• kiddblur@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got real world math that basically backs this up (you can find my other comment in this thread if you want all the juicy details): My honda accord got 22mpg and had a 17 gallon tank, and gas here is $3.87. $66 to fill up and drive 374 miles = 17.6 cents per mile. My Model 3 Long Range has 77kWh usable and gets about 3.7 miles per kwh, my electricity is 15 cents per kwh (until i get solar next year), so $11.55 to fill up and drive 285 miles (so 4 cents per mile).

    Yes the accord got about 90 miles more range, but cost 3 times as much to fuel and that range only matters (to me) on road trips, and my range has yet to be an issue in my model 3.

    In fact I’m going on a 6 hour drive next week and according to ABRP I’ll only have to make one 10 minute stop halfway to charge in order to get to my hotel (where I can charge up for free)

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          1 year ago

          I have the Acura equivalent with the same/similar motor ('07 3.5L) and it feels really low. I’m getting 27 combined mpg if I don’t try to be efficient and 24ish if I’m constantly accelerating hard.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah it was the v6, I primarily drive at either 80mph or stop and go traffic, and I live in a super hilly area