• Umbra@kbin.social
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    “In March, Alexandre Ponsin set out on a family road trip from Colorado to California in his newly purchased Tesla, a used 2021 Model 3. He expected to get something close to the electric sport sedan’s advertised driving range: 353 miles on a fully charged battery.”

    Buys a used car, expects maximum advertised range. Just silly.

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      It’s a 2 years old car, if you suggest that the range falls down to 50% in just a two years that’s probably even worse news than the marketing lies.

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      So you’re saying a two year old Tesla should be so inherently badly made that its’ range degrades by half in that time? Ok

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        That was under the worst conditions, supposedly they lose around 10% range in very cold weather

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      Saying it’s just silly is funny because ice cars that are 2 years old get close to the advertised sticker price. I agree that this article in terms of the car seems exaggerated.

      I have a 21 Y and I know I don’t get anywhere near the rated mileage it’s about 50 or more miles off daily use and 30 or so miles miles on a long trips. This is both when it was new and in its current state of 50 ish k miles on the car.

      I don’t have the worst battery degradation out there and I have seen others start to have worst a lot sooner. I have also seen people get the rated. Used or not.

      Saying it is just silly a silly response and you are assuming every used car ice or ev after 2 years years should have horrible milage/range.

      For general information: Teslas 2021s are 2021s not 2020s