GaslessInSeattle
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I only have the Blink charger with the J to Tesla adapter, which allows 30 amps, but it still takes longer to charge the fully depleted 85 kw than I've been able to leave it plugged in. Hopefully within the next week I'll be able to do this... it's tricky with two kids and a traveling spouse. so far, I'm very impressed with the range with the setting set to "Range Mode", which BTW does not mean mean Max Range (as in a full charge)... seems a lot of folks have been mixing these terms up up on the Tesla site. Range mode is like eco, sort of. It doesn't effect acceleration but reduces CC draw, presumably limiting it to the heat pump. In "Range Mode", I can prewarm, set the temp to 71F and stay quite warm and fogg free and draw out the range quite a bit. unfortunately I don't have a lot of hard numbers yet... range tests on the S take a lot more free time than the Leaf!
GRA said:George, can you tell yet if the 85kWh is usable or max, and if the latter, how much is usable?GaslessInSeattle said:I've got almost a 1,000 miles of pure driving joy on the S since delivery on Saturday! I wanted to run it all the way down today so I drove it with a 50% charge over to the east side, then down I-5 to Tacoma, then up to Shoreline. resorted to running every accessory I could, defrost, turned heat on high, seat heaters, lights and all, ended up resorting to driving in circles, I'm actually not joking LOL, around our neighborhood. finally got it down to 1 mile. it's interesting, there is a yellow line that forms, a bit like the Leaf's inner bubbles, that show where the max power output is as it declines the further into the red you go. There is not a turtle, but it does keep dropping gradually and various messages start popping up. I chickened out and plugged it in.
It draws a full 30 Amps on the Blink charger. it appears to gain miles much faster than the Leaf, but I can't quantify it yet.