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"I decided to risk taking one for the team to determine the Model S real-world range when it's cold outside and you drive the car as you would any other car, el
by RexM 14y ago
"I decided to risk taking one for the team to determine the Model S real-world range when it's cold outside and you drive the car as you would any other car, electric or not."
He explains this as his reasoning for not recharging his car... Regardless of if it's cold outside, or if the car is powered by electricity, gas, or good intentions, if the car is telling you that you're running dangerously low on fuel, why would you not stop and refuel? I feel like stopping and refueling would be the real-world scenario.
- gnud 14y agoYes, that would be the real-world scenario. As I understand it, CR were tracking exactly how much they charged the Tesla at their office (in w, I guess). And he didn't want to mess with that. He also wanted to test the "projected range".
- makomk 14y agoIn the real world, your route often isn't going to take you past one of Tesla's handful of Superchargers, and a lot of the other charging points are just too slow to be useful for anything but overnight charges.
- bryanlarsen 14y ago"Why would you not stop and refuel?" Because otherwise I would never have bothered to read the article. As a potential Tesla owner in a cold climate, I want to know these things. I want to know how the car will perform if I abuse it in an emergency, without actually having to abuse it myself as a test.