2024 Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD has arrived!

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May 20, 2026 | 11:52 AM

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AMIRZA786

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Originally Posted by swajames

Really all you have to do is have a more favorable mix of city vs highway for your particular car. In the case of an EV, they tend to be more efficient in city driving so anything more than 55% city driving can set you up to beat the EPA estimates, assuming whatever your highway driving might be delivers on its contribution.

Generally for me it's about 50/50 mix, although this weekend I did mostly highway as I had to attend my son's graduation from UC Berkeley. I notice that using FSD, even in Mad Max mode it's slightly more efficient

May 20, 2026 | 12:45 PM

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swajames

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Originally Posted by LH1

That's so cool that you have a diagnostic screen like that.

I'd love something like that on my car. I always liked that screen in the GT-R. Wish I could see all that live data.

Like Amirza notes, a Bluetooth OBDII dongle and an app like Car Scanner will get you more data than you ever knew your car could deliver.

I have this one: