2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus 75 mph Real World Highway Range Test
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- 100%-5%. How far can the 2021 Tesla Model 3 SR+ go on the highway at 75 mph with the heat on (32F exterior temp)? What's the efficiency? How does this compare to our previous range test • 2021 Tesla Model 3 Sta... ? We find out!
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We just ordered a sr+ model 3 on Friday and was second guessing our choice.
This video removed my doubts that we made the right choice. Good job
I think I’m going to order the same one as well if I need more battery I’ll just stop and charge
@@JerseyStyle7 we got our car on June 6 .
We drove it to Pensacola fla from Orlando Fl. July 4 weekend. It’s a little over 800 miles round trip. Used the basic autopilot almost 100% of the time. Had to use a charge point charger in Pensacola which was extremely slow due to know access to a Tesla charger.
Otherwise most charging stops were :20 minutes or less.
We made the same trip the next weekend to take my mother in law home. We changed the last waypoint to the closest Tesla Supercharger. This changed the charging time at one stop to a little over 30 minutes. This gave us the miles needed to get to Pensacola and back to the Crestview supercharger with miles to spare. We have put over 3000 miles on the car already. This is the best vehicle I have ever owned and drives like no car I have ever driven before.
I would highly recommend a Tesla to anyone looking to purchase a new car. You won’t regret it. At $660 a month the payment is the highest I have ever had for a car payment ( in the past we have always made payments to ourselves and paid cash for our vehicles in cash also the first new car we have ever owned in over 40 years of marriage. My best friend sold cars for a living and said the best value is a 2 to 3 year old car in like new condition so we followed this advice until the Tesla
@@hvacmike1175 last night instead of buying the model 3, i ended up leasing the Y🤩 still love the 3 even though I never even drove a Tesla, but this way I figured this lease will be over in 3 yrs and then I might have the option the either buy the new little Tesla hatchback or the cyber truck 😂😂👍i still have to wait, because it says November delivery for my Y 😩😆
I'm 3 years late. I just bought the same model and year. I live in phoenix with temperature that is roughly 105-110 when I took the trip. Going up to flagstaff I had to charge from 100% at home, at the next charging station I charged from 61 to 85%. Then at flagstaff it was at 19% to 85%. That stretch was roughly 94% total battery and was 170 miles on a elevation of +4.1% average. Opposite rough on the other hand was a different story, I charged to 85% at flagstaff and made it all the way home with 13% battery. 73% battery on the reverse trip which equals roughly 232 miles on a full charge roughly. This whole trip I had two passengers with me and AC was on 74 F medium fan the entire time. On the same trip but from page to flagstaff, total 137 miles, I went from 95 to 19% battery life. My trip was opposite of yours but with AC running. Its nice to see the comparison.
Waiting for my SR+ delivery, so excited
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Finally some great real life data that ppl can use. Cheers!
Great video and perfect timing as I am taking mine on a 240-mile road trip tomorrow. I pretty confident in my routing after seeing this.
Good for you.
Awesome videos man. Went back and liked all your videos.
I had travelled 350 miles trip on my model 3lr. Real fistance from a full charge its about 255 miles from 296 estimated. 4 adults on board plus luggage. Ac on and uphill for sections. The car wants me to stop twice on the trip and everytime the car still have 90+miles still in it when it wants to supercharge. Relaxed trip, always with enough power in the vehicle
Loved the SoC readout overlay!
As a car owner for decades with so many different cars, this is the only useful test. It shows a realistic range of 170-180 miles range from the model 3. Which is about half a gas tank. So overall, you will need to charge up twice as often with a rate 10x slower compared to a typical ICE car. Plenty of bathroom breaks I guess.
It depends how much and how far you road trip. My longest trip in a car I'd really do prior to the tesla is 450 miles and I'd do it infrequently. That adds less than an hour in charging on that road trip. The rest of my life I now don't need to fuel up the family sedan at a gas station. If you really care about driving down the entire coast of the US in a hurry, and often, of course gas will get you there faster.
@@BatteryBro When I am on a road trip, I want to maximize my time at my destination and not waste time on travels. An extra hour is extremely valuable consider There is so little vacation days in USA. I would much rather pump gas at a gas station once a week than to remember every night to plug in. That’s 52 task per year vs 365 tasks per year.
@@jamsbong So leave 1hr earlier......The reality is, this is the shortest range Tesla, if you do road trips, get the long range.
This is a worst case scenario with cold temps and high speeds. You can expect 200miles minimum.
@@stinger15au Except it's a 40,000 dollar automobile. Price is 48k for the LR. And near double the amount for the S and X model. You are also limited to having to find a SC station where you can find gas stations everywhere. Pull in near empty? Takes you 40 minutes and you can only charge to 90%. Then there is battery degradation. 50,000 miles later your 90% charged model 3 will have lost 10% of it's range. I can not only fill all the way up in my ICE but I can top it off for that little bit of extra.
As James pointed out maximizing ones time is way better. You can see much more and do so much more which is the whole point in the first place. Not attempting to stretch the range of your 40,000 dollar EV. lol.
Going on a long road trip? Start adding in all the time to constantly stop and re-charge along with not being able to drive very fast throw in some serious mountain elevations and you are completely sunk. There goes your vacation. As noted, I can purchase something like a nissan versa that gets 40mpg for 15,000 brand new. That's a 25,000 DOLLAR savings versus the "cheap-o" 40,000 dollar model 3!!!
How much gas can one buy for 25,000 dollars!!?! lol.
@@nightwines Lol, are you Nissan salesman or something? The Versa is a bare bones economy car. It's not even remotely comparable to a Tesla. Hell, the slowest Tesla (M3 SR+) has a 0 to 60 time that's half that of the Versa. The driving experience and fun will be FAR superior in the Tesla than the Versa.
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for! Still can't decide whether getting the LR or the SR+.
I highly recommend taking both for a test drive. See if the additional performance, AWD and audio system is worth it for you on the LR. I also highly recommend checking your common routes with abetterrouteplanner.com (no login required!) and both vehicles to see how each car's range will perform. A better route planner does tend to be very conservative for all EVs though (your car will perform better than what it says). Lastly if you are buying please consider using my referral code! Thanks!:
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@@BatteryBro thanks for the advise, yeah I have to test drive both of them because acceleration and sound are more important to me than only the range itself haha. But great to see that you got such a great range, even in winter. If I buy it I will use your referral. Greetings from Germany ;)
I was in the same dilemma.
I used a better route planner and found that every road trip I plugged in didn't really show a significant difference between the SR+ and the LR.
For ex; a trip from my house to Disneyworld would take me at least 2-3 charges with the LR depending on my battery. For the SR+, it was only an extra charge.
Each charge time ranged from 15-20 minutes... so an extra charge wouldn't really kill the trip / experience and honestly would probably be a good thing in order to stretch your legs, grab some coffee, use the bathroom, etc.
After test driving the LR and the SR+... I didn't really even notice the dip in sound quality either. I mean while it was there... I don't think it's worth an extra $10K
@@juliusheigl1015 what did you take in the end? I also live in Germany (Munich) and i do NOT have a charger at home. Fortunately there are a lot of public chargers and I have one also at work. The price difference is a lot in Germany (10k Eur) and I don't think it's really worth. I have however fear that i could regret one or the other. 😅
@@mjohnsimon1337 i have noticed that ABRP asks for car consumption?!? Is it not automatically calculated?
New subscriber! Cool video working on saving for a model 3.
Bro, great channel name!
Just bought a model 2022 model 3 AWD LR and was shocked by how bad the range was. The car estimates 336 on a full charge, but in reality if I leave it on chill with one person in the car and have the cabin set to 70 degrees I can only get about 220. That's also not drving anywhere near 75, I'm talking 35-65 on a long trip.
How many miles on it?
zero logic in getting the base model. You save $8k and lose 80 miles of range, a second motor, 20k extra mile battery warranty (and motors), AWD, upgrades etc. Not even including when your battery drops 20% in 6 years, your base mode will be getting 120 miles...and it's value will be terrible. Get the long range and save $ plus all the added benefits.
And really, for the summer road trip with the family, close to 200 miles at the time is more than enough
Would you see a similar hit on range if it was 115 degrees outside and you have the AC on?
Please show the dog more...lol
Also waiting for my SR+ in December.
Had to like because of the person giggling in the background at the "thumbs outta yer bums comment" lol
Great video!
Great test but please show also the km/h for european people, that I can easily calculate everything and compare with for example tesla Bjorn tests.
Tnx...
use the factor 1,6 :)
from 262 miles to 190 mile is 27% range reductions. It could be caused by both cold weather and high speed.
If you could drive under 60mph at a warmer temperature, you could get 260 miles from a full charge....
No one ever gets close to a full charge range in these vehicles...plan for about 80% of that.
Thats a great result considering your average speed and temperature
Not sure what I’m doing wrong but. My model 3 can barely get 100 miles. SMH. Not an super aggressive driver 19 inch wheels but still barely 100 miles. I even asked Tesla about it. They said my battery looked fine no signs of degradation
Where are Steve and Tim from Hardware Unboxed?
I knew that music sounded familiar!
:20 I looked over to see my Corgi asleep when it was yours whining. I’m getting rid of my SRY . I love the car, but hate the constant charging on road trips when I have two bikes on the trailer hitch, a wife, 3 dogs and fully loaded. The range drops to 160 miles. Fortunately I can get more than I paid for it 3 months ago. But I’m not doing anything until we have gas in the pipeline
are you the type of person/family that enjoys going on longs trips often? I ask this because the i really only drive to work, gym, and friends houses, and the furthest i go for a trip is like 230miles and i only do that 2-3 times a year. Do you think the Model 3 SR+ is a good fit for me
Love it, but if you could summarize it in metric, that would save me and few other people constant converting to km and km/h ;) Otherwise - great.
His Consumption Roughly 165 Wh/Km
I Thinks Its Because 2021 Models Have Heat Pump Tech
Without It Consumption Would Be Much Higher
He’s an American talking about an American car, it’s just how it is
190 miles? But wasn't it advertised with 275? That seems ridiculous, even with the extra speed and highway i,o;es/
I am not getting how 200 miles from a car rated for 272 miles and is a good thing.
The world is a complicated place
@@BatteryBro 😁
my jetta tdi range 600+ miles on hwy going 75mpg
You are getting a like because of you awesome dog
I want one.. but I don’t like how much the battery drains while traveling
Has there ever been a test in hilly terrane, something like Vermont, Northern NH, and Northern NH on the interstates. It appears you were in very flat areas. I'd never go from full charge to empty, you'd want to have 30-50 miles buffer, so that means 150 miles without having to be concerned about finding a charger. I don't know if I'd want to stop 30-40min every 150 to 160 miles on a long trip. Tesla is great for local driving but long trips is questionable.
I don’t believe that, I consumed 60mi of range in a 20mi distance, with AC 70F in 100F summer. :)
So 190 miles on a full charge when the car was estimating 262 at the beginning? That's only 73% of the estimate. That's terrible.
Certainly it's confusing. If I was still going to do youtube videos I was planning on making a video about the "nominal" range estimate. It's 262 miles under average driving conditions as put forward by the EPA. Stop and go is very good for EVs due to regenerative breaking actually adding range back + the low speed leads to something like 262 miles whereas at 75 mph you are pushing exponentially more air out of the way. This used to be a fair test as put forwards by the EPA because stop start is harsh on internal combustion engine efficiency. We really need a new standard for EVs but I think the EPA is more under the thumb of car companies than ever AND probably feels it has the moral obligation to make EVs appear more capable promoting sales of such vehicles. All of this aside the tesla sr+ is an amazing car, still love it and meets more than 99.5% of my needs and we have an old clunker if we ever need to do a 500mile + road trip.
Did this Model 3 have the heatpump in it? That's an amazingly low wH/mi usage for driving that fast in cold temps. In my Model Y Performance using 19 inch wheels/snow tires, I averaged 364 wH/mi, doing 70 mph on a 564 mile trip in 19F temps.
For you international folks, it's 226 wH per km, speed was 112 kph, and 907 km trip in -7C.
Yes the 2021 model year for Tesla M3 and MY have the heat pump in them. I think MY is 10% less efficient than M3 due to aerodynamics and then there's an additional maybe 7% hit for having performance wheels. That gets you to 270/0.9/0.93 = 322 wH/mi. I don't know the impact of snow tires or the performance model on efficiency but that explains the bulk of the difference.
Might be good... But sketchy that Tesla says this car goes 272.
hello , i live in indiana , i drive 140 to 170 miles per day . a mix of city driving, country, freeway. i mostly stay 5 to 8 miles per hour the speed limit. my concern is, the range , i know tesla claims that a standard range plus gets 260+ miles per charge?
will a model 3 standard range plus be enough for my needs ? i dont really want to get a long range awd since ill be putting a lot of miles for a car thats worth 50k.
thank you for your input
@Bill Baker picked up my awd model 3 last weekend
@@jaywho7264 how is it doing? Im in a similiar situation like yours
is it worth it?
@@angelbarraza476 perfect
Question: if considering 90%-10%SOC usage, that's around 150 miles when doing 75mph?
If you are getting the new standard model 3, you should be charging to 100%
I have the same car Did 1800 miles cost for charging $101 🤗🎉🎉
Need more videos.
Thanks man awesome video and really well explained
is this a LFP model?
Great video. Can you explain the pros and cons of fully charging the battery - or not? If I want to drive 225 miles 4 or 5 days a week, will fully charging the battery each night be a bad idea? Thanks!
Get a car with bigger battery. If you need full range(100%) all the time your battery is going to suffer degradation due to being at the top end more often. It will not take long for you to comfortablly make those out of town trips.
your happy about this results the car said 260 to start and you did 190. why does tesla not give realistic or bad case range. and how about fast lane driving.
That's the topic of our next video! Might be a bit before it's up though.
@@BatteryBro ya they quote range like car quote fuel efficiency. You never get as good as they quote but no one cares as you can just put more fuel in 5 minutes. I think when doing range the car should quote fast driving with heat or ac and even passing and driving fast as that’s what people expect.
Is the energy usage higher for heating or cooling. And under conditions where the ambient temp is around about 26 - 30 degrees Celsius, what do you estimate the performance in terms of range to be?
If you're talking about htg/clg the cabin, the short answer is: Heating will be more efficient most of the time. The long answer: it widely depends.
With the 2021 models, the heat pump will be more efficient for heating compared to the PTC heater, especially if your battery is already warm from being in a garage or charging, as it uses the thermal mass from the battery. In this case, heating will be far more efficient than cooling with a COP of I think just above 3, at least until the battery heat is used up. The heat pump can be pretty efficient from pulling heat out of the air too. When you get below freezing, the efficiency does start to drop however. Especially when you start getting below -10c, then you're at the same efficiency as a PTC resistive heater. (COP of 1)
Cooling the cabin can be somewhat efficient if OA temps aren't too high, but overall cooling will use more energy. I think at best a COP of 2 on warm days. I would say 30c isn't absurdly high and can get decent efficiency if you keep the cabin warm as you can stand. I don't have a 2021 model 3 yet, so I can't confirm actual power usage. There's so many variables in refrigeration systems to consider, including: refrigerant type, compressor type, ambient temps, heat exchanger efficiency, and OA/IA temperature differential. Then throw in the octovalve which can use various forms of heat sources (essentially a VRF system), it gets a bit messy.
In my Model 3, I’ve found the energy consumption to be much higher for heating than cooling. 10 % loss at most for cooling. 20% for heating on a very cold day.
Which wheels did you have on the car?
What app shows battery temperature? Thanks.
I need 300 range
Does your car have the heat pump?
Where are you from? You have an interesting accent. Like some slight Eastern European accent.
Thanks, liked all 3 videos and subscribed. Cool Corgi. How is the RWD on snow and ice? I live in Minnesota and have been considering a Model 3 SR+.
Cold weather will decrease battery efficiency. I would definitely go for the long range AWD considering Minnesota weather.
Great video! What tire pressures are you running?
44 psi, high but lower than manufacturer recommendation.
@@BatteryBro Are those cold temps (before you set off driving) or warm (after some miles)? Measured with a gauge or via TPMS? I have found TPMS on other cars (non-Tesla's) can be off by a few PSI. What are the recommended pressures for the 2021 SR+ with the standard wheels, according to the door-jam sticker?
44 psi was what the car reported while on the drive! The door jam sticker suggests 45 psi however I find the ride a bit more comfortable with lower pressures.
@BatteryBro
Very good and informative video, such a real test I have not seen until now in this extent with not too much bla bla arround it, so big thanks to you ;)
I am still interested into know if this M3 SR+ you are testing in this video is the M3 with the Chinese batteries "LFP-Cells" or is it the US built M3 with the good batteries "NCM/NCA"?
I also read that only the M3 with the chinese LFP-batteries has the gross 55KW (net 53KW) battery and that the NCA/NCM-batteries built in US only have only with gross 50KW (net 47,9 KW)?
- Or do the good NCA/NCM-batteries (US built) in the M3 Facelift 2021 SR+ now also come like the Chinese with 55KW (net 53KW)?
Thank you for your answer, this helps me a lot since I ordered my M3 SR+ two weeks ago and I still could check which from both would suit better for me :) btw I am from Austria (Alps) and here we have tipicall very cold winter with lot of snow etc.
Panasonic cells not CATL LFP or LG NMC. I don't know much about the made in china M3 honestly other than it seems to have a max of 1C charging right now. I know some LFP cells can also be sensitive to faster charging but interestingly can be discharged very fast. I definitely think the heatpump is worth a decent amount to people in cold weather. If you do end up ordering please consider using my referral code!
I’m so jealous of that estimated range
261 miles it did 182 miles let's call it 200 miles as he didn't run it flat still 61 miles off
190 miles is impressive? I'll stick with a gas car until they can match the range
It was the standard range+ there is still the long range which does much better, plus battery ware, battery percentage and temperature has an impact on range.
We have an LR AWD Y and my wife and I can easily get 250 miles of range (maybe more if we drop below 5% SOC) that's close to 3.5 hours of travel time. We are 68 and our bladders give out well before the battery, so we use SC'ers as REST STOPS. So if we need a BIO break we stop at the next SC, and in 5 to 10 minutes we are back on the road refreshed with even more range than we had. Great vid and test, what is that app you are using?
You either have to stop a lot to pee or you are charging for a lot longer that 5-10 minutes.
I have a tesla model std range plus. When I bought it the full charge is 250 miles range and after 3,600 miles it only goes up to 235, is this natural battery degradation?
Please help. The tesla guy said this is natural.
they've upgraded the long range battery to 82kwh, but haven't changed the standard battery? they should at least make it 60kwh now. I mean the nissan leaf and Kona have 60kwh+
Any updates from anyone on actual highway driving range for the SR+? I drive 250 km/day for work
Man to many numbers
Too*
What kind of range do you think it would get at 95-100 mph?
100 miles
@@Medea007 Ouch. That range really goes down exponentially as you increase your speed…
@@TuddecBMW this is no different than a gas car though, your mpg goes down significantly
Which Type Battery Pack In Ur Model 3...
CATL LFP Or LG NMC
😳😳😳😳😳😳
He’s in the US, definitely NMC.
LOL I wish I could hit the like button twice for you saying "get your thumbs out of your bums!"
Amazing to think the new ones do 260+
Does the 2021 m3 sr+ have the boombox?
You would have more range if you followed the North american speed limits.(60-65 mph) As soon as you drive faster than that, the consumption is going up between 4 and 10 kwh more. It’s easy to reach the 260 miles autonomy if you respect the speed limits.
i live in texas, highway speed limits are 75mph here but most people still go 90 😂
@@ghosts288 you’re right, i should have said Canadian Speed limits. In your case i guess the range would be good for city and rural driving.
Have some algorithm food Adam
Not even 200 miles?? My Kia EV6 light RWD gives 200+ highway at 70mph and cost me just 32K with much better exterior and interior 😜
Prove it
Can you confirm... this is the model with the heat pump, correct?
All 2021 Model 3's have the heat pump as standard... well thats the case in the UK
200 miles then tow truck needed
how did you know my thumb was in my bum? weird.
This car costs about 40,000 dollars. It's Tesla's "cheap-o" model.
The whole idea behind owning an EV is so one is not driving and not in need of an ICE. This video, like more than a 100 other videos on youtube is about, you guessed it, range anxiety. All these videos asking the same question over and over and over. How far can I go? That should tell one all they need to know about the trouble with these cars.
Is this car good for a road trip? In a word, no. Which in turn means they aren't worth having in the first place and especially when one considers how much they cost. EV's are nowhere near as capable as an ICE.
It's not recommended to SC the car repeatedly as it's not recommended to top off the battery. EV's like any other battery will also suffer from battery degradation. After Car and Driver put 24,000 miles on their model 3 it lost 7% of it's battery capacity! It will only just keep going downhill from there. So much for your 200 miles of range.
Being able to jump in a model 3 and go 200 miles on a single charge is not impressive to me at all. Compare that to something like a new Nissan Versa which goes price wise for about 15,000 dollars. It has an 11 gallon tank, I can drive from here in Sacramento all the way to Burbank 400 miles away with wind gusts down highway 5 and huge elevation gains doing about 70mph then fill up at any gas station I desire and about 10-15 later be right back on the road again for another 400 miles.
The whole point is both cars are capable around town, but if you need to go somewhere right away that is of any significant distance or are planning a long vacation and this is your car good luck with that. You simply do not have range anxiety when one owns an ICE.
Additionally, as noted previously, something on the order of a Nissan Versa is 15,000 dollars. How much gas can you get with the 25,000 DOLLARS SAVED not spending it on a car like the "cheap-o" model 3?! I have nothing against EV's but anybody using rational logic can clearly see the real world pro v. cons. These are nothing more than a niche car and an expensive one at that!
Wow u sound like a Tesla hater for real it’s ok if u can’t afford one and keep telling urself all these excuses I get it there expensive and u don’t have that type of money just say that we won’t judge you smh what a long rant u went on
I can do 340 miles in my pickup truck doing 75mph. And i can gas it up in 5 minutes
Yeah but tesla go fast
I would want to stop for longer than 5 mins if I was travelling 350 miles 🤷♂️
@@ballamoto if your trying to go 1000 miles in a short time frame, Like i was doing on a trip to Chicago. I didn't want to stop for more than 5 minutes, and i didn't have to.
@@rkwjunior2298 yeah fuck that! 😂 But fair enough. They're definitely not for everyone yet!
200 miles? not impressed at all.
75 miles an hr is nothing. You do 90 and that car can only tane you 150 miles. The more you accelarate the more energy you expend which is a contradiction to what Elon says about his cars, he claims that his cars are fast and any electric car can go from 0 to 60 in 5 seconds. The priblem is that every time you stop and you try to accelarate from zero to 60 you use a lot of energy decreasing your range faster. Nissan at least doesn't lie to you... The car is for daily commute not a race car. Elon promotes his cars as the fastest thing in the universe, but it can't maintain the 257 range it promises at full speed. It is idiotic to promote a car for being fast when in reality is the slowest shit money can buy. A sports combustion car can accelarate as fast and maintain everything going without a problem. You get to the gas station.. out of there in 3 mins. You get your tesla to the charge station 10 hrs. Level 3 40 minutes, but charging that fast comes with a bonus... Battery degradation. In conclusion, electric cars are meant to be driven slow to preserve range. This is why you see electric car owners driving really slow. As I said, Tesla is the only company that tries to sell a slow car as if it was the fastest thing in the universe ... But it isn't once you look at the whole picture.