New 2022 Tesla Model 3 Long Range with bigger 79kwh battery real-world range and efficiency test 

Another great video Richard. I have the same battery in my 14 month old long range. I’ve never charged to 100%. I charge daily to 80% in my garage with a 110V outlet. I charge to 90% for my 290 mile trip from Cape Cod to New Jersey and stop briefly at one of 4 superchargers on my way. Great car. Bought it for $49,970 and squeaked in for the Massachusetts $2.5K EV rebate. Price has gone way up. Love the white seats. Keep those great videos coming. You are my favorite RU-vidr.

I just got my 3LR and had Symons do the ppf and ceramic protection as we were preparing for the first of many of our long trips from Essex to Cornwall. The quality of the work was matched by the standard of Richard’s videos.Not only was the range unbelievable but the speed it charged at from superchargers. We only went for the 250kw type and it made the journey not much different in time from the petrol car journey’s we usually take.

I own a Model 3 LR with this battery since March 2022 and I am surprised how good the range is. In April I went on a trip to the Netherlands from my home in Germany and I was able to cover the 620 km with a single charge. Maximum speed was 100 km/h.

Got one of those newer LR. Managed 284 miles using 75 % of battery a few days ago ( low 20s degrees C, dry , aircon on , unrushed motorway journey with some slow traffic ) . That would give a 100 % range of over 380 miles. 75 kWh usable my calculations suggest.

I'll be changing my current Hyundai Kona EV next May when the lease ends and the Model 3 is on my shortlist. I had a test drive in a long range dual motor variant today and was extremely impressed with it. I'm waiting to see how the Hyundai Ioniq 6 compares before making my final decision but at the moment the Model 3 is ahead of the Polestar 2, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6.

Love your reviews Richard! This is entirely consistent with my experience- I struggle to fault this car, just such a brilliant all round experience. Safe, fast, comfortable, simple, great stereo, awesome range, low running costs…nothing to dislike! 😀👍

The other Sunday went To Nottingham from near Romford, round trip 275 miles in my M3LR Dec 2021 model. Mainly doing 65mph. Got back with 15% on battery. Temp mostly 30c with air con set to 19c v impressed!!

YAY, another honest review from my favorite UK personality. Trust me that honest EV reviews are becoming a known trait from Richard now. Get your EV from someone that knows which one is a good one. If I were in the UK this would be my go to EV dealership. Here in Canada I am still looking though, Suggestions anyone?

Another impeccable video & the Tesla range gets better & better! You always give an honest review & keep up the good work 👏👍

Tesla continue to take the lead in EV's! Very informative video again, Lee.

Best bloody vid ive seen to date on this model. Cant wait to collect mine in 2 weeks. Really needed to find out the mileage figures as i will be doing plenty of motorway miles. Screen shot the figures thx again. Need a vid of how it handles in the ice n snow lol

They needed to put a bigger battery in as my standard range RWD 2022 LFP will do 280 miles a charge max in these conditions so there wasn’t much between that and old standard range. My RWD would have averaged 200 wh/ mile on this trip with this style driving so it’s about 15% more efficient. I have done a test Wakefield to Milton Keynes and back and am doing another same route to show not a one off and will post my video up in about a week.

Tesla efficiency is other worldly. 4.5mi/kWh for a motorway type journey is incredible. My Ioniq 5 would get about 3.5 mi/kWh. Or 250 mile range DTE.

Picking up a MY next month. Can’t wait! Your videos have helped convince me to make the jump to EVs.

I did probably my longest distance without charging yesterday in my Summer 2020 LR. I got 245 miles with 3% remaining, driving quick-ish on the way out and quite carefully on the way back with 3 people (including me) in the car. Trip stats showed 257Wh/mi and 63kWh used.

I have a 2020 Long Range (White/White Premium interior and Full Self Drive)and it just about hits 290 miles of summer range. In fact todays long range with a real world extra of 30 or so miles and FSD would cost a staggering £13,000 more. Even without FSD the same car today would be £6000 more. Still a great car but at todays prices I’m not sure I’d be buying one.

I was lucky that I ordered my long range on 15.february. It should arrive next month, since then prices went up in Slovenia for 5.000 €. If you want great range, hight performance and solid price, model 3 is still best by far.

Got my m3 long range March with the Ryzen chip. Not sure what size battery it has; But, I was well amazed driving 313mile round trip from where I live to Stranrear and getting back with one percent left. It's done just under 5000 miles and averaging 4.2 miles per Kwh. I certainty can't complain about it range

Mate, Thanks for another great video. I can see you love what u do. Keep up good work :)

Just what I needed to hear Richard. I had heard there may be a slightly bigger battery in the latest models. I ordered my model 3 long range in May before the latest price increase after a very long year or so deliberation. I do site surveys all around the country and on average cover around 45-50000 miles a year. I have been subscribed to your channel for a while now and its helped me realise i have made the right choice. Your always down to earth and honest about everything and come across as a very likeable character. I have just had an update through the Tesla app that instead of April/June next year i should hopefully get mine between December and February, and may even be offered earlier from what Tesla have told me. I was hooked after a test drive. The ease of one pedal driving with the amount of miles i do and the comfort, ability to overtake over short distances etc. your videos are always interesting and informative and i look forward to the next instalment.

Surscribed and love your videos. I got my M3LR in June 2022 so this makes me think I have that 79kwh battery. I will try your real world. I keep getting messages from Tesla syaing i'm charging my battery too high and letting it get it too low. My mileage needs that range on some days, not every day, but they are watching that battery pack!

FWIW, last summer my Hyundai Kona did 320+ miles from 100% with passengers and luggage.

Excellent video and overview on the new LR. Following your verdict, im even more excited to take delivery of my LR at the end of this year :D

Brilliant video, all the facts and straightforward and easy to understand. Awaiting delivery of our Model Y next month and trading our Model 3 in with Tesla. Only problem is not being able to transfer FSD to the Y. I think Elon is pulling a fast one here as I have not been able to use it fully in the two and a half years of ownership. I would appreciate your comments on that.

The new model three, as Marty said… “I guess you guys aren’t ready for this yet but your kids are gonna love it“ 😁

I average 200 Wh/mile (5 miles per kW) over 28000 miles in my late 2021 Long Range Model 3. 350 miles on a single charge on standard aero wheels. Absolutely love it.

Regarding the suspension. I found that they tinkered with the rebound, not the firmness. Meaning the push down is the same, but when the going up and meeting the stop/end of the strut it’s softer in that motion.

my dec 2021 model 3P uses 66kwh from 90% to 0%. Nice to know i also have that same battery

Thank you for all the great videos you make. Really helps deciding what car I should get. Greetings from Holland 🇳🇱

Deserves a crack at a Guinness World Record with that efficiency

That was a fair representation of my old area (copier tech) Winner!

If you would use kilometre instead of miles it would be perfect

It's only going to get better 👍

Great video Richard. Always appreciate that you do real-world examples. I would love to see a test of just how much drafting affects an EV. I spend a lot of time traveling in a petrol equivalent of an EQV and I draft trucks whenever possible because I can use up to 20% less fuel. It would be great to see the effect of this on EVs, not sure if the same dynamics are true. P.S: I'll get an EQV or ID Buzz when there are some second-hand models available.

Great, sometimes i want a Longrange but most of the i'm oke with my 2019 SR+ wich only has 44kWh net capacity as i live in the Netherlands Good to see the progress. Too bad they are getting more and more expensive.

Hey Richard. I got my Model Y Performance out of Giga Berlin recently. Was considering visiting you in order for you to make a proper review. Only problem: I live in Berlin, so it would be quite a trip. 🤔

Great vid. Richard, straightforward, all the relevant information provided as usual. My E-Nero (2021) currently showing a range of 320 in this warm weather at 100% charge. Don’t do long journeys so can’t verify the actual range, but shorter journeys back up this figure.

Thank you for your review. I had a Fremont T-M-3, LR lease car from 2020 for 2 years, and recently got my own car that is the same spec (including standard wheels) and I also think the suspension is better/softer/less crashy. There is also a significant improvement on the quality of the interior being a Chinese made car, but you have covered that already. It is good to see that improvement in range and I see an improvement in efficiency - I got just over 4.1 over 2 years in the Fremont car and I think I am getting better over similar journeys in similar weather. But will have to wait a couple of years for the long term average. A small amusing thing, when I reset my lease car to factory it returned its position to the car park at the Fremont factory - at night. Not until I drove it a couple meters did the sat nav updated to the correct position in the UK.

Another great video Richard. Im not sure I could have done that range in my Y.

With a bit of luck and a fair wind my M3LR (ordered in March) is coming in Nov/ Dec. Hope I get this slightly bigger battery too!

Wow 470 km it is super cool. Thx for sharing

We are going to buy a pre-owned M3 AWD LR given the current pricing plus we want to use that for our long road trips and leave our 2022 MYP home. It looks like a 22 M3 easily has 50 more miles of highway miles which on our trip from home to visit the grandkids will allow us to make the 1000-mile trip with just 2 SuperCharger stops as we spend the night at the halfway point that has Tesla Destination chargers. That saves us at least 2 SuperCharger stops. In the US Tesla is selling many with FSD and even the Performance Boost Upgrade included, a steal for about $33K US. And they add an additional 12 months of warranty.

love this film again. Hoping my LR will have this bigger battery (ordered in March)

Link the elevation changes to the trip of each test. Elevation changes of different routes will change your range. In BC Canada, we have Mountains to up and down, so the ranges are different to the Flat UK. I’m waiting for the Tesla Pickup Truck with at least 700km range. Distances between our Towns are more that 150 km in a lot of cases. Town and City Driving is way different to driving in Canada or the Western USA.

This is exactly the video I've been waiting for

I am getting mine at the weekend so this vid was great to see, I am hoping we are getting the same down here in Australia. Great vid once again cheers.

I do like the real world Ryzen chip performance test - put your finger on the map and wiggle 🤣. Another great video, thanks

Is it from the June deliveries or March? If it's June it will have the Tesla Vision autopilot instead of the radar which is worth commenting on. One way to check is see if it prevents you disabling auto on the wipers or lights when AP is enabled.

Great test and feedback for us. Not sure what the battery in the Aussie models as I haven't done a proper test as yet - hopefully the 82kWh version. Cheers

Finally got the chance to drive a friend's brand new Australian delivered M3 RWD (so new it was still calibrating). Impressions were all positive. Build quality was excellent except a minor door alignment issue that will be easily rectified. I thought the ride quality was actually quite good so there could be something in the theory newer production examples are a bit softer. I also found interior noise at highway speeds much lower than expected (and on typical Australian course chip highways). Now where is my Long Range ?!😫

Thank you so much for doing that it is an amazing car love the video look forward to the next one many thanks

Great video as usual Richard. 5 months in waiting for my M3LR. Hopefully not too long now and maybe also the 79kwh battery in Australian delivered cars. Same factory so fingers crossed. Just back from a 7500km remote trip through outback Australia. Will be nice when these sorts of trips can be done in an EV. A few more years I think 😁

Great video... I rewatched it and realised you explained all the things I did not get the first time. Thus deleted the old comment logically :) So the difference between real consumption and shown consumption is in your case really rather small , like 1kWh so about 0.7kWh or 1% underreporting if calculated in km. So have to further research why my German colleague and me have slightly bigger differences it seems...

Very excited to see some Cupra videos, I've heard from a lot of creators that the infotainment has very sub par speeds. Would love to see some real world usage opinions

I’m quite sure that the 18 inch wheels with higher profile tires would’ve accounted for the somewhat softer ride that you felt.

In Denmark now you have to pay over 1GBP for kW during the day and may fall to 0,5. The only way to charge cheap is on Sunday for a few hours for 0,15-0,20 GBP. This is ridiculous :(

58 grand? Ouch! Just about to get a SR+ Model Y for the equivalent of £37k after incentives here in NZ.

My provider - EDF charges me 35.42p per kWh, so saying highest domestic rate 28p is not true.

Interesting video, but you do seem to assume the ability to charge overnight at home or work. That's just not possible for many people. So, how long does it take to charge, say from 5% to 100%? And how much does it cost at a commercial charger?

Thanks for the test, very informative !

Thank you. Tesla is the best car. ❤

I get mine in 3 weeks time. Haven’t told the wife yet....getting worried!

Good to see cousin Kate again 👍

Hi there. Very helpful video about Tesla long range. What’s the speed did you use on motorway ?

How can other manufacturers hope to catch up ? It seems they are actually slipping further behind.

I'm a final year varsity student in South Africa, about to enter the real world. Can you please open a branch here locally so we can transition to Battery Electric Vehicles with an ethical well experienced business man as yourself in the industry of electric cars. Start with removing tax penalty, bring government grand and install super chargers all over the country and lastly reasonable prices. There's no hope at all, we're being ripped off. That Tesla will cost over 80 000 pounds here in SA. Please help a young man out.

thanks for converting in KMs as well :) :)

My brother just rented a M3 LR from Hertz in Italy. He was not impressed with the range considering they were a family of 5 and the car was fully laden. He was also not impressed the charging speed, although he was charging to 100%. This took about and hour. They were road tripping around Norther Italy. Can you do a range test but with car full of passengers and fully laden with baggage, like you would go on a holiday.

Too expensive. I ordered the RWD with LFP.

Nice 👌 thanks for another great video

Great vid thank you

28p per kWh.. I wish lol my peak rate is 40p per kWh 🤪

For a few hundred pounds more you get the Model Y LR, much better value for your money, not sure why anyone would buy a M3 LR. Sooner we in the UK get a Model Y SR the better.

Interesting watching this with the new electricity charges videos. It's almost like the UK Government are forcing people to get solar panels, to enable them to meet their green commitments at zero expense to them! (Who'd have thought it). The increased cost seems to really push home the point about people having an efficient electric vehicle and not just an electric vehicle; and making best use of cheap charging on overnight deals or free charging at work/shops. Tesla obviously always do well at over 4mi/kwh but there are also now plenty of smaller less expensive vehicles which will too e.g. Mini, e-C4. Also, how cool does the Cupra Born look!! Cupra have the best designers right now.

love your videos!

4.5 miles/kwh and a battery with 78.9 kwh useable. I make that over 350 miles?

Great video mate 👌

LR with the power 🔋 💪 upgrade how would the affect the range ? Richard could you give us your opinion on the new small MG4 it looks a good car and price for people that can't 😉 afford a Tesla 😁

£58000 or £808 amonth over 4 years with a down payment of £6000 on a PCP contract according to the Tesla website. I think I will have to keep my old ICE car 55mpg 700 miles to a tank, for a few more years.

Just a comment about the cost of the trip, Richard. You mention the cheap overnight rate on special tariffs but forgot to mention, as do many others, the increased cost of daily usage on those tariffs. As a simple example I found one that charged 20p less per kWh at night but 20p MORE per kWh the rest of the time. I checked and i use about 10kWh in the dearer times, so 10 times 20p more per day. To save that 200p a day I’d need a usage of more than 200p saving at 20p less per kWh, that is 10kWh ‘cheap’ car charging per day. At your 4.5 mile per kWh that would be a daily mileage of 45 miles. That is over 16000 miles a year. Unless I do OVER 16000 miles a year I’d LOSE on such a ‘cheap’ tariff, surely ?? Or Did I miscalculate ?

Don't mean to be pedantic mate but real world is two to four people and luggage/shopping in the boot. I always did my range tests with real world scenarios. Again apologies don't mean to offend. Cheers for the video

Great video! As you say, you're getting to almost double the money for other cars that can do that sort of range. Can you do or have you done a direct real world range comparison between LR Model 3 and LR model Y? I'm wondering if the model Y would do 300 miles vs the 325 you've proven the LR Model 3 can do. Ta

Only problem is the price , a 100 miles less and 25 grand less price better

Range anxiety is a figment of most people's imagination in my experience. Regarding charging costs I have charged my Company Renault Zoe 50 GT Line 135 today from approximately 50 miles range to full (238 miles) on a 43KWH charger in Lidl at 28p/kWh total cost was £10.06. Cheap as chips if you ask me. 180 odd miles for a tenner👍👍👍

Tesla claim 374 miles but potentially 389 on the aeros. (235 tyres not 255). I've never charged my 2021 to 100% but will be doing in September when I finally (after 18 months) take it for a proper run!! Were people "lucky" buying these at £52000??! Lucky was buying at £46990 when the grant was still active.

Have you tested the 2023 Model 3 LR RW?

Great video.

I like you report, but why do you stand in front of the car so we cant see it?

we got ours and love it! :D

IMPRESSIVE figures, great car. However, would not trade in my MY LR ;-) Would love to see a comparison...

Hi love the videos, do you think the model 3 performance with the bigger battery could get the same mileage with aftermarket 18inch wheels?

US Model 3 Long Range has 82 kWh battery pack. We only get 358 miles on the paper. How are you guys getting 374 mi?

Hi, i dont know if you read these anymore but im kinda confused about the batteries in 2021. Some info says the 2019-2020 have 79kwh and tesla updated batteries to 83kwh in 2021, but some say the 79kwh is the new one. My model 3lr 2021 has 79kwh battery so is it the updated or older how does one know

How much kW there is in the buffer (below 0%) ? I have a model 3 performance (switzerland), received it end june 2022. I have now 6K miles and based on the info on the screen, it seems I have 72.5 kW without counting the buffer.

lfp apparently dont like being at 100% too often either but has to at least once a week to remember what 100% is

Very very good video. 💯👍💯👍💯👍

I have a march 22 m3lr, but whist I waited for delivery of my car i ended up being based from home, so now do lots of 1-3 miles trips, averaging 3.85wh/mile over 1500 miles. I was hoping for more and i drive pretty chilled too, is the above normal or a bit on the low side?

But how long before that battery starts to degrade and how would that impact the overall range in comparison to what you're getting on this test?

Richard I found your channel a while ago but I am now considering making the change to an EV so I am once again watching your videos again. I have the Model Y on my short list because it appears to sit a bit higher do you think its easier getting in & out of the Model Y compared to the Model 3 or about the same?

someone will be drawing an S on that plate 🤣