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by JeffL 2498 days ago
I gun the shit out of my Tesla at a green light, but look far ahead and slowly ease to a stop using regen braking only. Regen braking and one pedal driving is a nice incentive to not waste energy with brakes, and as EV's become more popular, I bet driving habits will become more efficient generally across the board.
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Just curious, do you have stats on your watts per mile efficiency you can share? How it compares to the EPA estimates?
244 Wh/mi over 17,000 miles in a Model 3 LR. That's really close to the rated 310 miles for the 75 kw battery. The vast majority of my miles are driving 72 mph on the freeway.
you know I was talking about ICE. Electric motors are a lot simpler so wild change in momentum is probably free and as you say you have regen braking..