On 22 Jan 2025 at 6:59, Edward Thorpe via EV wrote: > Why so little range?
As they say, your EV mileage may vary. It depends on your driving style, terrain, ambient temperature, even wind speed and direction. The tires could be underinflated. The brakes might be dragging. Bearings could to too tight. There was also something of a kerfuffle a while back about Teslas' instrumentation overestimating their range. Let's see if I can find an article. OK, here you go: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so- much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/ or shortcut https://cntp.me/OABkLCo There's a good reason that charge meters in all EVs are often called "guessometers"! I have to say though that our Renault Zoe's estimates are usually fairly close to reality. Actual Tesla owners (I'm not one) will probably have more ideas. > Why so slow [charging]? Is something wrong with this Tesla? Possibly, but I don't think it's uncommon for EVs to charge more slowly than rated. > Also it´s unnerving driving with only the percent gauge for range, no > odometer visible I guess that's down to Tesla's interior styling choices. I prefer the much more traditional instrument panel layout in our Zoe, quite similar to the layout of its ICEV cousin, Clio. Only the media stuff and the car setup menus are on the touchscreen. In the end, it's a matter of personal preference. With a Tesla, you get what you prefer, as long as you prefer what Elon Musk prefers. :-) David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A pioneer wanted to cut a tree down that didn't cost him any- thing, but he never did plant one. He wanted to plow up land that should have been left to grass. He thought it was nature he was living off of, but it was really future generations he was living off of. -- Will Rogers = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
