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Originally Posted by Josh (PA)
Tesla people, what is the real world range of the model S long range (402mile) car.
IE: If I wanted to take it to the lake on a 270 - 290 mile mostly highway drive that I currently average about 78mph (a good portion of highway cruising at ~85 - 90mph) with some decent elevation changes could I easily make it without stopping?
for comparison, I can easily do it on one tank of gas in the x5 with at least 150 miles of residual.
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Josh -
I'd recommend putting your route into
https://www.evtripplanner.com/planner/2-8/ to see what it says. I've found its estimates to be within a couple miles of rated range use when I've used it to plan trips.
Couple tips on it:
- I usually set the "speed multiplier" to 1.1 -- that's supposed to mean 10% above the average flow of traffic (per the Google Maps API reported speed, but also seems to be close to 10% above the posted limit based on my own observations).
- You can play with headwind/tailwind speeds if you experience windy conditions on this route
- You can also change things like the temperature to see what its like in summer vs other seasons.
- It has some other settings, but things like payload don't really impact range too much (especially for a long trip where you are not accelerating/decelerating, which is when the additional weight has an impact)...
Not knowing exactly which lake you are on, I just did a route from Philly to Seneca Falls, NY, which is 273 miles. At 1.2 speed multiplier (so even faster), it says a Model S P100D with 19" wheels would need 300 rated miles to make that route -- with average speed for the trip at 71mph (with ~200 miles of it between 78-83). Here's the link:
https://www.evtripplanner.com/planner/2-8/?id=33ke9e28