Recent content by FredTMC

Yup. Same here. 2022.40.1 on both Model Ys and no FSD download

Oh wow. The Service Center verbally told you that the reduced range is to “reduce the possibility of car fires”. Wow. That’s exactly as Jason believes. Me too. Thanks for sharing

Can you provide URLs for the correct equipment? Cable and monitor... Thanks!

I did NOT get a drop on my 60kwh model S after the 2019.16.1 update. I get 168mi RR at 90% charge I currently have 115k miles on the ODO

Not if the new slower supercharger charging reduces the dentrite growth

Here’s what’s happening IMO 1). Tesla is limiting the supercharging rate in all cars before 2017. Why? Dentrites can form at high charge rates. 2). Some percentage of these cars likely have cells with Dentrites due to their charging history. So Tesla is limiting the max voltage on these...

That was just my wild ass guess. 5000. Based on Tesla saying range was clipped on a very small percentage of owners. Actual number of cars that hit range clipped is unknown. Except by Tesla

Yes. The slower supercharger charging rate isn’t the big issue. It’s for safety so I get it. Oh well. BUT a small percentage of cars had their actual range clipped by 10-30 miles! That has affected people really upset. I can’t blame them. I have an affected friend too. I think...

Thanks. Well actually I believe ALL cars 2016 and older are impacted. I think Tesla has slowed the supercharger charging rates on all these cars. They did this to reduce the chance of a cell developing short circuit inducing Dendrites. Furthermore, some percentage of these cars ALSO had...

Yes. Tesla’s first priority is they don’t want cars to catch fire. Hence the throttling The big question is how many cars are affected? My guess is all cars of certain years. They all use the same cell chemistry Would be nice if it was just SOME percentage/batches of cells produced during...

Oh brother. Of COURSE one cell had an internal short and it propagated from there. Look, if I inflate a bunch of balloons to just below their bursting pressure and then put them out into the hot sun, you can’t accurately predict which balloon will pop first. That’s the situation with the...

Interesting theory about a single “bad” module. I don’t agree though. Not in the slightest. Remember that Tesla is trying to avoid a safety issue by not pushing cells too hard - Via Slower charge rate and capping the max charge voltage. I suspect all the cells in the pack are at risk...

5,000 and $20k is arbitrary assumption. Could be 50,000 cars or more As far as battery cost, the cells in your pack are FUBAR. There’s no refurbishing them. They have a fire safety issue. They are throw away. Likewise the Electrics are probably outdated too. The battery pack shell can...

Let’s say there’s 5,000 affected cars. At $20k replacement cost for each pack, that’s $100m of exposure to Tesla. Hence, we’ve got Tesla capping battery packs via firmware.

Has it been determined how Tesla determined which cars are affected? and they then limit battery capacity on those cars “for safety”...