Total Mileage Thus Far

[NigelM]

Also, nobody I know leaves the UI on "Ideal" for the range units.

I do.

 

[brianman]

I do.

Ok, 1 person I know.

 

[mnx]

Yup, noticed quite a bit back. Also found it a little odd that the doors would be unlocked while driving.

Also, nobody I know leaves the UI on "Ideal" for the range units.

Why would the doors be locked while driving? Isn't that an option in the controls/settings screen?

 

[roblab]

Yup, noticed quite a bit back. Also found it a little odd that the doors would be unlocked while driving.

Also, nobody I know leaves the UI on "Ideal" for the range units.

Having gotten my eye teeth on electric vehicles in the RAV4EV, I got used to thinking in percentage of charge remaining. The RAV got about 10 miles per charge for every mark on the battery meter showing on the dash, so it was automatic to think "5 marks, got 50 miles left".

With the Model S meter, 300 ideal range is easy to mentally convert to percentages: "200 miles left: used about 2/3 of the pack", or some such. Since I can and do often get over 300 miles per charge, the ideal range is more ideal for me. Lifetime watt hours per mile is standing at 308, and that's living in some fairly steep hills over 1000 ft above the valley.

And my doors are unlocked while driving. Don't know anyone who can run fast enough to match the S acceleration! For that matter, my house is unlocked, my garage is unlocked. I never lock the Prius *and* leave the key in it. Please, someone, steal the Prius! No luck. We live in a low crime area, I guess.

 

[brianman]

Why would the doors be locked while driving? Isn't that an option in the controls/settings screen?

Yah, I think it's a setting. I've had such a setting enabled on for every car that I own. Perhaps I was wrong in thinking most people do that.

 

[jerry33]

Yah, I think it's a setting. I've had such a setting enabled on for every car that I own. Perhaps I was wrong in thinking most people do that.

When the car will lock while driving, I'll set it to lock. I really don't understand why anyone would do otherwise.

 

[sublimaze1]

Happy one year (delivery date) birthday, BadA**.

I don't know which number evokes more emotion in me right now.

 

[yobigd20]

yeah this was about a month ago for me.

 

[brianman]

Nice dual speed picture.

 

[Liz G]

10 months 25 days and just crossed 30,000 miles.

 

[FalconNinetyD]

Hit 15,000 miles earlier in the week, on my 1 year anniversary of driving the car home from the factory...

 

[InTheShadows]

Could some of you with larger mileage numbers let us know what your max range charge is? It'd be nice to start learning what we can expect when we hit 30,40,50k miles or more.

 

[jerry33]

Could some of you with larger mileage numbers let us know what your max range charge is? It'd be nice to start learning what we can expect when we hit 30,40,50k miles or more.

In a way, this isn't useful because there is a time degradation with LiIon batteries. So the degradation that someone who puts on 40k/year has isn't going to be the same (at 40k) as the person who puts on 5K per year.

 

[KJD]

From the plug in america Tesla Roadster Battery Study
http://www.pluginamerica.org/surveys/batteries/tesla-roadster/PIA-Roadster-Battery-Study.pdf

Of miles driven, vehicle age, and climate, only mileage showed a significant correlation with capacity variation.

I agree it would be good to hear from more high mileage S owners on what the max range charge is at various mileage points.

You could also fill out the plug in america survey.
Plug In America

 

[PokerBroker]

My 1.5 has 25,000 miles after five years and range charges to 222 to 224.

 

[gaswalla]

My 1.5 has 25,000 miles after five years and range charges to 222 to 224.

i think this is the Model S thread

 

[yobigd20]

Could some of you with larger mileage numbers let us know what your max range charge is? It'd be nice to start learning what we can expect when we hit 30,40,50k miles or more.

I have 33.5k and I accidently range once charged last week (forgot to reset it lower after warming the battery up earlier in the day) and hit 255 miles and was still charging as I unplugged it to run some errands. I know the last time I range charged before that I was still hitting 265 miles. That was around 26k miles though.

 

[bhuwan]

Are you on 5.8.4? If so that's very impressive.

 

[yobigd20]

Are you on 5.8.4? If so that's very impressive.

well the 265 was 4.5. last week was on 5.8

 

[carrerascott]

Broke 15,000 miles last week. Delivery was March 2013, but we were also gone for the entire month of June in Australia, so really 9 months of driving. We also had loaners for 2,000 miles of driving, so could have been at 17k if not for that.