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This is a ridiculous discussion. It takes about 3-5 minutes to fill up a large-tank performance car, similar in features and trim to the Model S. It takes abou
by calinet6 13y ago
This is a ridiculous discussion.
It takes about 3-5 minutes to fill up a large-tank performance car, similar in features and trim to the Model S. It takes about 2-4 minutes to fill up a smaller car. It takes less than 2 minutes to "fill up" a Model S.
It takes about 10 minutes if you also use the restroom. Are we going to start factoring that into the comparison? If not, I'm out.
- Swizec 13y agoWell it does seem that most of the time saved when filling up the Model S comes from not having to get out of the car in the first place. And I guess the credit card gets used from within the car?
- calinet6 13y agoThey have your serial number. I'm sure it's just billed directly to your card on file.
- leoc 13y agoWhat's probably most relevant is that it would take roughly as long to half-fill the Audi as to replace the Tesla's battery. That's in many ways a fairer comparison, as the Model S has roughly half the driving range of an Audi, and (I think) most car gasoline fill-ups aren't from near-empty back to full.
- brianbreslin 13y agoThe model he fills up looks to be an A8. The A8 fuel economy is around 15-18MPG. So 20 gallon tank only gets 350 mile range on it.
- leoc 13y agoOk. That's a very guzzly car then, though; even other Audis like the A5 seem to do a lot better than that, especially on the highway.
- rayiner 13y agoTesla's competition, from the perspective of performance and price, is very guzzly cars.
- leoc 13y agoBut big $100,000 cars like this mid-range S-class Merc http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/model/class-S/model-S550V http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/model/class-S/model-S... seem to have 20+ gallon gas tanks (here's the S550's capacity http://autos.yahoo.com/mercedes-benz/s-class/2013/s550/specifications.html http://autos.yahoo.com/mercedes-benz/s-class/2013/s550/speci... ) and the ability to manage about 25MPG on the highway. That would place them at 500+ miles from a single fill. (They'll do a lot worse with city driving though: the S550 should only give 350 miles. I think these MPG numbers are the EPA's.)
- rallison 13y agoAside from the top end A8s with upgraded engines, they get 18MPG city and 28MPG highway. Simply saying that the A8 gets 15-18MPG is deceptive. So, if we are talking range, an A8 will get upwards of 560 miles on a tank.
- calinet6 13y agoIf you're comparing on performance alone, you better get the upgraded Audi to match the Model S...