Real World Highway Range

[sleepydoc]

I saw this article on InsideEVs just now comparing the highway range of EVs driving 70 MPH. It’s a nice comparison in as controlled a test as one can hope for. Not surprisingly the Luicid came out on top. Part of it’s from the sizable 118 kWh battery but it also managed to achieve an impressive 4.3 mi/kWh (= 232 Wh/mi). Noe that that’s driving 70 MPH. In the summertime in nice weather I can routinely get < 240 Wh/mi in my MY but that’s at lower speeds.

 

[Earl]

I saw this article on InsideEVs just now comparing the highway range of EVs driving 70 MPH. It’s a nice comparison in as controlled a test as one can hope for. Not surprisingly the Luicid came out on top. Part of it’s from the sizable 118 kWh battery but it also managed to achieve an impressive 4.3 mi/kWh (= 232 Wh/mi). Noe that that’s driving 70 MPH. In the summertime in nice weather I can routinely get < 240 Wh/mi in my MY but that’s at lower speeds.

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Tom Moloughney, at insideevs.com has definitely made his mission in life to attempt to address a lot of these uncertainties. Prior to being an EV expert, he was a restaurant owner so he has, perhaps, a better grasp on customer service needs of ordinary people than the engineers and environmentalists who tend to dominate much of the EV world.

 

[pdx_m3s]

Tom is awesome. Kyle too. Teslas pretty consistently underperform their EPA range by ~10%. Not a big deal given that they start out with a high EPA range number to begin with, and they benefit from the supercharger network.

 

[YW555]

How come 2020 Model Y LR was rated 316 EPA miles while newer models are rated 330?

 

[theothertom]

How come 2020 Model Y LR was rated 316 EPA miles while newer models are rated 330?

Tesla changed the battery chemistry for 2021 and beyond models.