Real-world EV data
Tesla EV real-world range and efficiency
Every Tesla EV PlugLog drivers have shared: 259 drives and 4,272 mi across 3 EVs. Their real-world efficiency, range, and how each compares with its EPA rating.
Updated · from 259 shared drives
By vehicle
Real-world range is the usable battery, measured from shared drives (or estimated from the EPA figures), × the real efficiency, at the drives' average speed (weighted by distance, like the efficiency). EPA ratings include charging losses, so vs EPA compares at the battery. Between fast charges: from one DC fast charge to the next on a road trip: 10% to 80% of the real-world range, and the time that takes at the drives' average speed, so it follows the filters.
- 2026 Tesla Model Y Performance AWDAll-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 2,916 mi
- Drives
- 108
- Real-world
- 3.56 mi/kWh
- EPA at battery
- 3.88rated 3.30
- vs EPA
- −8%
- Real-world range
- 273 mi@ 55 mph avg
- Between fast charges
- 191 mi (3h 29m)
- 2025 Tesla Model Y Performance AWDAll-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 1,231 mi
- Drives
- 139
- Real-world
- 3.65 mi/kWh
- EPA at battery
- 3.63rated 3.09
- vs EPA
- +1%
- Real-world range
- 249 mi@ 41 mph avg
- Between fast charges
- 175 mi (4h 17m)
- 2023 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWDAll-Wheel Drive · 1 driver · 125 mi
- Drives
- 12
- Real-world
- 3.72 mi/kWh
- EPA at battery
- 3.93rated 3.34
- vs EPA
- −5%
- Real-world range
- 250 mi@ 35 mph avg
- Between fast charges
- 175 mi (5h 4m)
Efficiency, EV by EV
From shared drives; longer bars go further on each kWh.
Tesla against other makes
Like for like: each size class's drives, make by make (mi/kWh).
midsize cars
- Tesla12 drives3.72
- Polestar96 drives3.01
Questions
- Which Tesla EV is the most efficient in the real world?
- The 2023 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD, at 3.72 mi/kWh across 12 real drives by PlugLog drivers.
- Which Tesla EV has the most real-world range?
- The 2026 Tesla Model Y Performance AWD, at about 273 miles on a full charge at its real-world efficiency.
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