Poll: Do You Plug In Every Day (for daily driving, home charging)?

[E90alex]

Hello, sorry for the late replry.
Mine was built in Freemont. Makes sense, given that I live in California. If that's the built date, mine was built 3/24 as well.
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totally unrelated topic, the load cannot exceed 375 KG or 826 pounds. I weigh about 220 pounds, so I really gotta be careful whom I'm riding with hahha.
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That’s the month and year of production not the actual date.

 

[gsl120]

That’s the month and year of production not the actual date.

Hehhe, I figured it was the MM/YY, but is there really a surgical way of knowing the exact date. Not that it would make a difference for me. As far as I'm concerned, I bought something that was wrapped up in the month I bought the vehicle. Good enough for me

 

[James1967]

I plug in whenever I’m home, which is 4-5 days weekly. I work in the airlines and am often gone a few days per week - two to four days occasionally. When at home my charge limit is set to 50%, which is plenty for my daily driving. I rarely get into the 20s% but tomorrow when I return home it’ll be in the mid-20s and I’ll charge it back to the normal 50%.

My reading here and some YT videos make me think this is a good strategy for long-term battery health. The car is almost always in my garage or in covered parking at work. I don’t have an option to charge when I’m at work and the car sits in the parking garage. I wish I had level 1 charging available, but it is not.

 

[James1967]

^^^ Regarding above, I have a 2023 MYLR and plug into a Tesla Wall Connector.

 

[fholbert]

I personally hate when I have to flee the country last minute and I’m low on charge, that’s the worst and then it takes 15 minutes to supercharge up to 80% - never again.

Especially now that the Supercharger team has been fired.

 

[DrDiesel1]

I plug in whenever I’m home, which is 4-5 days weekly. I work in the airlines and am often gone a few days per week - two to four days occasionally. When at home my charge limit is set to 50%, which is plenty for my daily driving. I rarely get into the 20s% but tomorrow when I return home it’ll be in the mid-20s and I’ll charge it back to the normal 50%.

My reading here and some YT videos make me think this is a good strategy for long-term battery health. The car is almost always in my garage or in covered parking at work. I don’t have an option to charge when I’m at work and the car sits in the parking garage. I wish I had level 1 charging available, but it is not.

IMO, if you used the middle of the pack, it would be better than down in the mid 20's.
Say 30 to 60% if that's all you need.

 

[James1967]

I rarely charge above 50% anymore. I started with the usual 80% and slowly went downwards until about a year ago when I thought there was no point in charging higher. I live in the Chicago area and even in winter a trip to the airport and back (58ish miles round trip) rarely uses more than 25%. I don’t engage in hypermiling driving style. I roll with traffic and run the heater to stay warm. It’s a good commuter car if otherwise totally uninspiring to a car enthusiast. I really wish it had Apple CarPlay.

My one concession to the car enthusiast in me is a set of Martian 19” wheels for the Model Y. They look pretty sweet.

 

[WyoDude]

My one concession to the car enthusiast in me is a set of Martian 19” wheels for the Model Y. They look pretty sweet.

Pics please

 

[adamek]

One wall charger, 2 EV’s.

 

[NeverGoingBack]

I have two Teslas and live in a rented house. All outlets in garage are on same 20a circuit and don’t want to try and talk landlord into 50a circuit. So I alternate plugging them in …… usually waiting to get below 50% on the Y but charge the LFP M3 up to 100 each week on Tuesday night. Takes a while on 12a but gets the job done.

 

[ucmndd]

IMO, if you used the middle of the pack, it would be better than down in the mid 20's.

Opinions aren’t really important though in this instance. There’s nothing wrong with running a lithium battery very low, and the “mid 20s” is a complete non-concern.

On the other hand, studies show that calendar based degradation increases measurably above ~55%, so plenty of good reason to stay below that if degradation or battery health is something you concern yourself with.

 

[James1967]

Pics please

Here's my 2023 MYLR with 19" Martian wheels. I like the look and the fact that they're lighter than the originals. The originals are currently set up with my Vredestein winter tires.

I took delivery of this car on December 8, 2022. It's a good, reliable appliance. I think the Model 3 and S are much better looking but they are not available unfortunately with a factory trailer hitch option. I regularly use a bike rack so this is a decent setup for that.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

I used to think the 3 and the S were better looking, but I've got used to the Y now and in fact when trying to tell the Y from the 3 on the road, I generally look for the black plastic at the back as otherwise they're so similar

The Y is way more useful than the 3 and way cheaper than the S

 

[WyoDude]

Here's my 2023 MYLR with 19" Martian wheels. I like the look and the fact that they're lighter than the originals. The originals are currently set up with my Vredestein winter tires.

I took delivery of this car on December 8, 2022. It's a good, reliable appliance. I think the Model 3 and S are much better looking but they are not available unfortunately with a factory trailer hitch option. I regularly use a bike rack so this is a decent setup for that.
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Looks great! What tires? Continentals?

How much did these wheel impact efficiency?

 

[James1967]

Looks great! What tires? Continentals?

How much did these wheel impact efficiency?

These tires are the original all-seasons. No idea on the efficiency impact of the wheels, though I suspect it’s not a net positive. Mostly I don’t really care. It’s likely negligible for my daily usage. They’re likely less aero but lighter. They’re slightly narrower than the factory wheels.

 

[WyoDude]

These tires are the original all-seasons. No idea on the efficiency impact of the wheels, though I suspect it’s not a net positive. Mostly I don’t really care. It’s likely negligible for my daily usage. They’re likely less aero but lighter. They’re slightly narrower than the factory wheels.

That’s cool. Yeah I don’t really care about the efficiency loss either, just curious if you knew.