375 Wh/mi average energy consumption over 1,156 miles (after latest software update)!

[Woodrick]

I did about a 60 mile round trip today in Florida in my beast. Would say the 30 mile segments compromised of 70/30 highway/city. Flat both ways and about 90F.

On the way down I put it in beast mode and moved, probably averaged 95mph on highway and yes the beast is still speed limited. I was at 555wh when I arrived for that segment.

On the way back I put it in comfort mode put it on cruise control at 70 behind a semi and drove as mild as I could. I got 390wh on the segment back. No clue how anyone got into the high 200s, if there is a way to do this, I could never achieve it, as it just wouldn’t be compatible with my driving style.

My current average is 431wh, probably 30/70 highway/city with semi aggressive driving as the norm.

How do you know that you were in an optimal drafting position behind the semi. Odds are that you weren't causing even higher energy usage.

How do you get down to the 200s? Easy, slow down. Normal Tesla rules, expect about 10% reduction in range for every 5 mph over 60mph.

And BTW, beast mode, comfort mode, etc, doesn't do anything on the Interstate. It impacts the acceleration.

If you want to see the world, just like flying, get off the freaking Interstate and get on the US highway system. There are surprises and interesting things all along the routes.

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[Pablito3]

How do you know that you were in an optimal drafting position behind the semi. Odds are that you weren't causing even higher energy usage.

How do you get down to the 200s? Easy, slow down. Normal Tesla rules, expect about 10% reduction in range for every 5 mph over 60mph.

And BTW, beast mode, comfort mode, etc, doesn't do anything on the Interstate. It impacts the acceleration.

If you want to see the world, just like flying, get off the freaking Interstate and get on the US highway system. There are surprises and interesting things all along the routes.

I am not sure I was in the optimal drafting position. I just used the cruise control and tagged the semi in front of me and set the gap at 2. First time I used that feature. I found that if the semi I tagged to follow switched lanes my cruise control would just abruptly accelerate which was odd.

Not saying getting into the high 200s isn’t possible, seems like some people have done it, just not possible for me and my normal driving habits. Slowing down would be abnormal for me and I didn’t get the beast to drive abnormal lol. I typically just match left lane cruising speed. Here in Florida on highways that are 70mph, left lane cruises at around 90mph.

The reality is the CT is a high HP truck, its intended purpose is not a super efficient highway traveler. Its supposed to be a truck with performance of a sports car and well I drive it like a sportscar that also happens to be a truck. It seems that my experience is essentially very realistic and I think realistic expectations are important as a source information.

Yes there might be outliers, if you baby it and drive 55mph 10ft behind a semi you can get extraordinary results but in my opinion you took abnormal steps to achieve those results resulting in abnormal data. If driving slow and dangerously drafting semis is normal for you that is fine more power to you, I just think that data from a situation like that would need an *.

From my experience you get about 285 miles of range in a normal driving scenario and around 315 mile of range if you drive conservatively assuming full charge. These are realistic expectations and mirror what Tesla states as the current range for the truck.

 

[Woodrick]

I am not sure I was in the optimal drafting position. I just used the cruise control and tagged the semi in front of me and set the gap at 2. First time I used that feature. I found that if the semi I tagged to follow switched lanes my cruise control would just abruptly accelerate which was odd.

Not saying getting into the high 200s isn’t possible, seems like some people have done it, just not possible for me and my normal driving habits. Slowing down would be abnormal for me and I didn’t get the beast to drive abnormal lol. I typically just match left lane cruising speed. Here in Florida on highways that are 70mph, left lane cruises at around 90mph.

The reality is the CT is a high HP truck, its intended purpose is not a super efficient highway traveler. Its supposed to be a truck with performance of a sports car and well I drive it like a sportscar that also happens to be a truck. It seems that my experience is essentially very realistic and I think realistic expectations are important as a source information.

Yes there might be outliers, if you baby it and drive 55mph 10ft behind a semi you can get extraordinary results but in my opinion you took abnormal steps to achieve those results resulting in abnormal data. If driving slow and dangerously drafting semis is normal for you that is fine more power to you, I just think that data from a situation like that would need an *.

From my experience you get about 285 miles of range in a normal driving scenario and around 315 mile of range if you drive conservatively assuming full charge. These are realistic expectations and mirror what Tesla states as the current range for the truck.

I'm sorry, I drive a lot in Florida, from the Keys to the panhandle, and the right lane speed is not 90 mph. at 77 mph, I often am behind other traffic.

Traffic Aware Cruise Control will indeed accelerate to the set speed if the vehicle that you are behind disappears (changing lanes makes it disappear).
Saying that you were following a semi and then that you normally go 90, seems to be slightly at odds with each other. I know for a fact that you aren't going to find many, if any, semis going 90mph.
But why draft a semi? Just set the TACC for the speed that you want. It's not really designed to be a drafting mechanism.

There are a lot of people that consider the Cybertruck to be a work truck and that the power is there to do work with, like pulling trailers.

DO you never get off the Interstate? DO you drive 90mph on surface streets?

Get off the ugly Interstates and <300W/mi becomes pretty easy. And that's where 90% of americans drive.

 

[CyberTruckeeTheOne]

And seems dangerous even getting near semis and I myself avoid just being near them.

Group of semi drivers, joke or not, says "it better them than me" when things go south.

With that giant, the odds is that I will be at a great disadvantage.

But following semi airstream makes sense. In fact during gas crisis, there were proposals to make rigs travel lined up on freeways like trains and they came up with some numbers in fuel savings.

Told myself, when do I cut to exit the freeways.

 

[StainlessVoyager]

Hey I am in Bay area and have CB, I think I am on the latest software. Lets do a short loop to see difference in consumption

 

[Pablito3]

I'm sorry, I drive a lot in Florida, from the Keys to the panhandle, and the right lane speed is not 90 mph. at 77 mph, I often am behind other traffic.

Traffic Aware Cruise Control will indeed accelerate to the set speed if the vehicle that you are behind disappears (changing lanes makes it disappear).
Saying that you were following a semi and then that you normally go 90, seems to be slightly at odds with each other. I know for a fact that you aren't going to find many, if any, semis going 90mph.
But why draft a semi? Just set the TACC for the speed that you want. It's not really designed to be a drafting mechanism.

There are a lot of people that consider the Cybertruck to be a work truck and that the power is there to do work with, like pulling trailers.

DO you never get off the Interstate? DO you drive 90mph on surface streets?

Get off the ugly Interstates and <300W/mi becomes pretty easy. And that's where 90% of americans drive.

I think you misunderstood some of the things I was saying. I did a test of my trucks efficiency on a 60 mile round trip yesterday to see what numbers I would get. On the way down I drove aggressive on purpose (555wh) and on the way back I drove conservative on purpose (390wh). It was on the way back that I sat behind a semi and he was not going 90, he was going 70.

Just Fyi: I drive round trip between Sarasota to Miami bi monthly since Aug 2018. Trust me on I75 when there is open roads and no major congestion 90mph cruising speed is typical of left lane drivers.

There has been many a time I have gotten into large groups of cars 25 strong all cruising around 100mph, I just find a spot in the middle of the group and become part of the pack.

Have not used the cybertruck yet for a sarasota to miami trip, not sure if I ever will or not. Heard that alligator alley supercharger is hit or miss on functionality and wouldn’t want to get stranded there. I have an infinity q50 I use for my commuting trips

But my typical commute from home to my office is 3 miles, it’s all neighborhood and side street driving. If I get over 30mph ever on that trip it would be fast, have not seen 300wh efficiency on those slow inner city trips at all either.

On the plus side I found out there are a bunch of free level 2 chargers all around my office. I haven’t paid for charging my CT for the last 3 weeks. I think at some point the city is going to ban me but until that day comes I will take all the free charging I can get.

 

[Woodrick]

I think you misunderstood some of the things I was saying. I did a test of my trucks efficiency on a 60 mile round trip yesterday to see what numbers I would get. On the way down I drove aggressive on purpose (555wh) and on the way back I drove conservative on purpose (390wh). It was on the way back that I sat behind a semi and he was not going 90, he was going 70.

Just Fyi: I drive round trip between Sarasota to Miami bi monthly since Aug 2018. Trust me on I75 when there is open roads and no major congestion 90mph cruising speed is typical of left lane drivers.

There has been many a time I have gotten into large groups of cars 25 strong all cruising around 100mph, I just find a spot in the middle of the group and become part of the pack.

Have not used the cybertruck yet for a sarasota to miami trip, not sure if I ever will or not. Heard that alligator alley supercharger is hit or miss on functionality and wouldn’t want to get stranded there. I have an infinity q50 I use for my commuting trips

But my typical commute from home to my office is 3 miles, it’s all neighborhood and side street driving. If I get over 30mph ever on that trip it would be fast, have not seen 300wh efficiency on those slow inner city trips at all either.

On the plus side I found out there are a bunch of free level 2 chargers all around my office. I haven’t paid for charging my CT for the last 3 weeks. I think at some point the city is going to ban me but until that day comes I will take all the free charging I can get.

Alligator alley is the ONLY part of I-75 where you can hit those speeds.
The Miccosukee Supercharger is rated as 8.6 on PlugShare. A little low, but comments show that it is mostly consistently working.
You wouldn't want to use that going, but it makes sense to use it coming back. Although I'd probably stop at Naples coming and going. You can probably get away with 2-15 minutes charges that way.

 

[MeadowShade]

Have you done any towing with your truck yet? I'm curious as I work with our boats daily and do a lot of trailering. We currently Use a our Ford Lightning, but I'm trying to get this on our radar as the next fleet Truck.

I towed a Box Trailer .. 16ft long and 7ft wide and 7ft tall for 300 miles yesterday.
I was able to keep it under 800 WPM but did not go over 65 and most of it was 60 or less.

The trailer has a drop door ramp and a wedge front. It is all alluminum and only weighs 1,800 pounds empty with dual axles. Going out I had a 2,500 pound antique car and coming back I had a 2,000 pound antique car. Honestly, I think the wind was a headwind as the weather changed both directions.

I am NOT totally happy about this level of usage but I do NOT tow every day. It will absolutely fly ... like there is no trailer back there. I could tell the difference of the 500 pounds but it made NO difference in use.

It did feel a little "soft" sometimes. I expect to get that 800 down to 600 with an aero correct camper in July. It only weighs 3,000 pounds and has ONE axle which I think makes a big difference in rolling resistance.

I went north up I-95 from Richmond toward DC turned off on 301 and went to the boonies.
300 miles round trip.

I charged twice at the same supercharger in Dahlgren VA. On the way up and on the way back.

 

[jma18530]

on my drive PA to NJ, i achieved about the same.

What tires are you using?

 

[QinPhoenix]

The CT seems to be very efficient when driving consistently at highway speeds between 60-65. I hope the numbers are real, but I haven’t done the reverse math myself…

This is a screen photo of 180mi trip at 375 Wh/mile … even at 75mph.

Clear visual display, what the blue area represents？

 

[mongo]

Clear visual display, what the blue area represents？

Blue area?
The tailgate color (and rest of truck) is customizable.

 

[SteelMyHeart]

2,811 miles total, 385 wh/mi

 

[Electrified Marina]

Got 734 Wh/mile towing a 4,200 lbs RV for 44 miles with not much steep hills to climb.

Problem with CT is that it's so powerful that it's difficult to perceive head winds that might be adversely affecting energy usage.

Thats not bad at all. With boat shows and deliveries we do this might be a good fit for us to add to the fleet. Aint nothing like towing an electric boat with electric truck.

 

[CyberTruckeeTheOne]

Thats not bad at all. With boat shows and deliveries we do this might be a good fit for us to add to the fleet. Aint nothing like towing an electric boat with electric truck.

What's your electric boat?

I am waiting for an electric boat cruiser.

 

[JBee]

Please tell me where.

I want to live there.

Middle Earth. Every road is downhill there until you get to the centre, at which point you fly.

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