One particular automotive characteristic where Tesla really shines, whether it’s gas or electric, is performance. In fact, Tesla’s high-end “Performance” models will demolish just about anything on the track for a fraction of the cost.
Driving on the Autobahn, a Porsche Taycan came close to its projected EPA range but a Tesla Model 3 Long Range fell far short. Why is that?
I have been listening to the Tesla earnings call multiple times to write a follow-up article to my previous article about what I would be focused on in the earnings call, and I realized that Tesla announced an amazing update for its current vehicles that seems to have gone completely overlooked based on my searching.
The Tesla Model 3 has just won 4 awards from British car review magazine and car guide Parkers. One of those awards is the New Car Of The Year award for 2020. This is the first time an electric vehicle has been crowned with this award.
There have been a couple of recent announcements regarding Tesla Model 3 range ratings. Not being groundbreaking news, we never covered the updates, but now is the time. So say the rulers of the Internet.
In the coming months, with some timing and volume variations by region, you will be able to choose from many affordable, generous range, compelling, and all-around-capable EVs that are coming on to the market. Whilst the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range is arguably the most keenly anticipated of the bunch, all of these EVs are great cars, much better than any fossil fuel vehicle (FFV) equivalent.
I wrote last week that the Tesla Model 3 is likely to be the 5th or 6th best selling car in the United States in August. Based on Bloomberg production estimates and competing car estimates, it appears that it’ll be a close call, but the #5 position seems more likely.
New aggregated data from the gurus over at A Better Route Planner show that Tesla Model 3 efficiency is the highest of any production car at highway speeds, with outstandingly low energy consumption. This outstanding efficiency, combined with great supercharging speeds, makes the Model 3 the best road tripping EV in production.
The EPA has posted the official range and efficiency numbers for the Tesla Model 3 All-Wheel Drive (AWD) and AWD Performance Edition, revealing a 10% lower efficiency for the All-Wheel Drive and AWD Performance Edition compared to the Rear-Wheel Drive configuration.
Road trips are the final frontier for electric cars to totally outshine combustion-engine vehicles (gas/diesel cars). Already clearly a better technology than combustion vehicles in every other respect, of all the electric cars currently on the market, only Tesla so far provides truly compelling road trip ready offerings. This is an area that other carmakers need to pay much more attention to if they have a hope of ever competing with Tesla’s stratospheric demand and world-leading EV sales volume.
