Terryallan wrote:
I missed where it said what the range is, and how long it takes to recharge. Read it a couple times, and can't find it. Would be good to know
There was a story last year about a couple driving a Tesla X pulling a pod across Canada and then down to Florida. In the mountains of B.C. where they started they reported roughly half the normal range, got a bit better in the flatter parts of the country. They had to stay in the 90 km/h range to do that. They blogged some detailed accounts, google it for more detailed info. I also saw reports of a similar story with an Airstream, but i don't recall detailed reporting.
For the conversion between a gallon of gas and electrical energy use in a car there is a standard developed by the EPA of ~34 kwh per gallon. This takes into account conversion efficiency, which is hugely different for an electric and gas motor. So they estimate a full charge on the model X is about the same as putting in 3 U.S. gallons of gas.
