Sounds about right.
You have the small battery and did a bunch of short trips which tend to be less efficient (357).
The advantage of an electric car is that you can plug it in at home each night and start the day with a full charge and no worries about range.
(Note: Please be nice to the Tesla people when you talk to them. They are not scammers and are not trying to put off. They are genuinely trying to help you. Consider that you might have unrealistic expectations.)
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you. I have done lots of research, long before I Was able to purchase my Tesla.
"Small trips" And "Less Efficient" does not equate to 50% range.
And I'm not sureif you read, but I have had my car for about 6 months already, I'm not really "new" to the scene. I've put 10,000 miles on my car already.
And I am nice to the Tesla people, but once they start to give me the run around, and not answering my questions with a solution to my problem, and instead I get an "excuse" to my problem, that's when I become not so nice.
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Oh, that sounds interesting. Can you tell a little about this - why was it necessary? was the car having a problem? Did they contact you and take it or did you take it in for something and they took it?
So you know what you're talking about - had the car since November. I saw 9 posts and thought maybe you'd just had the car a week and were confused.
Have you driven the car 100 miles or more on the highway since you got it back? How does it do kwh/mile on the highway?
In all honesty I've never tried what you did, but now that you've given me the idea I'm going to give it a shot when I get my car (which is soon I hope!!).
Yes, on a routine Service Check Up, I was told that my battery needed a "mechanical update". Something to do with the early 2013 60kwh batteries. The took it off, gave me a loaner battery, and shipped it off to California to do this update. 2 months later, I got my battery back, "updated", and IMMEDIATELY, my charged rate dropped 24 miles. So, I've been discussing with them about this, and all I've gotten is "explanations" to why this would happen. Not that it "SHOULDN'T" have happened.
For, if they would have never done the update, I would be getting the normal range I used to get when I first bought the car.
Yes, I've driven the car longer than 100 miles. So, far, up til about a week ago, I've been getting around .65-1 ratio for my range( edited: at its WORST, I've gotten that ratio. At BEST, it's around 85-90% projected range/actual range), of freeway driving, 65mph, normal weather conditions, normal roads. It wasn't until I did this "test" that I noticed this "discrepancy"
Try it out. They tell you that you should charge every day. And I do. But what if you didn't. Would you still get the same range (as far as driving is concerned, not sustained charge) as you would if you would have plugged in???.....makes you wonder, eh??
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what is your connectivity setting set to? sleep at night, always connected, etc ?
this can make a pretty big difference over 2 to 3 days while not plugged in.
I charge at 40 amps, with a NEMA 14-50. 30 mi/hr avrg. charge rate.
Always at night because I have a "free nights" plan. (yeah, I'm literally driving for 0 dollars)
Always connected.
Again though, the problem is not how many miles I've "lost" overnight, or with the car sitting. I understand that loss of charge.
The problem is that, seen as a big picture. I started out with 176 miles, and now I have none, but driven only 99 of those 176 miles.
That's about a 60% of actual range for the charge. There is NO WAY this is acceptable. I could MAYBE understand if I was in Alaska, but it's bright, sunny, no wind, and normal driving (not drag racing).
-Levi
