Does Chill mode increase efficiency?
This question seems to come up in Tesla circles every so often, and the conventional answer is "no, if you drive exactly the same speeds then acceleration mode does not impact efficiency".
But Tesla has some interesting notes in the manual:
If your vehicle is equipped with a heat pump (to determine if your vehicle has a heat pump, touch Controls > Software > Additional Vehicle Information), you can improve the efficiency of the cabin heating by reducing your selected acceleration mode. This allows the heat pump system to take more heat from the Battery to efficiently heat the cabin, instead of maintaining the Battery's ability to provide peak acceleration performance.
So in weather cold enough to use cabin heating apparently yes it can improve efficiency.
Link to the section for Model 3 (it also exists for S and presumably any heat bump vehicle).
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