ajdelange
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- A. J.
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It will show 600 miles range sometimes. Even my X shows 999 sometimes (though rarely) but that's not what caught my eye. It's the remark about the range being wasted. Range is never wasted. It's money in the bank whether you use it or not. It's there if you need it.If up to 600 range, it will be hard not upgrading from 2 engine to 3. The extra weight and range goes to waste with my needs but... maybe enough justification to upgrade. 2.9 seconds is not the real reason.
Extra battery is also helpful in that charging takes place at around 1 C. A 200 kWh battery thus charges faster than a 100 kWh battery but both sizes of truck will have about the same consumption. If you only need to add 100 miles in a charge you can do it twice as fast with a 200 kWh battery as you can with a 100. In addition to this 100 miles is only 20% of the 200 kWh battery but about 40% of a 199 kWh battery. Thus you can charge from 40% to 60% in the former but would have to charge from 40% to 80% in the latter. Being able to stay at lower SoCs means longer battery life.
There just isn't any reason, except limited financial resources, not to buy the biggest battery you can.
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