I picked up my new STD range plus Model 3 a few weeks ago and drive it once a week for doc office visits, so not a whole lot of miles given current "stay at home" order. I noticed this a few times.
1. When I left home my range was 220 miles. the doc office is 4 miles each way, totaling 8 miles. Even before I arrived at my destination, the range on the display dropped from 220 to 207. I drove back home and the range then showed 199 Per the range estimate, if I had only driven 8 miles, I was perplexed it showed 199 instead of 212 (a deficit of 13 miles on a 8 mile drive and >50% error rate). This happened at least a few times and was wondering if others had the same issue as I do. This means, the range is of no real use as it is not reliable. In other words, I am not sure I will ever go on a long drive (100 miles from home) as I think I may run out of charge even as there seems to be no relationship between projected range available and actual miles driven.
Thanks for your suggestions in advance.
1. When I left home my range was 220 miles. the doc office is 4 miles each way, totaling 8 miles. Even before I arrived at my destination, the range on the display dropped from 220 to 207. I drove back home and the range then showed 199 Per the range estimate, if I had only driven 8 miles, I was perplexed it showed 199 instead of 212 (a deficit of 13 miles on a 8 mile drive and >50% error rate). This happened at least a few times and was wondering if others had the same issue as I do. This means, the range is of no real use as it is not reliable. In other words, I am not sure I will ever go on a long drive (100 miles from home) as I think I may run out of charge even as there seems to be no relationship between projected range available and actual miles driven.
Thanks for your suggestions in advance.