TheBigBezo
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Hey friends,
I was watching TFL's video from yesterday where they were driving the WT4 around and there was a few very interesting things I saw. From the middle screen, it was 76F out and they were driving approximately 25mph getting 2.1 miles / kwh. Most videos I've seen only discussed EPA range but never show the efficiency numbers and honestly, to me, that is much more important. With a assumed battery pack size of 212kWh, that's 445 miles to a charge. But that is also insanely low efficiency, in my opinion, if it truly was for only 25 mph. In the mid 70's I frequently pull over 3.0 miles / kWh driving that slow. My commute to work is 25 to 50 mph and I frequently end my drive at 3.1 trip efficiency with temps in the 80s running AC. Now it's hard to compare without having both running side by side, but it paints an interesting picture. I went ahead and found their original Silverado video from Michigan where it was 85F out and over their last mile driving in the 20's mph wise, they still were only pulling 2.0 miles / kWh. That's a lot less than the Lightning, which is surprising since it's more aero.
On the highway, I get 2.0 - 2.1 miles / kWh, which is roughly a 33% drop. Now, it's kinda bad math to assume the WT4 would have the same drop, but if they did, we're potentially talking about 1.3 miles / kWh on the highway which is then 275 miles tops on the interstate which is not that much more than I've pulled off on my Lariat ER. I'm not entirely convinced that efficiency number was 100% accurate, it's also not being shown in reviews. I still think it will certainly have more range, but for $79K and a significantly less fancy interior (look at the awful, airline esque plastic bezel around the center screen), I am very curious to see how it actually performs when people can take it on the highway and show us some miles / kwh numbers.
TFL has a series of tests planned including towing tests and the Ike Gauntlet so we'll get more opportunities to see how it really performs, but at initial glance I think people are going to be a bit shocked that with the weight of the Silverado it's not going to be a substantial improvement over the Lightning.
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I was watching TFL's video from yesterday where they were driving the WT4 around and there was a few very interesting things I saw. From the middle screen, it was 76F out and they were driving approximately 25mph getting 2.1 miles / kwh. Most videos I've seen only discussed EPA range but never show the efficiency numbers and honestly, to me, that is much more important. With a assumed battery pack size of 212kWh, that's 445 miles to a charge. But that is also insanely low efficiency, in my opinion, if it truly was for only 25 mph. In the mid 70's I frequently pull over 3.0 miles / kWh driving that slow. My commute to work is 25 to 50 mph and I frequently end my drive at 3.1 trip efficiency with temps in the 80s running AC. Now it's hard to compare without having both running side by side, but it paints an interesting picture. I went ahead and found their original Silverado video from Michigan where it was 85F out and over their last mile driving in the 20's mph wise, they still were only pulling 2.0 miles / kWh. That's a lot less than the Lightning, which is surprising since it's more aero.
On the highway, I get 2.0 - 2.1 miles / kWh, which is roughly a 33% drop. Now, it's kinda bad math to assume the WT4 would have the same drop, but if they did, we're potentially talking about 1.3 miles / kWh on the highway which is then 275 miles tops on the interstate which is not that much more than I've pulled off on my Lariat ER. I'm not entirely convinced that efficiency number was 100% accurate, it's also not being shown in reviews. I still think it will certainly have more range, but for $79K and a significantly less fancy interior (look at the awful, airline esque plastic bezel around the center screen), I am very curious to see how it actually performs when people can take it on the highway and show us some miles / kwh numbers.
TFL has a series of tests planned including towing tests and the Ike Gauntlet so we'll get more opportunities to see how it really performs, but at initial glance I think people are going to be a bit shocked that with the weight of the Silverado it's not going to be a substantial improvement over the Lightning.
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