Posted on 01/19/2018 1:43:57 PM PST by Red Badger
That's for the long-range model, which costs significantly more than the $35,000 base model.
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It's hard to say what we really know about the Tesla Model 3. Outside of Motor Trend, no serious outlet of automotive journalism has reviewed one, and with just 260 examples built in the last quarter, even reservation holders have no idea what their car is like.
At least we know how far it'll go on a charge: 310 miles, according to the EPA.
The Verge first discovered the official EPA rating for the new Model 3, which gave the all-electric sedan a rating of 131 MPGe city, 120 highway, for a combined rating of 126. We should point out that these range and efficiency ratings are for a Model 3 Long Range, which starts at $44,000. The EPA-certified range claim lines up nearly exactly with what Tesla promised the Long Range variant would do.
How far will you be able to drive in your base-model $35,000 Model 3? No numbers from the EPA yet, but Tesla said the non-Long Range version would have just 220 miles of range. So far, it seems, of the small handful of Model 3s that have been built, all are Long Range examples. Tesla doesn't plan to start building standard versions until 2018.
And .... there was no charging station when they got there.
Of course your bias leads you to post fake news.
Did they carry a battery a few miles down the road, charge it and then carry back a charged battery to give the car enough electricity to get to the next charging station?
if it’s 10 degrees do they even get there...
In Winnipeg Canada that car would freeze solid
You are the one that was offended ... by the revelation that your post was fake news!
It’s already solid...................
A FReeper wittier than I wondered what happens when they run out of charge on the highway. Can't bring a tank of electricity to them, at least not easily.
I responded to it.
Maybe for the first year unless your in heavy traffic at night & it!’s hot or cold.
“In Winnipeg Canada that car would freeze solid”
that would greatly reduce the 310 mile range, right?
330 mile on level ground in the late spring and early fall during the daylight. Going up hill, excessive braking, turning on the AC or the heat, headlights, and the millage will begin to fall in direct proportion to the severity of the demand/load.
“How about with a heater? Or AC? Driving more than 30 mph? On ground that isn’t flat? Or, in traffic, with a number of accelerations/stops? “
Gee, that sounds a whole lot like driving in the Rocky Mountain states ...
Oh, the Tesla....! The media darling that nobody will buy.
Uh...
The EPA is a calculation estimate.
Note that reviewers are pretty cagey about what real life range is:
And note that the Tesla 3 Long Range tested is $60k.
And how many on average according to folks who have driven one.
There are plenty of them here in DC. They don't use much charge idling in the chronic DC traffic jam.
There will be.
Electric cars are the future no matter how many clouds FReepers yell at.
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