Model S Long Range Plus: Building the First 400-Mile Electric Vehicle
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#2"a new custom tire"
sounds expensive to replace when you drive over a nail
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#3"a new custom tire" sounds expensive to replace when you drive over a nail
I don't think you buy a tesla for low part costs
e.g. https://www.tflcar.com/2019/06/tesla-model-3-repair-story/
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#4"a new custom tire" sounds expensive to replace when you drive over a nail
Fair point, but this is Tesla we are talking about. They will find a way to make price competitive (possibly after failing a few times first).
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#5"a new custom tire" sounds expensive to replace when you drive over a nail
It's a car that sells on average for ~100k. I don't think an expensive tire change in case of a nail will stop the target customer from purchasing this vehicle.
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#6I'll wait for Consumer Reports or the EPA before believing any of Tesla's range claims.
E: As in from the EPA itself and validated by Consumer Report's field-testing, not Tesla claiming EPA certification and verified through easily cheat-able testing.
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#7It's really incredible what Tesla is doing. Haters gonna hate, but they continue to innovate and move the industry forward.
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#8"a new custom tire" sounds expensive to replace when you drive over a nail
Yes but don’t most “luxury” automobiles come with non-cheap tires to begin with that may or may not bring 2% mileage improvement with them?
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#9The Hyundai Nexo EV is already at 380 miles, and it’s a real SUV, not a flat-as-a-pancake Model S. It refuels in five minutes, to boot, but is only practical in California. If they increased tank volume by 5% it’d be at 400 miles EPA.
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#10I wonder how much of this will translate to real world driving. Teslas have generally significantly underperformed in real world range compared to EPA. This reads very much like they're optimizing more towards a benchmark.