Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by patman81 3259 days ago
German highways are not ideal for a Tesla. The right lane is usually to slow, with numerous trucks going at about 90kph.

You can drive fast on the left lane, a Tesla goes up to 220kph super fast, but there is usually traffic and you frequenty have to slow down to 120kph for a while and than accelarate back to 220kph.

That frequent accelaration from 120kph to 220kph, is what kills range.

Ideally, if there is no traffic, you engage Autopilot and go with a constant 150kph for great range and good enough speed.

However you can't keep 150kph on the left lane, since BMWs and Audis will push you off when they come with 250kph or more.