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Right battery degradation over time is also a serious consideration and why I'm still in the "buy max range" camp. I've lost 9.5% range in 3.5 years. So you nee
by steveBK123 5y ago
Right battery degradation over time is also a serious consideration and why I'm still in the "buy max range" camp.
I've lost 9.5% range in 3.5 years.
So you need to multiply all these factors out.
Rated Range x Battery aging x weather impact x speed impact x % charge
So for example on a 310mi rated Model 3 after 4 years, taking a 75mph highway road trip in winter it might look like
310mi x 0.9 battery age x 0.9 weather x 0.8 speed x 0.9 charge % = 180mi..
This roughly checks out with some of my Christmas road tripping recently.
Another reason I'm never buying a "240mi-ish" EV and target buying something closer to 400mi than 300mi, and only with access to a huge charging network like Tesla in 2022.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y ago> and only with access to a huge charging network like Tesla in 2022. There are a lot more non-Tesla chargers than Tesla Superchargers. Though they're slower and more expensive. Whoever decided 7.2 kW J-1772 chargers should exist needs to be dragged out back and shot. They did a lot of damage to EV adoption by feeding the notion that EVs take several hours to charge. Chargers below 150 kW shouldn't exist, IMO.