Range in the Mountains

[HuntingPudel]

This is interesting, it looks like it would be exactly backwards from an ICE car.

I used to bring my jetting kit with me if I was going to hunt in a high elevation for a longer period of time (i.e. a week or more). It was more for proper truck performance than for mileage. It would be worth it after arrival in the higher elevation to spend the time to change the jets, rods, hanger, and springs for several days' worth of driving, then change back before heading back down. It wasn't worth it for only a day or two to correct the over-rich condition. A side benefit is that I wasn't wasting fuel over the length of the stay at higher elevation. The areo benefit of the giant brick from the thinner atmosphere was pretty negligible since most of the driving over terrain was slow.

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[gordonf238]

Does anyone have any idea of the percentage difference of range (extension) one might get at sea level vs 3500 ft in the Mountain states?

3500' isn't much of an "elevation". However, we drive our Mach-E over the Eisenhower tunnel in Colorado (11,158'), and whatever you lose going up, you gain going down that mountain.

In fact, electric vehicles are somewhat more efficient at higher elevations as there is less aerodynamic drag. i.e. at 10,000ft, the air density is around 68% of sea level. ICE cars lose power with altitude, electric vehicles do not, because they don't require oxygen to make power. Your average 250hp ICE car will only make 170hp at 10,000ft.