Bruce Nunnally Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 The way Teslarati learned all of this was that, after using a Las Vegas supercharger to give their Tesla Model what they thought would be about 240 miles worth of range for the 160-mile drive, the car unfortunately provided them with just 157 before shutting down. The culprit was a sand storm that sent 35-mile-per-hour headwinds (and probably a bit of grit) into the car as it maintained a 75-mph cruising speed Read more: http://green.autoblog.com/2014/05/17/what-to-do-if-you-run-out-of-juice-in-your-tesla-model-s/ All good, except "...a strong headwind can almost double the Model S power requirements" Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 All the better reason to watch the charge level gauge, just like you watch the fuel gauge in other cars, particularly ones with short range. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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