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brianbreslin
on June 21, 2013
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Battery Swap [video]
The model he fills up looks to be an A8. The A8 fuel economy is around 15-18MPG. So 20 gallon tank only gets 350 mile range on it.
rallison
on June 21, 2013
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Aside from the top end A8s with upgraded engines, they get 18MPG city and 28MPG highway. Simply saying that the A8 gets 15-18MPG is deceptive. So, if we are talking range, an A8 will get upwards of 560 miles on a tank.
calinet6
on June 23, 2013
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If you're comparing on performance alone, you better get the upgraded Audi to match the Model S...
leoc
on June 21, 2013
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Ok. That's a very guzzly car then, though; even other Audis like the A5 seem to do a lot better than that, especially on the highway.
rayiner
on June 21, 2013
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Tesla's competition, from the perspective of performance and price, is very guzzly cars.
leoc
on June 21, 2013
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But big $100,000 cars like this mid-range S-class Merc
http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/model/class-S/model-S...
seem to have 20+ gallon gas tanks (here's the S550's capacity
http://autos.yahoo.com/mercedes-benz/s-class/2013/s550/speci...
) and the ability to manage about 25MPG on the highway. That would place them at 500+ miles from a single fill. (They'll do a lot worse with city driving though: the S550 should only give 350 miles. I think these MPG numbers are the EPA's.)
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