Love all of the explanations of why not to charge to 100%. I personally like to supercharge between 5% and about 40% since it's about a bathroom break for me. The lower the battery, the faster it charges. You'll get used to it soon enough! Welcome to the Tesla fam.
This is my first electric vehicle. I love the experience so far, especially the smooth and quiet ride. The acceleration is also impressive. I previously owned a Honda Accord, which is a completely different driving experience.
This is meant to be helpful but go watch some out of spec roadtrips in a model 3 and they’ll teach you how to roadtrip these. Definitely a learning curve but better to stop and charge a couple of times at super fast charging speeds and then move on instead of charging to 100% and it taking forever.
Bit of friendly advice dont charge to 100% on the superchargers. The time it takes the car to get from 90-100% is so much longer than it takes from 20% to 80%. You are usually much better off leaving once it hits 80-85 than waiting till it hits 100%. Also that Mile predictor is no way to plan your journies with. Its better to work with percentages. I have never seen an Electric vehicle (tesla or not) where it's accurate for the journey you're about to do. The best ones guess based on the journies you've already done.
Afaik the reason for those poor estimates is that they're based on WLTP ranges, not calculated using actual / predicted consumption figures for the trip.
The energy monitor screen gives a far better projection of range as it's based on recent driving rather than the on-screen battery icon percentage/miles that's based on the fixed EPA efficiency figure.
Yeah, I was going to comment about the charging at the charge stop. I would have taken that down to the 5-10% range because of how fast the charging rate is in the beginning. You can get up to 250Kwh on a M3 LR while I can only get max 170 peak I believe. With the charging curves and only being able to charge to 80% is the reason why I picked the LFP standard over the LR.
OK but how much money did all the super charging cost? Curious as I dont own an EV and would be interested in how much cheaper a trip like this would cost vs gas
@@jeffritter9340I have been searching and calculating and trying to weed out all the talk of performance and range to find this answer. THANK YOU! You are a TH-cam hero.
This car comfortably gets 5 miles per kWh city and 4 miles highway. Check your home electricity rate during off peak hours, mine is 10 cents per kWh. So for me this car goes 40-50 miles on a single dollar when charging at home. At a supercharger it can be 2-6x more expensive than that depending on location and time of day. So a single dollar can get you 8-25 miles. Comparing to a normal gas car that gets 25 mpg and assuming you pay $3.5 per gallon, $1 gets you 7-8 miles. So at worst case scenario, it is about the same as a gas car. And at best, it can be up to 5 times cheaper. In my personal experience of 55k miles and a mix of home and superchargers, I’ve spent about $3000 in electricity, a 25 mpg gas car would cost me $9000 to fuel in my city, and a Prius would have been $5000.
Don't charge to 100% at SC since the charge rate past 50% battery state of charge is very slow. It's better to charge enough to continue trip, drive down to below 20% at the next SC to get the best charge rate, charge to enough %SOC to get to the next SC for the best charge rate, and so on. Obviously every trip is different and you'll want to to have enough battery when you get to your destination so your charging stops will need to be set up accordingly, but sitting at a SC waiting to 100% is just painfully slow.
Please don’t be charging to 100 all the time. I can tell you don’t have a LFP battery 🔋 because it tells you 80 percent recommended for daily usage on the screen. You will make your battery last sooo much longer if you keep it between 20-80 percent for all daily needs. I use 100 just for that first initial charge before a long trip and then drop it down to 80. Happy battery happy you lol win win
It’s an egregious mistake to supercharge to 100%. I suspect you did some video edits, but you will agree it said 5 minutes remaining for 20 minutes. On road trips you don’t use the Tesla route planner. Enter the next Tesla Supercharger by finding it on your trip map. Reach that supercharger and enter the next Tesla Supercharger destination. Leave as soon as you will arrive with 10-15% remaining. Repeat. You could have done 3 sessions and reached your destination 45 minutes earlier. You will charge for 10-15 minutes and get on the road again.
@@TeslaVoltt it's ok, it is the showroom and dealerships that are responsible for informing the buyer. The culture has shifted to "make as much money as possible with only the bare minimum service to rank well on surveys."
I'm probably getting one of these, but is this what the normal driving practice is for all EV drivers of constantly obsessing about energy use and minuscule percentage changes, or is that just because people are doing review videos?
that's because people are doing review videos. EV drivers don't really care. They come home most days and charge in their garage back to 80% for the next day
if your trip is 400 miles and long range can go ~300 miles why did you charge to 100% at home ? you could have charged to 90% and it wouldnt have made a big difference it seems. Just curious
Pittsburgh highways and suburbs have absolutely awful roads. They are always perpetually under construction, and there are potholes everywhere. Always traffic just a terrible place to live.
Love all of the explanations of why not to charge to 100%. I personally like to supercharge between 5% and about 40% since it's about a bathroom break for me. The lower the battery, the faster it charges. You'll get used to it soon enough! Welcome to the Tesla fam.
Thank you!
Not enough people do this.. I do the same, if im not in the rush ill usually leave once charge rate drops below 100kw/hr
This is my first electric vehicle. I love the experience so far, especially the smooth and quiet ride. The acceleration is also impressive. I previously owned a Honda Accord, which is a completely different driving experience.
which trim did you get
@@KyleTexx I got the M3 Long Range. When I placed my order, the performance trim was not yet available.
@@amrindraouk3440how would you compare the driving experience of the M3L to the accord
This is meant to be helpful but go watch some out of spec roadtrips in a model 3 and they’ll teach you how to roadtrip these. Definitely a learning curve but better to stop and charge a couple of times at super fast charging speeds and then move on instead of charging to 100% and it taking forever.
Bit of friendly advice dont charge to 100% on the superchargers.
The time it takes the car to get from 90-100% is so much longer than it takes from 20% to 80%.
You are usually much better off leaving once it hits 80-85 than waiting till it hits 100%.
Also that Mile predictor is no way to plan your journies with.
Its better to work with percentages.
I have never seen an Electric vehicle (tesla or not) where it's accurate for the journey you're about to do.
The best ones guess based on the journies you've already done.
Afaik the reason for those poor estimates is that they're based on WLTP ranges, not calculated using actual / predicted consumption figures for the trip.
The energy monitor screen gives a far better projection of range as it's based on recent driving rather than the on-screen battery icon percentage/miles that's based on the fixed EPA efficiency figure.
Yea unless you get tesla RWD which has LFP battery you can charge to 100%
Thank you! I am learning as I go
Yeah, I was going to comment about the charging at the charge stop. I would have taken that down to the 5-10% range because of how fast the charging rate is in the beginning. You can get up to 250Kwh on a M3 LR while I can only get max 170 peak I believe. With the charging curves and only being able to charge to 80% is the reason why I picked the LFP standard over the LR.
What's the tapping on the tail light for?
OK but how much money did all the super charging cost? Curious as I dont own an EV and would be interested in how much cheaper a trip like this would cost vs gas
If you drive a Prius, supercharging is like $3 gas, and charging at home is like $1 gas.
@@jeffritter9340I have been searching and calculating and trying to weed out all the talk of performance and range to find this answer.
THANK YOU!
You are a TH-cam hero.
This car comfortably gets 5 miles per kWh city and 4 miles highway.
Check your home electricity rate during off peak hours, mine is 10 cents per kWh. So for me this car goes 40-50 miles on a single dollar when charging at home.
At a supercharger it can be 2-6x more expensive than that depending on location and time of day. So a single dollar can get you 8-25 miles.
Comparing to a normal gas car that gets 25 mpg and assuming you pay $3.5 per gallon, $1 gets you 7-8 miles.
So at worst case scenario, it is about the same as a gas car. And at best, it can be up to 5 times cheaper. In my personal experience of 55k miles and a mix of home and superchargers, I’ve spent about $3000 in electricity, a 25 mpg gas car would cost me $9000 to fuel in my city, and a Prius would have been $5000.
5:37 You don’t have to bring your phone when stepping out to charge even if you close the door.
How can you drive with that Fire tablet in the middle of your windshield?
I don't drive with it anymore
What was the wh/mi info.
You went through my college town of Williamsport. How was the sheetz
A little tip. Bipass US 15 by using I 180 you might use more energy but their are no lights and its a smoother drive
Not too bad!
I love your content my man. Hulu seem to enjoy your Tesla and I’m on the fence about it. I really want a model 3 perf I mean is it worth it ?
Thank you!! Yea, I would actually recommend the Model 3 Performance over the Long Range and Rear Wheel Drive!
@@TeslaVolttwhy so isn’t having more range better? Just asking
can not wait for the white interior ones
Same here!
Where in Virginia did you go?
Only charge enough to get to the next V3 charger and when the speed dips below 140kW
Don't charge to 100% at SC since the charge rate past 50% battery state of charge is very slow. It's better to charge enough to continue trip, drive down to below 20% at the next SC to get the best charge rate, charge to enough %SOC to get to the next SC for the best charge rate, and so on. Obviously every trip is different and you'll want to to have enough battery when you get to your destination so your charging stops will need to be set up accordingly, but sitting at a SC waiting to 100% is just painfully slow.
Please don’t be charging to 100 all the time. I can tell you don’t have a LFP battery 🔋 because it tells you 80 percent recommended for daily usage on the screen. You will make your battery last sooo much longer if you keep it between 20-80 percent for all daily needs. I use 100 just for that first initial charge before a long trip and then drop it down to 80. Happy battery happy you lol win win
Yep, thank you! This was my first trip!
niceee
Thank you!!
It’s an egregious mistake to supercharge to 100%. I suspect you did some video edits, but you will agree it said 5 minutes remaining for 20 minutes.
On road trips you don’t use the Tesla route planner. Enter the next Tesla Supercharger by finding it on your trip map. Reach that supercharger and enter the next Tesla Supercharger destination. Leave as soon as you will arrive with 10-15% remaining. Repeat. You could have done 3 sessions and reached your destination 45 minutes earlier. You will charge for 10-15 minutes and get on the road again.
Thank you! I genuinely did not know. I am still a fairly new Tesla user😅
@@TeslaVoltt it's ok, it is the showroom and dealerships that are responsible for informing the buyer. The culture has shifted to "make as much money as possible with only the bare minimum service to rank well on surveys."
Is this AWD or RWD?
AWD Long Range!
i was hoping you are going to do fsd from start to finish
I didn’t have FSD at the time I went on the road trip
I'm probably getting one of these, but is this what the normal driving practice is for all EV drivers of constantly obsessing about energy use and minuscule percentage changes, or is that just because people are doing review videos?
that's because people are doing review videos. EV drivers don't really care. They come home most days and charge in their garage back to 80% for the next day
This was a video, but most days, I come back home during the evening and charge it in my garage to 80%.
if your trip is 400 miles and long range can go ~300 miles why did you charge to 100% at home ? you could have charged to 90% and it wouldnt have made a big difference it seems. Just curious
You’re right. It was my very first roadtrip with the model 3 since I am still new with the vehicle. I am learning as I go.
I have both Tesla 3 and Ioniq 5 I bring the Hyundai for my road trips cause its take 20 mins to charge to 80% then i go on my way
Pittsburgh highways and suburbs have absolutely awful roads. They are always perpetually under construction, and there are potholes everywhere. Always traffic just a terrible place to live.
Why would you add Apple CarPlay? I don’t get why you would go through the trouble. And you end up with grandpa’s Garmin on your windshield?
Normally I wouldn’t, it’s just for a different video.
That's a long time sitting waiting
He did it incorrectly. You want to avoid charging past 80%.
Still new to Tesla supercharger
@@TeslaVolttyou’re new to Tesla not just the charger lol
@@ConorPorteronly at superchargers or in general?
Tesla Maps uses Google Maps data.
The model 3 rear drive long range is better and farther range of 380 at 70mph. It is tesla cheapest car now.
I look forward to seeing 500 miles on a Tesla one day.
Look at this guy charging to 100% on the super charger. 🤦
New Tesla owner. Sorry
What is the point of a long range that only charges to 80%. Rip off
the tapping trend is dead