Tesla Says 171 Miles in 15 Minutes — We Put It to the Test

Tesla says a Model 3 can add up to 171 miles of range in just 15 minutes on a Supercharger. So we decided to put that claim to a proper real-world test. ⚡ We arrived at the M-Sparc Supercharger on Anglesey with around 20% battery, plugged in for EXACTLY 15 minutes, and then attempted a roughly 100-mile tour around the island. The rules were simple: ⏱️ Only 15 minutes of Supercharging 🔋 Start the challenge at 20% 🚗 Drive the full Anglesey route ⚡ No extra charging stops ❌ Drop below 20% before returning = challenge failed Whatever range we got after those 15 minutes was all we had to complete the challenge. Could Tesla’s headline charging claim actually translate into enough real-world range to get us all the way around Anglesey — or would we be forced to abandon the challenge? 0:00 Tesla’s 171-Mile Claim 0:23 The Anglesey Challenge 1:18 The 15-Minute Supercharge 3:28 The Challenge Begins 5:42 Exploring Anglesey 8:03 Beaumaris Castle 10:46 The Anglesey Coast 13:22 Lighthouse & Cliffs 15:48 Is the Battery Going to Make It? 18:05 The Race Back to the Supercharger 20:02 Did Tesla’s Claim Hold Up? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ THE TESLA CLAIM WE TESTED Tesla states that Supercharging speeds vary by model: Model S — Up to 200 miles in 15 minutes Model 3 — Up to 171 miles in 15 minutes Model X — Up to 175 miles in 15 minutes Model Y — Up to 150 miles in 15 minutes Tesla Supercharging information: https://www.tesla.com/en_gb/support/c... “Up to” figures depend on the vehicle, battery state, temperature, charger conditions and other factors, so the aim of this video is to see what 15 minutes actually gives us in our real-world Model 3 challenge. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 SUPERCHARGER USED M-Sparc Supercharger Menai Science Parc Gaerwen Anglesey LL60 6AG ⚡ 12 Supercharger stalls ⚡ Up to 250 kW ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WELCOME TO TESLA TRAILS! We’re an English couple from the Midlands exploring the UK and Europe in our white Tesla Model 3. Expect real-world Tesla challenges, scenic road trips, camping adventures, hidden locations, charging tests and plenty of unexpected moments along the way. Subscribe and follow the trail! Got an idea for our next Tesla challenge? Drop it in the comments 👇 Tesla Trails is an independent travel and entertainment channel and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tesla, Inc. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚗 TESLA REFERRAL LINK Thinking about ordering a new Tesla? You can view any currently available referral benefits using our link: https://ts.la/david539874 I may receive Tesla credits or other referral benefits if you place a qualifying order through this link. Available offers and eligibility are controlled by Tesla and may change. #Tesla #TeslaModel3 #SuperchargerChallenge #Anglesey #TeslaTrails