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Any proportion that includes a trip in excess of 200 miles? The report clearly details the Tesla tripping all over itself. I know I would be pretty worried afte
by cookiecaper 11y ago
Any proportion that includes a trip in excess of 200 miles? The report clearly details the Tesla tripping all over itself. I know I would be pretty worried after seeing the Tesla suddenly recalculate its route and politely inform me that the previously planned stop will now put my battery at -22% and that I ought to "drive slowly" to make sure I make it; I would probably not trust it the rest of the trip, and waste a lot of time making sure the battery never fell below 50%.
I understand that the issues faced by the author of the article were probably due to changing atmospheric conditions, but the Tesla should know how to include the effect of these in its calculations with reasonable accuracy, since they're a constant in all long-distance driving; weather is not going to be same 200, 400, or 1000 miles away from the starting point. I wonder if this is a learning issue, where the Tesla rates its battery based on the atmospheric conditions where it is most used, after sampling atmospheric data and combining that with battery learn data.
While other luxury cars may not be intended for long-haul drives, at least you can be assured that you'll get to your destination as long as you stop at a gas station when your car indicates that it's getting low. It doesn't seem one can trust the Tesla to know when it's going to need to be refilled.