Hi Folks,
I was curious why my Tesla-Y that's 4400 pounds came out ahead of my conversions over the years (80's-2011) that averaged 334 watt hours per mile or 3 miles per KWH (weighed closer to 2000lbs). The Tesla-Y display which is DC at the battery, shows 244 watt hours per mile. I measured at the AC outlet (actual KWH usage) with the KWH meter on OpenEVSE.com, also matched the Tesla screen display at 36.77 KWH. The car traveled from 72,553 to 72,414 or 139 miles. 139/36.77=3.78 miles per KWH or 264.5 watt hours per mile. With the car display at 244 watt hours per mile, that's a 7.7% efficiency loss through the onboard charger, so impressive aero efficiency as indicated on the InsideEVs website comparing all EVs. Conversions are probably less efficient do to poorer aero efficiency that takes an exponential hit at highway speeds. I was initially going to buy a Tesla-3 (now advertised at $37K) but said *no towing* and the Y showed 3500 pounds of towing needed for towing my 5x8 trailer for solar panels/concrete/racking (solar volunteer club) and boat. Not sure why the Tesla-3 says no towing when it uses the *same* drivetrain. BTW, I'm taking the advice of some and going to the dealer with the Bolt to get the $1400 bait software 80% for 6200 miles - since the 2020 model battery issues are less than 1% (most occurred in previous years 2017-2019). Have a renewable energy day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell REEVA: community service RE & EV project club Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) UL Certified PV Installer My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh REEVA Demo: <http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd89 75b8d/signature> Fincastle Solar Weather Station -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20231026/70d11bc0/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
