I do a 62 mile round trip most weekends at 70-80 mph with AC in the summer. It always gets home with 5-10 miles to spare.
No hills though. If running out of range, I slow down. You can double your existing range by driving 35 vs 65. Have never noticed killing the AC helping much. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS My leaf range drops to about 60 miles in these conditions. I know because we almost didn’t make it home and I was down to 60mph and no airconditioning for the last 10-15 miles. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS Hot weather is good for the batts. They store more energy and they can deliver more energy. I have been driving a leaf for years. Cold is the range enemy. The air conditioning is exceedingly efficient. Not much of a hit at all. Perhaps 300 watts. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 10:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS Tesla is still a toy though. Even with all its, any luxury car is a better value. When there are alternatives or the next gen battery hits the market, not just a slightly better version of what Tesla has but a carbon-iron or carbon anything, then a long range electric has real value. Out in Arizona at 80mph or slightly more average in 100-115 degree weather and even hotter on the open highway, with air-conditioning, I’d be surprised to see their biggest battery last 200 miles. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS Tesla S is cool. Being able to drive 3-4 hours and not be stuck for 8 is better. Once they get more charging stations (at least in major cities, come on!) I can see it being available to way more people. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: Wow… that is really interesting … I looked at putting solar at my house before and the number of panels, the cost etc didn’t make it worthwhile. I was quoted $25k in panels at the time … think I may revisit though and get additional quotes ;) BTW – a friend of mine has a Tesla S and loves it… I’m seriously considering one now as well From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Wright Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS I don’t know how many cycles it can handle, but max draw per pack is 2kW continuous, 3.3kW peak. http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall Chris Wright Network Administrator Velociter Wireless 209-838-1221 x115 From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS I would want to run it DC, but it ain't bad. We're paying in the neighborhood of $1500 for about 5KWh with SLA batteries, so this would be a serious consideration. I'd like to know what the maximum draw-down is, and how many charge/discharge cycles, etc. etc. bp<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 5/1/2015 10:20 AM, Peter Kranz wrote: I want to see more specs, but a 10kWh AC UPS for $3500.. �that�s a decent price. � http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall � Peter Kranz www.UnwiredLtd.com Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 [email protected] �
