Best to 'DIGEST' what's put in front of you with forte and knife. Can't wait for Sandy, or someone with a reputable background to give actual REAL WORLD byte-size bits!
Gasoline has 33,700 Wh of thermal energy per gallon, but only 12-30% of that is available as motive energy. So trucks and SUVs only reap ~ 4 kWh/gallon and highly efficient small hybrids manage 10 kWh/gallon. The rest is wasted as heat and pollution.
Correct me if I am wrong, but a lot of your arguement is that the truck is 180 real world range instead of 340. But the people driving aren’t on all season tires correct? And MOST driving will be done in town with a mix of highway with mostly street. At least that will be for me. So the truck will consistently get me 260+. Road trips like you are talking about at 180 is not great and I hope it gets higher or we get more info. Again correct me if I am wrong, but a lot of your negativity is that this is a 180 mile range truck… is it?
Not sure if it is negativity unless you read it that way, pretty much just reposting new stats and images that are coming out.
I would say that the local in town driving range is virtually irrelevant, the EPA could be 150 miles if you can charge at the end of the day who cares. It's the road trips where the range matters.
This realistic 200-240 mile range truck is truly a joke in relation to what was promoted on day 1.
These are basically lies, though. No one ever offered a truck with 500 mile range up a hill at 85 mph with the heater blasting in sub-freezing temps.
500+ miles is a state away from 250 miles.
Bjørn Nyland tested a Model X a few years ago and found that driving between 93-106 mph (150-170 kph) was the quickest way to cover the greatest distance, taking into account charging stops. He thought 93 was the best speed because Tesla's cruise control will still work at that speed.
would be interesting to see that test in a CT
