Tesla Model S goes a record 560 miles on a single charge, Elon Musk is **t impressed
 

Tesla Model S goes a record 560 miles on a single charge, Elon Musk is **t impressed
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Tesla's Model S, in its most luxurious, P100D variety, officially has a 337-mile range.*

But if you drive very, very carefully, you can extend that by more than two hundred miles, as recently shown by two Tesla enthusiasts.*

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The practice is called hypermiling, and it involves driving in such a way as to achieve the biggest possible range on one fuel tank or charge. This usually means driving slowly, **t using air conditioning, and even trying to get tail wind on your side to squeeze that extra mile of range.*

Steven Peeters and Joeri Cools took a slightly different approach than usual, though. As explained in a blog post, unearthed by Electrek, the two took a Tesla Model S P100D to a closed, 16-mile loop in Belgium, and simply drove around in circles for nearly 24 hours until the battery said: e**ugh. * Read more...

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