FlasherZ
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Some real-world data for consideration:
I live in the midwest, my wife drives a 2016 Tesla Model X P100D with ludicrous option. When tnew, it had 289 miles of range. After 150,000 miles and 6 years of driving, it now fully charges to 265 miles. That's 8% degradation in 6 years and 150,000 miles.
My wife doesn't baby the car, many times we've left it at 100% charging for several days at a time, and we just don't worry about it. Normally spends most of its time at 90% charge threshold.
As for range, spring for the largest range you can. If you don't live in sunny-land, on the worst winter days, expect to get only 60% of the range under very cold and windy conditions.
Across a wide range of Tesla cars that have been studied, the best estimate to use is between 1.5% and 2% per year, with degradation leveling off somewhat after the first few years.
So take your maximum local daily driving , account for ~10% degradation over the first 7ish years, and then if required figure the winter penalty. For the ER Lariat, that means worst case, about 170 miles from a full charge. That's absolutely plenty.
I can say that in 9 1/2 years of driving Tesla Model S (my car vs. my wife's), I've only needed local charging 2 times for mid-range baseball tournaments (~215 miles round trip with some heavy wind and occasional rain).
I live in the midwest, my wife drives a 2016 Tesla Model X P100D with ludicrous option. When tnew, it had 289 miles of range. After 150,000 miles and 6 years of driving, it now fully charges to 265 miles. That's 8% degradation in 6 years and 150,000 miles.
My wife doesn't baby the car, many times we've left it at 100% charging for several days at a time, and we just don't worry about it. Normally spends most of its time at 90% charge threshold.
As for range, spring for the largest range you can. If you don't live in sunny-land, on the worst winter days, expect to get only 60% of the range under very cold and windy conditions.
Across a wide range of Tesla cars that have been studied, the best estimate to use is between 1.5% and 2% per year, with degradation leveling off somewhat after the first few years.
So take your maximum local daily driving , account for ~10% degradation over the first 7ish years, and then if required figure the winter penalty. For the ER Lariat, that means worst case, about 170 miles from a full charge. That's absolutely plenty.
I can say that in 9 1/2 years of driving Tesla Model S (my car vs. my wife's), I've only needed local charging 2 times for mid-range baseball tournaments (~215 miles round trip with some heavy wind and occasional rain).
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