18 Months of Petrol Burning
After happily being all-electric for almost four years, we sold our Leaf and, until early September ’23, have been driving a gas truck for the… Read More »18 Months of Petrol Burning
After happily being all-electric for almost four years, we sold our Leaf and, until early September ’23, have been driving a gas truck for the… Read More »18 Months of Petrol Burning
A few years ago, I reported on my experience installing the Tesla roof rack on my Model 3 (apparently the bolts are a bit longer now and easier to install), and shortly afterwards I tested the impact on consumption/efficiency (i.e. how much did the Wh/km change?)
A few months after that last post/video, in the spring of 2019, I received and installed a Stealth Hitch on my Model 3 (post coming “soon”). I decided to re-run the consumption test, but this time including a bike rack, a Northshore rack that I’ve been using for several years on a few different cars. Read on to find the values I use when planning out my longer road trips – because the car cannot recalibrate it’s range estimate enough to compensate for the added consumption (it tries, but it is always wrong), it is important to have these values. You can adapt these values for use with the Model Y as well – see the bottom for more.
Read More »Tesla Model 3 Consumption with Roof Rack and Bike RackLast week we received and installed the new Tesla Model 3 Roof Rack on our car – go check out the install if you are curious. One of the comments I have been receiving and seeing online in the forums is “how does the roof rack affect your efficiency?” I decided to do a controlled test to find out!
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