Minimum Range YOU REQUIRE to go through with Cybertruck purchase

[fhteagle]

Minimum to use it like a car with a massive trunk: 300 mi at 70mph

Minimum to use it "like a truck", and tow a utility trailer, aero efficient camper, etc: 400 unloaded at 70mph / 220 loaded at 60mph.

I can probably make at it work with inconvenience at 350, but 450 would be a lot more comfortable crossing the long distance between chargers here. Take a look at the gaps through the tribal lands in the four corners area to see what I mean.

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[FarAway]

Based on the responses to this poll...I'm moving WAY up the list...there's hope for late 2024 after all.

Non EV owners typically WAY overestimate their required range. I know I did. Probably because EV's are "full" every morning, unlike ICE vehicles.

I tend to agree with the overestimate statement. I looked at my real world use.

In my last year of driving, I drove OVER 400 miles in a single day only two times. In this scenario, I would be fine sitting for 30 minutes to charge the CT and take a break.

I DRVOE 150 miles one way (300 round trip) to a nearby city and then returned home in a single day about two dozen times. Usually, it is to pick up a part or tool and then get right back on the highway. I would prefer not to sit around in this scenario.

The 350 miles would be minimum for me, not sure I would be happy with the 300.

 

[Zhe Wiz]

I tend to agree with the overestimate statement. I looked at my real world use.

In my last year of driving, I drove OVER 400 miles in a single day only two times. In this scenario, I would be fine sitting for 30 minutes to charge the CT and take a break.

I DRVOE 150 miles one way (300 round trip) to a nearby city and then returned home in a single day about two dozen times. Usually, it is to pick up a part or tool and then get right back on the highway. I would prefer not to sit around in this scenario.

The 350 miles would be minimum for me, not sure I would be happy with the 300.

Keep in mind though, if there's a Supercharger between your start/end points, and the range is "close" to enough, but not quite, you're probably only looking at a 5-10 minute stop to get just enough juice to get you home. About the same time as a gas up, possibly less. I have one trip I make 4 or 5 times a year. Summertime it's a no stopper, winter time it's a quick 5-10 minute charge between.

That's another difference with EVs vs ICE. You generally don't want to be close to full when you get home, you want to be close to empty. Home "gas" is cheaper than road "gas".

 

[PilotPete]

Keep in mind though, if there's a Supercharger between your start/end points, and the range is "close" to enough, but not quite, you're probably only looking at a 5-10 minute stop to get just enough juice to get you home. About the same time as a gas up, possibly less. I have one trip I make 4 or 5 times a year. Summertime it's a no stopper, winter time it's a quick 5-10 minute charge between.

That's another difference with EVs vs ICE. You generally don't want to be close to full when you get home, you want to be close to empty. Home "gas" is cheaper than road "gas".

And….

How many times are you on “full” when you leave home on a trip in your ICE vehicle. You either have to fill up before you leave, or get gas on the trip. I can get 400 miles in my ICE car, but the tank is almost never on F before I leave on a trip. So a 300 + mile trip almost always requires a 10 min stop, either before or during the trip.

 

[HaulingAss]

And also what the range might be in certain temperature ranges as well.

I need to be able to tow a 42-foot travel trailer in temperatures below minus 30, at least 300 miles while doing 75 mph (with a 30 mph headwind) going uphill the whole way. Because that's how I do it. If Cybertruck can't provide, I will be forced to buy a GM 1-ton with a 6.5L DuraMax.





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[PBarré]

I need to be able to tow a 42-foot travel trailer in temperatures below minus 30, at least 300 miles while doing 75 mph (with a 30 mph headwind) going uphill the whole way. Because that's how I do it. If Cybertruck can't provide, I will be forced to buy a GM 1-ton with a 6.5L DuraMax.





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Then I think your decision is already made!

 

[scottf200]

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

....Or EV car owners like myself have a different use case for a truck (i.e. towing) that requires more range. If I was buying the CT to replace my model 3 or Y, 300 is fine. Honestly 250 is more than enough for the vast majority of my daily driving. But my hope is to replace both my model 3 AND my current Tundra, and to do that, I want something that can tow at least medium distances without having to spend half my time charging.

And before a bunch of people chime in with how short a supercharger stop is.... I KNOW how short a typical charging stop is IN A CAR. I've taken multiple 1,000+ mile road trips in both the 3 and Y.

A truck with worse efficiency and larger pack will already take longer to charge than my cars. Add the drastically reduced range between stops while pulling a trailer, and the time it will take to unhook and re-hook the trailer everywhere there isn't a pull-through (which is all but one charging location I have visited in over 5 years of traveling), and it just becomes an inconvenience that I'm not willing to deal with.

You hit the nail on the head. SOME people want to be able to cut the ICE cord altogether and that means they need a vehicle with more range security. Some have said that charge time is important and they are right, but charger availability is even more important. The range can come down if chargers are everywhere and that is going to trams time.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Then I think your decision is already made!

Sadly, I have to agree.

 

[L3it3R]

If the solar thing is real, 350+ is fine for me. I can easily make it to anywhere I'm planning on going with that. I've driven cross-country many times in my Model 3 Performance, and with the truck and a solar solution, I can go anywhere. I'm good w/that.

 

[sstevens805]

300 (alleged) is what I'm used to with my Y, but 400 would be the bee's knees.

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