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Originally Posted by Chrome383Z
Tesla has done an outstanding job marketing EV though. There’s not much an EV does that you couldn’t do with a ICE vehicle. Packaging is easier and HP is easier because you don’t have to worry about CAFE laws. I expect legislation on EV to come to limit HP extending range. It’s the Wild West right now. Range sucks and all the folks that I know that bought EV have decided to go back to ICE for convenience.
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If you use the HP of the EV, yeah range is reduced. But, I can buy acceleration boost which increases my Model 3's HP, but as long as I drive it the same, it maintains the same range.
If I had a Model 3 Performance, but put the 18" wheels with the low resistance tires on from the LR, as long as I drive the same, it will have the same range as the LR. In fact Tesla used to build such a vehicle known by the community as the Model 3 Stealth. It was equipped as an LR, but had the motors from the performance. The aero and wheels/tires is the reason why the Performance gets less range than the LR.