---
title: "Elon Musk: With the Right Tires, a Tesla Could Travel 1,000+ Kilometers on a Single Charge"
description: "The CEO believes a new efficiency record is within Tesla's grasp."
date: "2017-06-21"
modified: "2017-06-21"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-with-the-right-tires-a-tesla-could-travel-1000-kilometers-on-a-single-charge"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Tesla"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "elon musk"
  - "Energy Efficiency"
  - "tesla"
---

# Elon Musk: With the Right Tires, a Tesla Could Travel 1,000+ Kilometers on a Single Charge

![tesla ford model 3 supercharger](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hero-09.jpg>)
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[Tesla](<https://www.tesla.com/>) founder and CEO [Elon Musk claims](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/877469994593820674>) that a [Model S P100D](<http://www.mensjournal.com/gear/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-tesla-model-s-p100d-w436160>) could travel a distance of over 1,000 kilometers (\~621 miles) if driven efficiently on a single charge as long as it had the right tires. Musk's assertion was made after he retweeted [a post by *Electrek*](<https://electrek.co/2017/06/20/tesla-model-s-hypermilling-record/>) featuring a link to an article about [a new Model S hypermiling record](<https://futurism.com/a-tesla-just-drove-a-record-breaking-900-kilometers-on-a-single-charge>).

For the unfamiliar, hypermiling is done to test just how far a vehicle can go on a single tank of fuel — or, in the case of electric vehicles, a single charge — when driven to maximize efficiency.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/877469994593820674

In the article, [a hypermiling duo from Belgium](<http://www.silver-lining.be/2017/06/one-crazy-trip-and-a-new-world-record/>) drove a Model S P100D — currently [the fastest Tesla car](<http://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-s/2017/2017-tesla-model-s-p100d-first-test-review/>) available — in a 26-km (16-mile) closed loop for nearly 24 hours. Traveling at speeds of 40 km/h (24mph), they were able to run the car for 901.2 km (roughly 560 miles) on a single charge.

The previous record was set by Casey Spencer, who drove a Model S 85D \~885 kilometers (550.3 miles) on one charge. [The Model SP100D](<https://www.tesla.com/models>) has a higher energy capacity, which accounts for Musk's confidence that it could go even farther under ideal conditions.

https://youtu.be/alGZ0_S1Wf0

While the average driver won't be operating their Tesla under hypermiling conditions, the significance of this new record is clear: Tesla's EVs are now more efficient than ever before. That's a plus for anyone considering an electric car, as a primary obstacle to adoption has been [concerns about limited range](<https://futurism.com/3-electric-vehicles-with-unlimited-range-are-on-their-way>), and the more EVs we can get on the roads, the fewer of their fossil fuel-powered counterparts will be contributing to carbon emissions.

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