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In the article they mentioned a previous record setting drive: "As readers might recall, a new record was established last month by one enthusiastic Model S ow
by adenadel 11y ago
In the article they mentioned a previous record setting drive:
"As readers might recall, a new record was established last month by one enthusiastic Model S owner, who drove a painful 24-miles-per hour to make it a stunning 452.8 miles on a single charge. (The car is advertised as having a 265-mile range.)
Musk didn’t elaborate on whether someone would need to drive just as slowly to reach 620 miles in 2017. We’d guess that’s not what he had in mind, though."
- stephengoodwin 11y ago452.8 miles / 24 mph = 18.87 hours of driving at slow speeds That's commitment.
- dragontamer 11y agoThat's why they are getting AIs to drive that!
- Filligree 11y agoIf I could sit back and read, or sleep in the back, then I'd consider that.
- vectorjohn 11y agoEveryone seems to be missing that it doesn't have to be in one shot.
- greggyb 11y agoThese efficiency runs are in one shot, because the largest impact to total range comes from acceleration.
- ksherlock 11y agoStraight from the horse's mouth: "1000 kilometers... hmm. Well, it depends under what circumstances for a thousand kilometers. As it is, the record right now for model s is 800 kilometers (496 miles). That's the furthest that anyone has driven a model s. ... Now, in order to do that, they did drive at a relatively slow speed, so, you know, we're talking, I think they drive at 40 or 50 kilometers an hour (25-30mph) or something like that. But I think, my guess, we could probably break a thousand kilometers within a year or two. ... 5 to 10% a year" It seems, to me, slow driving ("circumstances") is what he had in mind.