Tesla Model 3 were able to drive almost 1,000 km and broke

1 June 2018

Impressive record with the unusual continuation

Tesla Model 3 is the most affordable and the new electric car company. It costs $35 000. The basic version on a full charge can travel about 350 kilometers, "long-range" to 500. These data are the rating Agency for the protection of the United States environmental protection Agency (EPA), the verdicts of which are stricter than the already superseded in Europe driving cycle NEDC, but in reality still often turn out more modest numbers, especially if you load the vehicle to travel at high speed and use the air conditioner or stove. However, ordinary Americans straight to Eric (Erik Strait) and Sean Mitchell (Sean Mitchell) was able to significantly exceed the declared performance.

Behind Eric and Sean had experience in a super fuel efficient driving, so they were originally expecting to get to the Guinness Book of records. To do this, they needed to pass 965 kilometers: in this case they would be slightly off the previous record.

The Americans used any tricks that would allow to increase the mileage on a single charge. While they played at the fair: spare batteries are not taken, the interior of the car is not throwing (less weight — more power reserve). But trying to maintain the optimum speed during the experiments it became clear that the smallest energy consumption occurs during monotonous driving at 40 km/h. This trip is clearly not called exciting.

Do not add optimism and the fact that for the sake of reducing energy consumption Eric and Sean have tried at least to use the built-in electrical system. So what about any of the climate control could not go and speeches. Sean admitted that the temperature in the cabin reached 42 degrees Celsius! And in the next sentence, the American thanked "Tesla" and personally Elon musk for creating "this incredible technology".

Given the very low speed at the execution of record took a very long time — 32 hours. Eric and Sean drove the car and rested in turn. In the end they managed to drive even a little more planned — 975 kilometers. In total, they spent $ 66 kWh of energy. Specific energy consumption of about 68 watts per kilometer, which is a very modest figure.

But not without a spoon of tar. Since the main purpose of enthusiasts were setting records, they pushed the electric car to the last drop. By the end of the trip, Tesla Model 3, finally was exhausted and did not respond to actions. In General, it is an expected ending, but the problem is that the car refused to charge even after it was towed to the station. The situation is not resolved the next day: experts Tesla began to study a failure, but meaningful comments are not allowed. Only after that found out that out of order a spare 12-volt battery that had to be replaced.

Earlier we found out that the real capacity of the battery older version of Tesla Model 3 — 74 kW⋅h (unlike the Model S and Model X, the data for Model 3 are not published by manufacturer). It turns out that even if an electric vehicle for the trip spent 66 kW⋅h, then he must still remain very significant margin. Usually the unused ballast is used to replace the cells that fail as the operation of the electric machine.

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