Let It Be Christmas, Tesla, XC Skiing

It is our favorite time of the year and a perfect day to take our Tesla up into the mountains for a cross country ski outing. Come along with us, enjoy the scenery, and spread some Christmas cheer!
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[@1AdamDaily]

Wow this was excellent! Merry Christmas!

[@modelxevfun2858]

Thank you! You too!

[@bt4b4]

What’s the data on miles total in the cold on a full charge ?

[@modelxevfun2858]

@bt4b4 I reset the trip meter when we installed the snow tires on Nov 1 and we drove 4620 miles by the time we removed them in April. The average consumption over that distance was 318 wh/mi. My records show that we drove our previous X (2021 Long Range Plus) 3 full winters, putting on 14,069 winter tire miles, with an average consumption of 353 wh/mi. Our typical winter trip is mostly highway, 100 miles round trip, driving at 65 mph on two lane rural highways and we live at 6,200 feet in elevation, so the air is less dense. We are fortunate to have a garage, so we always start out with a warm car. This is our first winter with a Tesla equipped with a heat pump. It has been warmer than normal this winter, so it is hard to do a fair comparison, but I do think that the heating and ducting is an improvement over our previous cars. The heater puts out a lot of heat and warms up quickly. The coldest temperature we have driven this car this winter has been -20 F, but a more typical drive would be around + 15 F. I think the winter range is better with this car than with or previous X. Somewhere in the back of my mind I remember reading that Tesla estimated about a 10% winter range benefit of the heat pump over the previous version and that matches my statistics. I don't really know what the full battery capacity is on mine, but OutofSpec Reviews tested a 2022 refresh X and they were able to pull out 93 kwh (100% charge to fully depleted). Using their number and my average winter consumption of 318 wh/m, that gives me a 100% to fully depleted range of 290 miles. The OutofSpec 70 mph summer range test resulted in 331 miles. Winter highway driving at a higher speed or many short commutes with a cold soaked car would result in a much higher average consumption, so take my results for what they are.

[@bt4b4]

@@modelxevfun2858 thank you for the info !