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Battery size/range selection (2)
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Originally ordered 600-miles. Mostly to be able to get anywhere I could comfortably without stopping like in a gas car, which for me is around 300 miles at 90mph. Speed limit on highway in Poland is around 87mph (140kph), so at 90mph I don’t worry about getting a ticket. Including AC usage etc. using Teslas at those speeds gives around 50% of EPA range, at best it’s still well under 200 miles. This is a big downgrade from gas cars and I assume it’s going to be the same range loss at speed in case of Aptera. So main reason is, I just didn’t want to be bothered by range at all, since fastest charging stations in Poland are located off highways and I don’t want to do unnecessary detours. The price was proportional to range increase over lower versions too.
However, when realized that the 400-mile version is going to be shipped first I thought I’d rather have it earlier looking at initial production numbers and it still should be noticeably better than more expensive Tesla, so I changed my order to the 400-mile version. Topping up a 40kWh battery on slower 50kW chargers that are on our highways is also going to be a much better experience than topping up 80kWh battery in a Tesla on the same charger, so still I expect much better experience.