my range is great. when i take trips, it's always within 1% of its predicted range.
like i said, we took a 550 mile trip recently and it was wonderful. you seem to have a real grudge against Tesla for some reason, but i'm in love with this car. by far the best and most fun car i've ever owned.
feel free to respond with more snark and anger, but all i have to report is happiness with my vehicle.
the range on Tesla vehicles is certified by the EPA. Testing consists of both highway and city duty cycles, and is intended to simulate real-world conditions -- their cars go through the same process that internal combustion engine cars go through for their MPG estimates.
it's unlikely you are still getting the same MPG as when the car was new, at least not without rebuilding a number of major components. and if you are, you are an outlier.
i did pick up that post was sarcastic. but still i feel like mentioning that my Tesla has worked just fine through two winters, including days well below freezing.
I also wanna mention just this spring, my family took the Tesla on a 550-mile road trip to Charleston, and it was a phenomenal trip. counter-intuitively, it was easier and more pleasant than it would have been in an ICE vehicle. Only had to stop every 4-5 hours or so, and since superchargers tend to be located in the parking lots of nice places to eat most of the time, it lined up perfectly with our meal schedules. the car was ready to go long before we were.
My wife thought we would have to take the minivan, because we don't pack light at all. But we were able to fit everything the four of us needed for a week in an unstocked beach house (including clothes / towels / food / toys / house supplies / beach chairs / pool noodles / etc) easily with plenty of room to spare. for a "sport sedan" the Model S has an unreal amount of cargo room.
also it's neat to drive 1200 miles on a vacation and spend $0.00 on fuel.
if you can't follow the instructions for operating a vehicle, then don't operate it. it's pretty simple. it's not the car's fault if you are garbage at driving it.
the explanation is because fucking hilarious sticking it to pathetic bigots like them. they can cry martyr until they're dead for all i care, they will be reviled by future generations and an embarrassment to their offspring.
actually it's the opposite. too many people don't know what an aircraft's autopilot does. it doesn't do a lot more than maintain a heading. pilots are expected to remain alert and be prepared to take the yoke at any time.
i suggest you ask a pilot how autopilot works. they're expected to remain alert and ready to take control at any moment. it's an accurate description, and Tesla takes pains to tell the driver (and repeatedly warn the driver) how autopilot is intended to be used.
in fact, nobody who uses autopilot is unaware that their vehicle wants them to remain alert, and keep a hand on the wheel. the car has multiple alerts and alarms both visible and audible intended to ensure the driver follows that instruction. anyone who drives with their hands off the wheel or doesn't pay attention is willfully ignoring active warnings on the car's part.
non-autonomous vehicles have fatal collisions at much higher rates than autonomous vehicles do. i guess that technology is even further from being ready for prime time.
no, they haven't. they have never done that. i am a Tesla owner and everything Tesla has written about the current technology in cars says the driver must keep one hand on the wheel and remain alert and attentive. your post is flat wrong.
i own a Tesla. it bings at you if you're not holding the wheel, and WILL eventually shut off autopilot, but bringing the car to a stop is inherently dangerous.
ultimately, the driver of any vehicle is responsible for following the instructions for operating that vehicle.
please cite a statistic that shows autopilot creating more accidents than there otherwise would have been. Tesla claims autopilot is statistically 40% safer than a human driver. do you have actual evidence to the contrary, or just overreaction to a hamdful of incidents (among literally millions of drivers and tens of thousands of non-headline human accidents)
the product isn't faulty. it was user error. driver did not have his hand on the wheel, as per the manual and both audible and visible instructions. entirely his fault.
humans have trouble with these sorts of things, too. as well as radios, phones, insults both real and imagined, loud noises, random thoughts, alcohol, narcotics, and notoriously poor manufacturer quality assurance.
how many pedestrians were killed by humans yesterday?
i think the that's just Journalist Telephone. Some engineer probably said they were "tensioning a prestressed concrete member", meaning they were inducing stress to the truss by tightening the cables that run through the concrete, and the Journalist wrote "stress test" and that got into print.
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my range is great. when i take trips, it's always within 1% of its predicted range.
like i said, we took a 550 mile trip recently and it was wonderful. you seem to have a real grudge against Tesla for some reason, but i'm in love with this car. by far the best and most fun car i've ever owned.
feel free to respond with more snark and anger, but all i have to report is happiness with my vehicle.
the range on Tesla vehicles is certified by the EPA. Testing consists of both highway and city duty cycles, and is intended to simulate real-world conditions -- their cars go through the same process that internal combustion engine cars go through for their MPG estimates.
analogy fail.
it's unlikely you are still getting the same MPG as when the car was new, at least not without rebuilding a number of major components. and if you are, you are an outlier.
(i drove 80mph the whole way, by the way. there was no need to hypermile or worry about my range at any point)
i did pick up that post was sarcastic. but still i feel like mentioning that my Tesla has worked just fine through two winters, including days well below freezing.
I also wanna mention just this spring, my family took the Tesla on a 550-mile road trip to Charleston, and it was a phenomenal trip. counter-intuitively, it was easier and more pleasant than it would have been in an ICE vehicle. Only had to stop every 4-5 hours or so, and since superchargers tend to be located in the parking lots of nice places to eat most of the time, it lined up perfectly with our meal schedules. the car was ready to go long before we were.
My wife thought we would have to take the minivan, because we don't pack light at all. But we were able to fit everything the four of us needed for a week in an unstocked beach house (including clothes / towels / food / toys / house supplies / beach chairs / pool noodles / etc) easily with plenty of room to spare. for a "sport sedan" the Model S has an unreal amount of cargo room.
also it's neat to drive 1200 miles on a vacation and spend $0.00 on fuel.
if you can't follow the instructions for operating a vehicle, then don't operate it. it's pretty simple. it's not the car's fault if you are garbage at driving it.
the explanation is because fucking hilarious sticking it to pathetic bigots like them. they can cry martyr until they're dead for all i care, they will be reviled by future generations and an embarrassment to their offspring.
actually it's the opposite. too many people don't know what an aircraft's autopilot does. it doesn't do a lot more than maintain a heading. pilots are expected to remain alert and be prepared to take the yoke at any time.
you clearly don't know what an autopilot in a plane does. ask a pilot.
but as someone who has used autopilot many times -- it makes long trips far less taxing, and it makes heavy traffic far less nerve wracking.
i suggest you ask a pilot how autopilot works. they're expected to remain alert and ready to take control at any moment. it's an accurate description, and Tesla takes pains to tell the driver (and repeatedly warn the driver) how autopilot is intended to be used.
in fact, nobody who uses autopilot is unaware that their vehicle wants them to remain alert, and keep a hand on the wheel. the car has multiple alerts and alarms both visible and audible intended to ensure the driver follows that instruction. anyone who drives with their hands off the wheel or doesn't pay attention is willfully ignoring active warnings on the car's part.
non-autonomous vehicles have fatal collisions at much higher rates than autonomous vehicles do. i guess that technology is even further from being ready for prime time.
it's statistically safer than non-autonamous driving.
no, they haven't. they have never done that. i am a Tesla owner and everything Tesla has written about the current technology in cars says the driver must keep one hand on the wheel and remain alert and attentive. your post is flat wrong.
i own a Tesla. it bings at you if you're not holding the wheel, and WILL eventually shut off autopilot, but bringing the car to a stop is inherently dangerous.
ultimately, the driver of any vehicle is responsible for following the instructions for operating that vehicle.
please cite a statistic that shows autopilot creating more accidents than there otherwise would have been. Tesla claims autopilot is statistically 40% safer than a human driver. do you have actual evidence to the contrary, or just overreaction to a hamdful of incidents (among literally millions of drivers and tens of thousands of non-headline human accidents)
the product isn't faulty. it was user error. driver did not have his hand on the wheel, as per the manual and both audible and visible instructions. entirely his fault.
humans have trouble with these sorts of things, too. as well as radios, phones, insults both real and imagined, loud noises, random thoughts, alcohol, narcotics, and notoriously poor manufacturer quality assurance.
how many pedestrians were killed by humans yesterday?
people killed by collapsing bridges, 2017: 0
people killed by gun violence, 2017: 15,549
great analogy, you fucking moron.
man you are a fucking moron.
i think the that's just Journalist Telephone. Some engineer probably said they were "tensioning a prestressed concrete member", meaning they were inducing stress to the truss by tightening the cables that run through the concrete, and the Journalist wrote "stress test" and that got into print.
yep, although cooling costs were merely an open window, and electricity costs were a lot less than you'd think.
also depreciating the hardware.
as a crypto miner ... i agree. i plan to pay every cent i owe (and even after taxes i've had a great year :) )
$11,000 and counting. up 40% since your moronic comment!
Salon DOES give an express opt-in, jackass.
RTFA. they are giving you the option. your outrage is completely absurd and based on total ignorance of the actual policy and implementation.