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Standard actual battery range or defective battery?

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Yes, coworker of mine got a Model 3 and told me about the first trip he tried to take. He said he charged it up to the full 310 rated miles for a non-stop 270 mile trip and got out on the highway and set his cruise control to 83 mph and then was "surprised" that the rated miles on the display were dropping faster than the remaining distance miles in Nav. I kept my neutral interested face on the outside, but internally I was facepalming at how he thought he could maintain EPA rated efficiency at 83 mph.

LOL, honestly. Seriously folks? The easiest way to get people to think about this might be to use the miles uphill vs miles downhill example. Speed SHOULD be obvious too, but ...