All of our vehicles show range. Never have I ever seen that kind of drop going from 35mph to 70 on the highway or higher.
> On Nov 30, 2019, at 10:42 AM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The same thing would happen if it had been a gas vehicle that said 50 miles > of range left (most gas vehicles do have that feature these days...), if you > go from driving a gas car at 50 MPH to 120 MPH, your MPG is going to drop > too, and not a small amount. > > I probably wouldn't want to only have an electric car at this point, because > there are absolutely situations where they simply aren't practical, and there > are places that there's no practical way to get to in my Tesla (I'd either > have to drive 50-100 miles out of the way to stop at a Supercharger, or find > another way of charging, which would take hours)... or I might need to go > somewhere 80 miles away at the end of the day, and don't have time to wait > for a supercharger... in that case, I'll just drive my Jeep. > > That said, I haven't yet needed to go anywhere that was a problem in the > Tesla, and the time I've spent at superchargers adds up to a lot less than > the time I would've spent at gas pumps in the past six months. > >> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 9:06 AM Matt Hoppes >> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >> That’s a fan boy answer. Yes it is the cars fault. The car said 50 miles of >> range. Which then dropped to 8 because electric motors aren’t efficient at >> high speeds. >> >>> On Nov 30, 2019, at 9:47 AM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: >>> >>> For that police chase article, the department actually updated and said the >>> car wasn't fully charged the night before from the officer who used it >>> last. He forgot to plug it in so the car never started the shift with a >>> full charge. Not the Teslas fault. >>> >>> https://electrek.co/2019/09/25/tesla-police-cruiser-runs-out-battery-chase-user-error/ >>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 8:43 AM Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: >>>> Matt, >>>> >>>> You said gas is the same no matter what. That's totally false. Mpg gets >>>> worse in every gad vehicle with cold temps and higher loads as well. >>>> >>>> In the cold, I've always lost 4 to 8 mpg in my truck or Honda accord in >>>> the winter. With the snowmobile trailer pulling behind our chevy, we get >>>> about 10mpg compared to our 19mpg without it. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure why you would say gas vehicles are immune to the same things >>>> that affect battery range. >>>> >>>> Anyway, plugging in every night pretty much handles 99% of most peoples >>>> daily miles. I can day our work vans definitely don't drive more than the >>>> 300 to 500 mile range the truck will have. My model 3 is 310 miles with >>>> normal weather and in the winter, about 250 miles which always takes care >>>> of my daily drive. Roadtrips have superchargers all over except in north >>>> Dakota. It's on their to do list. >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 8:22 AM Matt Hoppes >>>>> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >>>>> Thanks for bringing that up, Chuck. >>>>> >>>>> This is exactly what scares me about electric vehicles and an electric >>>>> truck: >>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/tesla-police-car-chase.html >>>>> >>>>> “We think it started the pursuit with about 50 miles left on the charge, >>>>> but when cars accelerate at speeds such as the situation, going over 110 >>>>> miles per hour, the car charge starts to drain down faster,” Ms. Bosques >>>>> said. >>>>> >>>>> The officer had "50 miles" left on the charge, but as soon as he started >>>>> the chase the range dropped to 8 miles and he had to call off the chase. >>>>> >>>>> Imagine having your truck say you have 100 miles to go, and you start up >>>>> a steep mountain incline to get to a tower site and suddenly get >>>>> stranded because it dropped to 10 miles of range from the load of >>>>> pulling up the hill. >>>>> >>>>> Gas - I always know what I have and in general it's the same no matter >>>>> what. >>>>> Electric - Huge variations depending on temperature and usage. >>>>> >>>>> On 11/30/19 8:56 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: >>>>> > Depends on distance. My car is always charged. So I always have 200 >>>>> > miles on the tank. At the end of a full day of driving yes it needs to >>>>> > be charged. Local police departments are making Teslas work. Just >>>>> > takes a different mindset. No maintenance and a truck good for a half >>>>> > million miles with no fuel costs is pretty attractive to me (I charge >>>>> > with solar). >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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