Mileage

[Jprince]

I hope a fully charged battery will make it 500 plus miles? Any updates are appreciated.

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[ninja6r]

Nov 30th

 

[HaulingAss]

I hope a fully charged battery will make it 500 plus miles? Any updates are appreciated.

The 500+ mile version, when released, will be able to travel 500+ miles without charging, when driven in a similar manner to the EPA combined test cycles. More like 400 miles at typical freeway speeds. We have to wait until November 30 to find out which versions will be the release versions.

While I will be getting a 500+ mile version, when it's available, I think, considering how fast the Supercharger Network has been growing, at least in the Western part of the US, that maximum range is over-rated. It's pretty rare that I challenge the 300-mile ranges of our Model 3's. When you can add 100 miles of range with 5 minutes of Supercharging at a 250 kW charger, it really makes me a whole lot less concerned with total range, as long as the electrons can pile in at a fast rate.

It does require a little different mindset though.

 

[scottf200]

I hope a fully charged battery will make it 500 plus miles? Any updates are appreciated.

No one knows. There are 100s of post about this topic in the past few months.

 

[COLAB]

It depends on how people drive in the ideal conditions prescribed by Tesla, so wait and see! ? ?

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I hope a fully charged battery will make it 500 plus miles? Any updates are appreciated.

What do you need the range for? Winter driving? Towing? Higher speed than EPA? All of the above? For people that drive w/o these constraints @HaulingAss is probably right.

 

[Gurule92]

As a Normy with no towing needs. 300 miles has been enough for me in my MYP.

anything above that would be icing

 

[Jprince]

What do you need the range for? Winter driving? Towing? Higher speed than EPA? All of the above? For people that drive w/o these constraints @HaulingAss is probably right.

I need to pull my tractor. Hills of Arkansas. Lack of charging station where I live.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

No one knows. There are 100s of post about this topic in the past few months.

KOOL Charting .... I also have an estimate of around 175 kWh pack for the 'BEAST', however l concluded a best of 3.1 miles per kWh ( allows for 'usable' kWh )
Like you say, 'no one knows'. Roll on 11 30

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

As a Normy with no towing needs. 300 miles has been enough for me in my MYP.

anything above that would be icing

The 'ICING' Days are done and dusted as soon as CT comes DownUnder

 

[slee44]

Think about traveling Alaska, we definitely need 500+ mileage. I am retiring soon and planning to travel all the National park with my CT with Tri. please please 500+ please

 

[wanders]

considering how fast the Supercharger Network has been growing, at least in the Western part of the US

Has the West seen more expansion in the network than other parts of the US?

 

[Chris9702L]

The 500+ mile version, when released, will be able to travel 500+ miles without charging, when driven in a similar manner to the EPA combined test cycles. More like 400 miles at typical freeway speeds. We have to wait until November 30 to find out which versions will be the release versions.

While I will be getting a 500+ mile version, when it's available, I think, considering how fast the Supercharger Network has been growing, at least in the Western part of the US, that maximum range is over-rated. It's pretty rare that I challenge the 300-mile ranges of our Model 3's. When you can add 100 miles of range with 5 minutes of Supercharging at a 250 kW charger, it really makes me a whole lot less concerned with total range, as long as the electrons can pile in at a fast rate.

It does require a little different mindset though.

You miss one critical piece, the towing aspect. I agree with you as long as your not towing. But towing demands a 500 mile rage (which while towing the range will be halted to 250 miles).

 

[cvalue13]

Longer range CT probably coming someday

Just not on Nov 30 or soon

The good news (as it gets), is that the vast majority of people won’t get to order one until “someday” - and what’s released Nov 30 is basically irrelevant.

The base CT (dual) will be roughly comparable, all-around, to a long range Lariat Lightning - with the CT taking some minor wins here (eg SS exterior), and some minor loses there (eg less interior room).** This is why Musk said the Lightning was a “good vehicle.”

The elephant left in the room is the MSRP. Here. Muck said the Lightning was “a bit expensive,” so we can expect starting MSRP to beat starting Lariat ER Lightning.



The ‘performance’ option - most should forget about it. It will only change how fast you can accelerate/go, be much more expensive, a little less range, and be made in small quantities.

Anyone disappointed in these outcomes might nominally point to the 2019 unveil as their basis. But after a year+ on this forum, the primary culprit are the hopium dealers that have made wild and baseless promises, while shouting down more pragmatic expectations/skepticism.

 

[HaulingAss]

It depends on how people drive in the ideal conditions prescribed by Tesla, so wait and see! ? ?

What kind of naive comment is that?

Tesla doesn't prescribe the "ideal conditions" used by the EPA to determine the range numbers automakers use, the EPA does. And everyone has to use the same EPA prescribed conditions.

I thought everyone knew that.

And they are not "ideal conditions", merely easier than average conditions. Under close to Ideal conditions, the original Model 3 with 310 miles EPA range was demonstrated to go around 620 to 630 miles (depending upon who was testing it) before the battery died.

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