Showed up: This vehicle does not meet my transportation requirements but you may find it interesting. My goal has always been the least expensive car to operate on the road. Heads up, I am also "short" TSLA stock and just sharing for those interested. I am paying $9,000 to Tesla this week for a replacement battery. Last week on non-trivial trips exceeding 100 miles: 4 mi/kWh (25 kWh/100 mi) - in "Hurry" mode saving ~10 minutes in a 1.5 hour drive 5 mi/kWh (20 kWh/100 mi) - in "Chill" mode adding ~10 minutes in a 1.5 hour drive Many sources report battery degradation accelerates at the end of life. I've seen a significant loss, ~210 mi down to ~177 mi, in the past six months so time to replace the worn out part. The car still gets great performance but the battery is starting to go. Bob Wilson
Equally very cool about the Low drag coefficient of the latest iteration model 3. It pretty much equals the top level vehicle now. Matches Lucid at around 1.9 CD.
Certainly the coefficient of drag is important but also the cross section area. This is why I prefer the Model 3 for cross county efficiency. Bob Wilson
