, am I just being too picky expecting too much? I don't want to hassle Tesla if this is just the way it is.
Any input would be appreciated.
