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The real world highway range of the smallest battery option lightning is about 213 miles.

• argiopetech 4y ago
  Only if you aren't towing anything...
• xeromal 4y ago
  Is that including the 20% you have to lop off? Don't go below 10% battery and don't charge above 90% to ensure the life of the battery? Sometimes it's even don't go below 20% of the battery which takes away even more.
  • theluketaylor 4y ago
    Using the top and bottom of the battery adds very little wear. What is bad for a battery is leaving it at high or low states of charge for an extended period. Occasionally on road trips going down to low states of charge or filling all the way before departing is fine.
    • jackmott42 4y ago
      Being at any low level of charge at or above indicated 0% is fine. In fact that is the longest lasting way to store the car, very low charge. What is bad is going below the minimum rating for the cell, which is a bit below when the car says 0%. So driving down to 0% is fine, doing so and letting the car sit for a few days can be bad
  • jackmott42 4y ago
    You can go below 10% for as long as you want, you just can't go below 0%. Going above 90% is also fine, there isn't any step change in harm to the pack at any given percentage, degradation over time just steadily increases the more you charge the pack. Charging to 100% for a few hours before a trip is fine. Leaving the car at 100% for a month would accelerate wear a bit.