Tesla Model Y Performance Range Test 2023: Realistic Road Trip

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1. So – is this enough highway range for your needs?

2. Really enjoy your reviews. Just a correction though. The model Y performance has a 82kWh battery with 78kWh usable. So actual range based on your avg 17.2kWh usage would be 453km which is pretty good for highway driving where we know EV’s are less efficient.

3. Love my Tesla 💞

4. Keep in mind these are highway tests. In congested city or suburb settings, stop and go traffic, jams, etc, an EV with excellent regen like this will absolutely demolish an ICE vehicle.

5. You didn’t mention your average speed?

6. With a 100% charge around 200 km.

7. $105,000.00? Thats very realistic for about 2 percent of the population.

8. we rented one when we went to mount perisher.
   Canberra to perisher with a short recharge at cooma(we want to go up perisher with as much charge as possible) then we recharged again at cooma on the way down before continuing to Canberra (85 to 100) and we arrived with around 77 percent left. without recharging on the way back it seems that we could've made it without a stopover.
   5 people, plus snow gear, heaters all round.
   good for cruising on smooth roads. horrible at huge road gaps.

9. Great and wonderfully produced video. I’m sick of the big car YouTubers all parroting the same stuff. You presented a nice conversational tone and was super handy in considering a Model Y. Will you do anything with a Y LR ?

10. That is pretty good efficiency considering the wheels, the rain, wind, speed and temp that you had.

    Can you tell me what average speed, temp outside and what was the wind speed you drove at?

    Keep in mind the 514km wltp range is tested at 50km/h at 23C with normal usage AC set to 20 degrees.

    Now if you downgrade the wheels to 18 or 19" you will match the taycan easily. The taycan has bigger battery but since model y's efficiency is so good and it is a bigger car this is not bad. If model y becomes equiped with 100kwh battery in the near future I am sure it can reach 600km highway range easily. To compete with chinese cars Tesla will most likely add a bigger and more capacity battery from 2026. Model y has definetly the room for it!

11. I’m getting 265-275 miles consistently for highway driving around 65-70 mph. That’s very good range for something that has 75kwh useable battery and goes 0-60MPH in 3.5seconds

12. The WLTP “claim” is based on a test procedure with city and high way driving and an average speed of about 55 km/h. It is not surprising that doing only higher speeds will give less range.

13. Get your facts right, Melbourne is the biggest city in Australia!

14. A glass roof in our climate ….. you have to be kidding! For that money I would at least expect a retractable blind.

15. Considering the lane centering and driver assists/auto steer and all of that, the systems on any GMC do all of that except the last "AI" hands-free part. (as if keeping one hand resting on the wheel while it does the other 90% is really any different than self-driving?) So does Honda, Hyundai, and all of the rest now. So it's really not a "feature" when it's now standard on vehicles that cost 1/2 as much. Well, I guess it is considering the upcharge for it? Pretty pricey for basically unlocking some software.

16. I’d like to see this car’s range in city work as a comparison.
    Our Yaris Cross hybrid runs on the battery 60-80% of the time in town, only 10-15% on highway driving.

17. So the GV60 is better than a model Y in every measurable way? Interesting

18. One of the best well thought cars in terms of super charger network and range… other manufacturers need to wake up

19. Hmmn…$105k for a car with vinyl seats and the ability to bake your head on hot days. I think the Kia EV6 is a better proposition/features/range for the same money🤔

20. Cost?

21. Look at the cost of the vehicle though. Driveway price $105,900. You gotta be kidding me to pay that amount of money for a 4 door sedan that's not even considered luxury but a general grocery shopping hack and consider it value. That's laughable 😂.

22. I think 450-550 is the sweet spot for range so the MY is close. Our new Ioniq 6 is not really competition for the MY but we are getting around 15 kWh/100km or better on our road trips which have been mostly in mountainous BC Canada with average speeds of @100km. We recently did a road trip of 460km at 14.5 kWh/100 km and still had 15% battery left. That's about 5 hrs driving which is about as long as I want to go without stopping.

23. Great video, thanks for converting the stats into something usable and relatable in real world. What this tells us is that for longer journey, EV still has a long way to go, in your Tesla case every 300km range takes half an hour, provided there's Tesla supercharger on-route and that it's not taken up by others. I am fine with the time it takes to charge, but the range needs to go up by another 50%-100% to make it a more stress-free journey. In metro day-to-day driving and if you have access to charging at home, EV is a no brainer.

24. How safe is the glass roof in case of an accident or when car topple? I believe without roof shade it would be hard to travel during Aussie summer!

25. So many know-it-alls in the comments. I enjoyed the video and the perspective. People need to chill out in the comments ffs

26. Don't mistake WLTP for claimed range on a highways, it is not meant to do that.
    Wltp is rather a average commuting trip with less than one fourth highway speed. Since that is how most cars are most used. Wltp is more a measure on how often you need to charge your car with everyday varied driving.

27. I never see videos where people fill up petrol and diesel cars and see how far they'll go on a full tank.

28. install a home charger for daily driving. these old world car huys miss the point with EV reviews IMO

29. i think you need to reference the wh/km rather than per 100km

30. good to see you've left with a full charge this time

31. Just got mine two weeks ago. From 90% to 10%, I get 200 miles. Costs me $10 to supercharge from 10% – 90%. Honestly, it's the best car I've owned. The ride is so smooth and it's insanely fast.

32. Great test Tom. Just remember, highway range is never going to match WLTP because it's based on a combination of urban and highway. I think most users will comfortably get 480km in normal day to dau driving – not that you'll run it down that low or charge it beyond 80% except when heading out on the highway.

33. Did you have aircon on during the test? Interested in knowing – waiting for delivery of our MYP here in NZ! Thanks.

34. We have driven the MYP for 2500km and the long term average so far is 16.9kw/100ks according to the car.

35. Just checking – when you navigated to your turn around point – I assume you didn't enter the SuperCharger address? That might use up energy pre-warming the battery to charge.

36. Interesting review, thanks, Tom. My view is it comes down to horses for courses. If a driver is regularly travelling long distances, carrying a load and maybe wants to tow something they’re arguably better served by an ICE-engined vehicle. If a driver mainly drives in the city and might make a trip of, say, two hundred kilometres a year an EV might do the job. I’m an old guy who hasn’t been on long driving trip for years, literally. An EV might work for me. Thing is, I’m not buying another vehicle until I need one. My ICE-engined vehicle is in good condition so I see no reason to change it. Sure, fuel is expensive but at my age, the distances I drive, and the cost of the changeover it does’t make sense to do so.

37. Great work! This is the kind of Korean world’ information we are looking for. Thank you

38. My opinion after testing Long Range vs Performance: LR had slightly softer ride, but P is notably quicker.

39. WLTP is a straight scam, EPA is usually closer

40. 19" vs 20" alloys makes 30 km difference

41. How good is the charging infrastructure in Australia? Will you be able to reach Darwin from Sydney without range anxiety?

42. Apart from using the criuse control, not being able to turn off the regen braking on Model Ys is tiring on long drives and steep back roads. You have to keep your foot pressure on the accelerator 100% of the time.

43. was the ac on?

44. Is there a chance of doing a range test where cars go from one side of either Melbourne or Sydney to the and back again, and back again, and back again………… and see how that compares to an ICE vehicle.

45. All the people saying it’s hopeless because of the range are missing the point. Don’t buy a Tesla if you’re always doing 1000km road trips in a day. Do you also comment on Kia Picanto reviews saying that it can’t tow a 3500kg caravan? Same thing!

46. I regularly drive from our Northern beaches (Sydney) home to our second home at Thredbo which is just over 540km each way. We typically top up at Hume ACT with diesel, 340km into the trip on the way down and not worry on the way back. The lack of infrastructure for charging on the route, lack of range and high car purchase cost doesn't present any incentive for switching at the moment but no doubt this will improve in time. The last trip a few days ago in our 2019 Audi Q5 3LT diesel returned 5.7 litres average over 1100kms, cost of fuel around $113 for the total trip. Seems like the electric cars need to be more be city focused and commercial for the biggest benefits, ice cars today have such a long range on the highway nowadays maybe the hybrids should be more in focus for Australia at least the ones that still have a decently sized fuel tank.

47. Interesting results, So let’s through another person in the front and maybe a child in the back and some luggage in the boot and try the same test . Maybe a warmer day with the air cond as well and see what the “real world”range would be ? Thinking a lot less . ..

48. I often make cross-country travels (500km) at 130-140km/h in my Bmw 118d 2010. It leaves me with half a tank full.
    Any EV that suits my needs?