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Taking delivery of my Model S today! (12/2/12)

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  1. windstrings

    windstrings Certified Prius Breeder

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    Very cool, I'm way happy for you.... And jealous!

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  2. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    I sure hope to be able to do just that and have the photos and forum archives to prove it!
     
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    At least with Tesla it appears they are trying to make it as upgradeable as possible. Each individual shell of the battery bank can be replaced without much trouble of course not by the end user.

    It also appears the electronics are pretty upgradeable just like a computer. Hopefully it won't be too much of a sting and resell will hold on strong should you ever want to upgrade the whole car to a later version.

    But just like buying a computer there's never a perfect time to purchase since they are always upgrading. Unlike many traditional American made cars,... new body on the old frame year after year


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    #43 windstrings, Dec 13, 2012
  4. JMD

    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    Looks like Elon Musk the Tesla founder had another passion project go IPO today Solar City.
     
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    So you had it for over a week. What kind of efficiency (Wh/mi or kWh/100mi) are you getting?

    I am sure you'll be beating the EPA 38 kWh/100 mi figure.
     
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    I hate to say at this point. I had a ~32 mile round trip since my last charge and showed 305Wh/mi for that drive. But I think I'm averaging closer to 330Wh/mi since getting the car (it may even show on the display...I'll have to look), but I've been "Playing" a lot and enjoying the ability to accelerate like a bat out of hell. I think a month or two into ownership will be a lot more telling.

    The above numbers are almost all semi rural mixed city and highway driving, mostly trips around 10-15 miles. Running the AC on Econ mode but not really trying to be conservative at all. In fact I'm not intentionally taking the highway where I used to avoid it.

    Pretty sure I could get around 280Wh/mi without a lot of effort.
     
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    No doubt, pretty hard to maximize mileage and have crazy fun at the same time.

    Also nice to see what it gets under worse conditions.

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    We have been averaging around 380 Watts/mile in the cold. Absolute worst was about 600 Watts/mile. This was 2 3.5 mile trips, some defroster, about 5 degrees, lots of snow on the roads.
    Prior to the snowstorm we were hovering around 320 Watts/mile. Since Octobber, our best days have been around 240 Watts/mile.
    It is interesting, we have found county roads and long drives to give us our best efficiency.
     
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    usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD

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    Don't do burn out. LOL. That will increase Wh/mi.

    Zythryn needs to fix the units. ;)
     
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    To Evan: I was looking for the Tesla's A/C schema, but I was not able to find something more detailed. How the heating is built? Is it based on heat pump principle? As you live in MO, it is not a big issue for you, but may be you had done some detailed observations.
    How about the FM reception and FM app at all? I didn't notice the FM antenna on Model S, maybe there is an glass integrated one(s). I am a little bit curious about FM quality. Based on my experience with Prius, where problem was solved in PiP by adding the diversity antenna.
     
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    Would you prefer miles / kWh??
     
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    I think he is refering to "Watt Hours" vs "Watts". Your earlier post used Watts/Mile.
     
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    Ah, of course, sorry, I was lazy;)
     
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    Yeah, it's great that full EV gives you choices so you can have your cake and eat it too.
     
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    I've heard it is a heat pump, but am in the dark about the details. While we tend to have fairly moderate weather in Missouri, every winter we see temps in the -20F range and frequent ice storms. In the summers we have many days over 100F and long periods in the 90F range. So an effective heat pump is important.

    My observations are that, so far, with lows down to the low +20F range that the climate control has been effective, particularly with the very good seat warmers. I've left the system on the ECON setting and found it more than adequate. We'll see how it does after a long cold soak after a few sub-zero days.
     
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    I found FM radio quality to be fine with the local stations, but haven't traveled to the limits of the range while listening. Honestly, I rarely listen to over the air radio anyway. Mostly XM, but in the S I have access to Internet radio, so can listen to my local channels over 3G.
     
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    Thx, Evan. Did u notice my second portion of message regarding the FM tuner/antenna?
     
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    yea, replied above in second post, hope I addressed your concern.
     
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    Great time to test the cold winter habbets of the S

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    #59 Flying White Dutchman, Dec 16, 2012
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    Have you found the 17 inch screen being too bright at night yet, or does It turn down low enough?
    That's a lot if square inches illuminating!

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    #60 windstrings, Dec 16, 2012
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