My trip odometer on my new to me BEV (2016 Model X P100d) clicked over 500 650 miles this this week and I thought I would share some of my thoughts. So far I have resisted the urge to leverage this to catapult me to YouTube fame. (I’m so over I have a Tesla I’m a wannabe YouTube star but I’d be lying if I told you the thought never crossed my mind).
It’s been a busy 6 weeks. the car arrived two weeks early after a significant delay but none of that matter except we we’re expecting another baby and she arrived two weeks after the the car. We weren’t prepared… for the car (she’s our fifth we thought we had that routine all down…. she was born on the bedroom floor totally not intentional.). We didn’t have a home charger yet.
So serval trips and nights nights in the hospital were spent Thinking the baby was coming but wasn’t. That meant I had to plan trips to the supercharging station. It’s only 2.5 miles from the house, less than 10 minutes. This should have been fine. Free supercharging transferred with the car. And it worked 4/6 times I went to charge. Twice I got a charge error that google hadn’t even heard of. Tesla customer service over the phone was helpful in so far yep that’s an error can you get to the service center 180 miles away. Each time I was able to plug into an AC charger and able to charge fine. After the first error I placed an order the a wall charger and after the second, made time to install it. (Remember that whole new baby thing, time is tight).
So you have the back story.
Since installing my home chargers I have not felt any range anxiety. At most I drive 60 miles a day with 30 being average. Once I was able to plug in at home it felt like a regular car. (The model X is the least regular car I’ve ever driven. Previous drivers ranged from MG midgets to wheat trucks but you get my point). The 2011 Odyssey Has 100 miles on its current tank of gas that was fueled before X arrived. We still need it. There are 7 of us. Tesla seats 6, not much room for stuff.
After reading up on the EV production landscape I’m sold that Tesla has and will have the best overall product available for at least the next 2-5 years. Ford will be their only competition until a new foreign automaker gains traction in the US. I don’t think anyone can touch their self driving software.
Teslas First gen infotainment computer is slow. The driving computer is equally slow to boot but runs FSD. (Who is still using a five year old laptop or computer every day). Rated mileages are smoke an mirrors. If it’s cold or hot or you leave it parked it drains the battery and cuts your range. my best guess is the consumption Wh/mile is about 1.5x larger than stated. 617 miles driven and the display is stating I used 220 KWhr. 350ish kw hr per mile. Nope more like 500 kwhr per miles. I’m sure newer BEV will be or are doing better but think how many used BEVs will be sold in the future. Heavy Tesla’s eat tires. 20-25k miles on a set seems normal. I just put on a new set of Michelin Crossclimate SUV. Tires. I like the regular version on my van. So yeah let’s put them on a super car. Oh and they are directional and the X has different sized front and rear tires. So you never need to rotate them. We’ll see how that works out. But if it ever snows down here I have an all wheel drive SUV with triple peak snowflake tires. (It’s the winter tire rating but they have really good wet traction and that was all that was buying on).
My advice. Plan now for home charging. Takes only time to give it some thought. Where will you charge how much range do you need for your daily driving? I don’t think the BEV can ever replace a ICE vehicle for us. We now have 3 Registered and insured autos. Seems excessive but they are paid for and the SO doesn’t have to drive a minivan, ever. Sure I could replace the RAV4 with a BEV but it won’t save money. And it sees less than 4K miles a year.
The BEV market is going to see unpressurized growth in the next 24 months. Brands we’ve never heard of will start making strong plays for market share. google Vinfast. I’m betting that you have a 50/50 chance that if buy a car over 30K in 2 years it will be a BEV.
Well that’s enough. I like the Battery Car. It’s got it’s quarks. I have probably ruined every other car purchase I will ever make. But for now driving is easy. I’ll let know what my service experience is.
Evan
It’s been a busy 6 weeks. the car arrived two weeks early after a significant delay but none of that matter except we we’re expecting another baby and she arrived two weeks after the the car. We weren’t prepared… for the car (she’s our fifth we thought we had that routine all down…. she was born on the bedroom floor totally not intentional.). We didn’t have a home charger yet.
So serval trips and nights nights in the hospital were spent Thinking the baby was coming but wasn’t. That meant I had to plan trips to the supercharging station. It’s only 2.5 miles from the house, less than 10 minutes. This should have been fine. Free supercharging transferred with the car. And it worked 4/6 times I went to charge. Twice I got a charge error that google hadn’t even heard of. Tesla customer service over the phone was helpful in so far yep that’s an error can you get to the service center 180 miles away. Each time I was able to plug into an AC charger and able to charge fine. After the first error I placed an order the a wall charger and after the second, made time to install it. (Remember that whole new baby thing, time is tight).
So you have the back story.
Since installing my home chargers I have not felt any range anxiety. At most I drive 60 miles a day with 30 being average. Once I was able to plug in at home it felt like a regular car. (The model X is the least regular car I’ve ever driven. Previous drivers ranged from MG midgets to wheat trucks but you get my point). The 2011 Odyssey Has 100 miles on its current tank of gas that was fueled before X arrived. We still need it. There are 7 of us. Tesla seats 6, not much room for stuff.
After reading up on the EV production landscape I’m sold that Tesla has and will have the best overall product available for at least the next 2-5 years. Ford will be their only competition until a new foreign automaker gains traction in the US. I don’t think anyone can touch their self driving software.
Teslas First gen infotainment computer is slow. The driving computer is equally slow to boot but runs FSD. (Who is still using a five year old laptop or computer every day). Rated mileages are smoke an mirrors. If it’s cold or hot or you leave it parked it drains the battery and cuts your range. my best guess is the consumption Wh/mile is about 1.5x larger than stated. 617 miles driven and the display is stating I used 220 KWhr. 350ish kw hr per mile. Nope more like 500 kwhr per miles. I’m sure newer BEV will be or are doing better but think how many used BEVs will be sold in the future. Heavy Tesla’s eat tires. 20-25k miles on a set seems normal. I just put on a new set of Michelin Crossclimate SUV. Tires. I like the regular version on my van. So yeah let’s put them on a super car. Oh and they are directional and the X has different sized front and rear tires. So you never need to rotate them. We’ll see how that works out. But if it ever snows down here I have an all wheel drive SUV with triple peak snowflake tires. (It’s the winter tire rating but they have really good wet traction and that was all that was buying on).
My advice. Plan now for home charging. Takes only time to give it some thought. Where will you charge how much range do you need for your daily driving? I don’t think the BEV can ever replace a ICE vehicle for us. We now have 3 Registered and insured autos. Seems excessive but they are paid for and the SO doesn’t have to drive a minivan, ever. Sure I could replace the RAV4 with a BEV but it won’t save money. And it sees less than 4K miles a year.
The BEV market is going to see unpressurized growth in the next 24 months. Brands we’ve never heard of will start making strong plays for market share. google Vinfast. I’m betting that you have a 50/50 chance that if buy a car over 30K in 2 years it will be a BEV.
Well that’s enough. I like the Battery Car. It’s got it’s quarks. I have probably ruined every other car purchase I will ever make. But for now driving is easy. I’ll let know what my service experience is.
Evan
I do find it interesting that neither ford or bright drop are offering passenger versions of their battery vans. 
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