FredT
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Tesla said this in their quarterly report:I don't know the answer, and nobody outside of Tesla does it seems. But certainly there are possibilities. The frame/lower body of the Y is NOT the same as the 3. In fact it's a big deal how Tesla is going to be able to fabricate that as one piece as opposed to dozens of parts. It's very possible--likely is my guess--that there's room for a bit more battery capacity now in the Y. That's allowing them to get the same range--280 miles--with 21" wheels that they were expecting from 20" wheels. The jump to 315 miles is probably a combination of the 19" Gemini wheels and higher battery capacity. Tesla has shown that wheel size above 19" makes a pretty big dent in range.
“Due to the continuous technical progress of the four-wheel drive in the Model Y, we were able to increase the maximum EPA range from 280 miles to 315 miles compared to our previous estimate,”
From the elective.com article:
"Tesla uses a graph to showcase that the range efficiency is mainly due to the efficiency of the drive: According to this, the Model Y should be able to travel 4.1 miles (approx. 6.6 kilometres) with one kilowatt-hour of electricity. For already available E-SUVs such as the Jaguar I-Pace, Mercedes EQC (not yet available in the USA), the Audi e-tron and also the new Ford Mustang Mach-E, Tesla only mentions values between 2.4 and 2.8 miles per kilowatt-hour."
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