chickensevil
Active Member
Most of these concerns are covered in quite a few threads throughout the forum and you should be able to find the answers you seek through the search bar. However in case you cannot I will try to hit on the concerns I see posted in here to help some of you out
340km is the realistic range for a 85%... That translates to around 211 miles, on an 85% charge you should be able to hit 225 miles. The default is 90% which should be 239 miles. Both of these are totally doable and relatively easy to achieve even at highway speeds over relatively hilly surfaces and with the AC on. When I say highway speeds I mean 60MPH (100km/h) - 70MPH (115km/h). The key to this is cruise control. You kill your range with the variable driving habits of using the pedal. While technically it would be more efficient to use the downhills to coast and gain speed and then coasting back to the original speed, in practice this is quite hard when dealing with a lot of traffic around you and takes a lot of focus. Even commuting in the morning with some decent traffic, I find myself trying to lock in say 75MPH (what most people drive) and the doing full clicks on the cruise up or down as traffic speeds change. Even doing that I am getting around 315wh/mi (I don't have a quick conversion for you here, but our energy target is usually anything sub 300wh/mi) while driving that fast, which is pretty good all things considered. On longer roadtrips doing the speed limit (65-70) I have easily hit the sub 300wh/mi mark making my range hit pretty close (within a mile +/-) of the ratings. This target is even easier if you are driving slower... the key is getting a *fixed* speed. Variable speed will kill you every time. Especially stop and go traffic.
However, the exterior of roof is crazily hot. -> Is this out of the normal for a car? You have an almost black object baking in direct sunlight. All cars I have had in the past if it was really hot outside, would do this, regardless of roof type. What I will say is a negative, the handles in direct sunlight. Ouch! Maybe they should make these out of something that doesn't absorb heat so much next time?
Back seats are not really good for long trips. -> Supposedly the seats in general are to be getting a change out if you are talking about a seat cushion comfort level. If you are talking about rear leg room, I believe they are also talking about getting an extended wheel base for this request. Specifically because your country likes the roomier leg space.
Tires noise seems to be a problem as it is the only noise the car makes on highway. -> Just wait until you hear the A/C from outside the car... This has been brought up before, I believe the suggestion has been that they need to add just a bit of sound proofing to the car. They didn't do too much it seems because they weren't trying to block out the engine noise.
I tried both Cantonese and English, but Voice control doesn't work. -> Accent issues? Did you do the command correctly? "Listen to...", "Call...", "Navigate to..." I don't think I have heard of this issue before. I would also make sure it says "Recording" on the display before you say anything, Don't just start speaking when you press the button. If non of that helps I would take it up with your local service center to see what the deal is.
Auto Toll doesn't really work. -> The other suggestions made should fix your issue. Either behind the nose cone or to the right of the mirror. All of the windows have a coating on them which in turn absorbs/blocks wireless signals.
On the other hand, the brakes on the car is not that good. -> As compared to...? These breaks are about as good as can be put on a car. The Brembo breaks are about as close as you can get to racing breaks without actually getting official racing breaks (that Nascar and Formula 1 and such uses). It has a 108 foot stopping distance from 60-0mph (I have no clue on the shift to 100-0km/s sorry). As a comparison the 2014 Mercedes S-Class has a 115 foot stopping distance and the Tesla is a much heavier car.
Yes, I have complained about this before, they cleaned the window, which fixed the issue until it rained the next time... blah!
About the wheel noise, I assume this is actually the breaks. This is because you really need to use your breaks more, and since they aren't getting used, they don't really get broken in correctly. You can fix this if you really want to, stick regen to low and use your break more. You will see quite a range hit doing this though. I read somewhere to do this for like the first 5k miles. Good luck... I couldn't last 5 minutes in low regen...
Yes, it really is that easy.
