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Thats 2.5l/100km (40km/liter) for us metric luddites. Thats indeed very very impressive! The article does not mention, but I wonder what the average speed was

by beAbU 2y ago

Thats 2.5l/100km (40km/liter) for us metric luddites. Thats indeed very very impressive! The article does not mention, but I wonder what the average speed was over the whole distance. Extreme mileage is pretty useless if you are going at a snail's pace.

ajross 2y ago
Not a snail's pace, but sub-highway-speed for sure. As you get very slow internal resistance and continuous power draw start to dominate. Peak efficiency in a Model Y is somewhere around 40-45mph.
- lm28469 2y ago
  > Not a snail's pace, but sub-highway-speed for sure. ~70kph is the optimal speed for regular gas cars, for EVs it's even lower apparently https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Radu-Tarulescu/publication/311703927/figure/fig2/AS:684985082191872@1540324578449/Fuel-consumption-equation-depending-on-the-vehicle-speed-Source-3-Mitran-Gabriela.png https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Radu-Tarulescu/publicat... https://www.polestar-forum.com/attachments/img_5724-jpg.12682/ https://www.polestar-forum.com/attachments/img_5724-jpg.1268...
rasz 2y ago
>2.5l/100km They managed to beat 25 year old Euro car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Lupo#Lupo_3L https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Lupo#Lupo_3L