According to their website - 300 miles is the correct answer. -The OP's post I corrected, was incorrect.

I don't have garage-size storage problems. If I did, I'd build a bigger one.

They're dirt cheap to drive. Damn near free for 8-years and unlimited miles. Would easily beat most any gas or diesel burners in those parameters. The best deal going if it works for you. I could easily plug one into my driving style needs. Definitely worth considering versus continuing to shovel-out $$$ in the expense to run almost anything else. Depends on how many miles are driven in 8-years, and how much expense the next battery is in 8-years. The miles are free - outside the personal charging out of pocket costs. There's so many free sites to recharge, more coming too in all likelyhood. Entities, private and Gov't. are wanting to look green and hip by providing free charge stations. I saw one out in the Middle of West Tennessee off I-40 for example.

Definitely a very exciting vehicle. The savings are there for the right planning individuals.

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The 265 miles range seems to come from American government research - take a look at the wikepedia link I posted before.

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Interestingly, it takes only 20 minutes for Tesla to replace the battery, if the need ever arises.

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06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 77k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Roadside assistance could get you going with a new battery in the same amount of time it takes to fix a flat.

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I saw one at a Tesla dealer at a mall, I pretty much needed a drool bib because they had a bare skeleton car too.

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1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

That is actually a really interesting option. If you go someplace on a regular basis for a number of hours (for example, to work every day) and were allowed to charge there for free, it would greatly reduce your electricity bill, thus lowering operating costs to almost nothing.

There's a free charging station in front of our county administration building -- but you're limited to four hours. Even so, better than nothing.

Jeremy

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Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
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-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Drive the 3 LTR TDI you throw rocks at you 2L

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97 S500
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86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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Recharging is a nightmare - imagine how many road side cafes are going to be needed to accommodate all these EV owners hanging about for another bit of juice on ever degrading batteries...

...I think these cars are always going to be limited in use if they can't recharge like filling up your fuel tank works today.

It will be OK if you use your car to go to the shops and then come back home - park in your slot that has the automatic coupling charging attachment - but imagine a taxi using this? At the moment it couldn't work. Many taxis I know are driving at least 20 hours a day (even if they do seem to be hanging about outside railway stations when you don't need them - however, get off the last train when it is raining...)

Breakdown is also an interesting situation - you need something big to carry about a whole battery set. I can't see a world full of electric vehicles - trucks as well - for many a life time. (You see I've said it now - next year there'll be a solution and I'll look stupid!)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Drive an older (2005) Ferrari F430 or a new Mustang with the 5.0 Coyote engine.

I've driven the Tesla. It's OK. I drive farther to work than it's cruising range.

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

No big deal, we just get rid of all the cars that burn fossil fuels and create more nuclear power plants to recharge our electric cars!!!!

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

or go solar/wind on bunches of rooftops. it's all about micro-inverters.

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new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

I guess I am lazy....I like gas engines.

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

If you can believe what Tesla says about their cars, then that's what I'm going by: "300 MILES."

I've never seen any electric cars being recharged at any of the recharging stations I've run across. I saw one in suburban Houston in front of a restaurant, just as the one in W. Tennessee was in front of a restaurant right on the Interstate highway system. The free recharging aspect is a definite plus when looking at the big known picture. I've bought $250.00 in diesel fuel in just 5-days on the road, and will be buying another $200.00 in the next four days. The Tesla's driving expense would have been free for the same territory I've covered. I don't see a downside from my particular perspective, if it plays out as presented, although I hesitate to be a guinea pig at this stage of the game, when considering parting with $75K, or whatever the upgraded model is. If there were known guarantees in future costs which there aren't, I could use a car like this. No question about it. I'd be pocketing the $500.00 inside 10 days, instead of paying it to the oil companies. Pretty much a slam dunk to me which vehicle to pay for. The one that cost double, but has NO fuel bills - or, the one that costs $40K, and costs thousands MORE a month to operate?! Like, duh, I'll take the one that's unlimited FREE miles for 8-years!

As far as charging goes? I can easily justify doing Internet and cell phone work while the car is recharging on the road. Every single business day, I already am spending at least 30 to 45 minutes on-line or on cell phone business calls. I don't work in a test lab office / controlled environment as many do. The 30 minute recharge time-out gives me a break on the road, and get the necessary real time work done too.

Supply of recharging stations and bays will increase with demand. The taxi drivers will recharge while waiting at airports, etc. for fares. The boon in take-home money when you have zilch daily fuel or engine expenses will be a huge incentive to buy the electric taxi.

Private retail businesses will offer them as a way to get the electric car owners' business, be it restaurant or retail. Hospitals and Gov't entities will step-up with the giveaways of free recharging stations/bays too, albeit on taxpayer's backs.

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'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

They may go with a road-embedded inductive charge coil system. The new Formula E race series is leaning towards this route, but while the cars are in motion.

Yes but that's the system now. I bet you there is no way that energy will suddenly become free. I know Tessla are saying free re-charging points and free for ever - but - in the end the cost will be extracted by other means. They could for example "sell" their charging stations to another company that then goes bust or nearly bust and has to make people pay...

...I'm pretty sure the Dutch government would be upset if they lost their fuel duty taxes - they're not going to take a pay cut. I reckon other governments will feel the same way too.

Don't believe the hype. "They" didn't like it when people started to pour chip fat into their fuel tanks - that was too clever and "not fair"...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!