Leave it to the Aussies. A Tesla owner and his friend drove 313 miles, from Australia’s Northern Territory to South Australia, on one fully-charged battery. The cap over the socket was sealed at the outset.
Owner Simon Hackett and his friend Emilis Prelgauskas took 12 hours to drive that far, averaging 34 mph. So no speed records were set, certainly, but they did set a world record as part of the Global Green Challenge.
Tesla’s published range for the battery is 200 miles under normal driving conditions, so the Australian roadster did better by half than expected. Granted, the guys were keeping the throttle as steady as possible to conserve energy, but it’s a reassuring result for consumers wary of battery range.
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