Positive Range Report: 1000+ miles @ 280 miles average range, 440Wh/mi consumption - Houston, TX

[charliemagpie]

The reports I've seen are mostly towing at highway speeds, or towing max loads. No mention of acceleration, maybe they accelerated the living daylights out of it at times.

Most of the rest I think have mixed chill drive with Mad Max moments. Why not?, if you just got your CT, are you going to drive like a Granny?

I could be wrong, I think wise to remain a little sceptical, Billions of $ at stake.

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[cvalue13]

I’m more shocked they could do 65 on a hwy in Houston

 

[Gigahorse]

I’m more shocked they could do 65 on a hwy in Houston

For real!


With that wh/mile that is a 280mile range with 100% battery or 224 miles using 80% of the pack, definitely a better one. Pretty good for an avg speed of 37.5mph and mixed driving.

 

[WormtownKris]

There was way too much biased negativity in some of the other threads.

Based on how the titles of all these other threads work, the title of this thread should be something like, "Real World Test Proves Average Range of 376 Miles." No matter what all the other supplemental data shows, stay with the most extreme result as the title. That's what the other threads do. ?

 

[jookyone]

Based on how the titles of all these other threads work, the title of this thread should be something like, "Real World Test Proves Average Range of 376 Miles." No matter what all the other supplemental data shows, stay with the most extreme result as the title. That's what the other threads do. ?

How about:
"Cybertruck can go 1,000 miles! Photo PROOF"
Show odometer...

 

[PilotPete]

Let’s say you drive 25 miles and it takes you 40 minutes. Let’s say that 20 of those 25 miles is on the freeway. And let’s say you are at a perfect 65mph the whole time. This is going to take you 19 minutes. Now let’s say you do 30 mph on the surface streets for the remaining 5 miles. That’s going to take you 10 minutes. So you have spent 29 minutes on the road, and gone 25 miles. Now add in 10 red stoplights at an average of 1 minute each (and in any big city, there is a stoplight an average of every 1/4 mi for 20 stoplights in this distance), which gives you 10 minutes of delay, added to the 32 minutes of moving, and you get 39 minutes to drive 25 miles, with an average (constant) freeway speed of 65mph. Believe it or not, it is not that easy to average even 60mph. Stop for one minute, and you have to get a far faster speed between stops. Add in the accel/decel and you are easily at 40 minutes. And for context, jumping the speed up to 75 on the freeway cuts less than 3 minutes off the time.

I don’t see any embellishment, except that they could do ”most of the drive” at 65 probably wishful thinking, if anything!

 

[drrjv]

Would be curious if anyone with a CT has joined TeslaFi or Stats, both of which provide good analysis of energy usage vs milage. My 2018 M3P with 70k miles has a lifetime average of 305 Wh/mile, average efficiency of 78% and average speed of 40 mph.

Please see attachment for detailed look and use my referral code if you want to try out for 4 weeks instead of the usual 2 week trial:

https://www.teslafi.com/signup.php?referred=drrjv

 

[clarkbariowa]

I am thinking that the largest factor of all the negative news on range is because it’s COLD EVERYWHERE IN THE US! We are getting skewed data for cold temps only so far. Note to Tesla: Don’t launch a new car in winter Stop and go in winter is going to show high wh/mi on average and that is all anyone has driven so far. Seems too early and just a small slice of data. I think March is going to have more data samples (hopefully mine as well).

 

[cvalue13]

I am thinking that the largest factor of all the negative news on range is because it’s COLD EVERYWHERE IN THE US! We are getting skewed data for cold temps only so far. Note to Tesla: Don’t launch a new car in winter

honestly, this has to be a known “cost” of the roll-out timing for Tesla

anyone who’s been on EV forums knows that this time of year is when there’s a spike of new members joining to say “I just got my first EV” or “I just got my first [model EV],” combined with “I think I got a lemon!?”


between preconditioning, HVAC use, and air density/drag, the winter is when the efficiency differences between BEV and ICE are most pronounced.

especially amongst those least familiar with BEVs, or in this case - people who only know BEV sedans and are not yet aware that BEV trucks have further / unique considerations

 

[clarkbariowa]

Agree. I posted this on the other range thread that seemed to have died out.

70 mph(out of spec test)
42 deg
490 wh/mi
250 miles

75 mph (guess)
42 deg
520 wh/mi
236 miles

80 - 85 mph. (latest What’s inside family youtube)
42 deg
590 wh/mi
207 miles

It looks like ~380 wh/mi is needed to hit the target EPA range of 320 miles. Maybe in 70 degree weather going about 70?

 

[TMS16]

I'm glad to see someone posting normal driving range instead of all these sensational negative posts. I've been a pickup truck guy all my adult life and very few ICE trucks get "great" milage. And when you tow a heavy trailer you get very poor milage. Relax people and enjoy the ride!

 

[Zelectric]

Would be curious if anyone with a CT has joined TeslaFi or Stats, both of which provide good analysis of energy usage vs milage. My 2018 M3P with 70k miles has a lifetime average of 305 Wh/mile, average efficiency of 78% and average speed of 40 mph.

Please see attachment for detailed look and use my referral code if you want to try out for 4 weeks instead of the usual 2 week trial:

https://www.teslafi.com/signup.php?referred=drrjv

Outside temperature and wind play just as much as speed through. So many variables.

 

[clarkbariowa]

I am getting confused as everyone else, but for a truck that is 6700 lbs with 35” AT tires. It seems pretty efficient. We need more data points to see if my theory is right.

 

[JPRIVER]

I agree lets take the emotion out ofbit and use math. A positive range test > EPA*. A negative range test < EPA*. What does it take to beat the EPA* range estimate? Has anyone done better than -13%?

 

[ModelAZ]

I am thinking that the largest factor of all the negative news on range is because it’s COLD EVERYWHERE IN THE US! We are getting skewed data for cold temps only so far.

Good point! The range results posted in this thread are from a Houston Cybertruck owner, and here was Houston's temperatures for the last 7 days -- pretty cold for Houston.

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