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I believe it’s around 6-7%. My last trip I was to return with 7%. Had to take a detour and saw it flash to 5% then suggest a SuC

I can absolutely confirm this. 11 month old Model 3 LR. Just took a long trip and charged to 100%. My daily charge is 50% with LG battery. Car said I had 331 (of 333) miles but my energy screen calculation was 77.55 out of 78.8. Very happy with 1.6% degradation after almost 1 year...

Any performance version will likely have NCA. Willing to be corrected but I don’t believe NMC gives sufficient power.

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That’s perfect. I drive 30% on city roads with a 35Mph limit and 70% on highways with a 65MPH limit. Doing 80 in a 35 doesn’t sit well with the local police. My 0-60 in 4.2 is plenty fast for my travels. I’m glad you live in an area where you can beat on your car. At least you appreciate...

Here is mine after 11 months and just under 14,000 miles. I do keep a low SOC

Wow. This reminds me of reading gun forums. How many people really need 230 miles of range. Even in an emergency I can drive from Nashville to Memphis in just over 200 miles. Do I really need to have that much range “just in case?” Some gun forum guys advocate carrying 3 pistols all...

Good luck getting any useful information from Reddit. I find it to be a wasteland of useful and accurate information.

Because Tesla doesn’t care if your battery degrades 29.99% in 8 years. They don’t have a warranty claim. Probabilities are a LFP battery won’t degrade 30% in 8 years no matter what you do to it. They want to sell cars and I don’t blame them. Remember, this all started when I pointed out that...

very few people actually drive their car more than 1-2 hours per day. They seldom charge more than 2 hours per day. That means 20/24 hours per day the car is “stored”. You admit above that calendar aging is predominant even when charge cycles are included Prove to me the cells tested...

Reading is essential. I didn’t post the graph. I gave you the scientific paper. Did you read it? Physics hasn’t changed and the scientific article did review LFP batteries I challenged you to show me a scientific paper that disproves the 2 I sent you. I’m not that interested in what you...

Are you suggesting that the data derived from testing by the Journal of Electrochemical Engineering where they tested car batteries is “random” data that doesn’t connect? I challenge you to find one scientific study that shows different data from what I posted. Just FYI, iPhones don’t use...

You need to take another look at the chart. It doesn’t say what you think it does. It shows the impact of temperature on a battery at different SOC. Degradation increases when temperatures rise even at similar SOC. That’s why you see similar degradation at high temperatures and low SOC vs...

The article below will give you something to digest. Note the “shelf” at 70% for LFP, 60% for NCM and 55% for NCA. Calendar degradation is almost doubled past the shelf. Look closely at figure 2. This is a real research paper and there are lots more just like it Radware Bot Manager Captcha

Just FYI keeping the SOC for a LFP above 70% pretty much doubles calendar aging vs keeping it below 70% so the ability to charge to 100% every day is not without drawbacks.

The energy screen will give you a pretty good approximation of how many miles you can travel based upon the last 5,15 or 30 miles driven. ABRP will let you set different parameters such as extra weight in the car, avg wh/mi at 60 and how fast you drive. With some tweaking it can be pretty...

Took a trip through all of WV on I-77. Plenty of chargers. Did it on purpose but don’t think I ever went over 100m before stopping to charge. I also have a CCS adapter for my 3 so I wasn’t afraid to get off the beaten track

Something must be wrong with my car. I’m averaging 234wh/mi which is darn close to rated efficiency.

I have a fairly rigid schedule where I drive 40-60 miles daily. I set my charge limit to 50% every day and use departure settings to finish charging just before I leave I get more than 160 miles with 50%. That’s a lot of errands in one day so I very seldom ever charge above 50%. I do charge...

I just finished a 2000 mile trip. I started with ABRP and had it route using the second button from the R giving me more frequent stops. I wrote every stop, the anticipated SOC on arrival and the anticipated charge needed to get to the next destination. Then I put each of the stops in my car...

You think Facebook is bad. You should take a peek at some Reddit EV forums. 😫. The things people "know" are amazing

I believe Musk has said they are going to slow down new installations and focus more on expanding existing stations.

I have a 90 minute bladder so I’m constantly charging from 15-50%. 😂

Thanks. My FPWN was 78.8. You are correct that that without using the lower buffer it’s closer to 75kw. My original rated range was 333 miles. I’ve used a low SOC strategy. I charged to 100% for the first time ever and it said my range was 332 miles. An energy screen calculation confirms...

Just finished a 850 mile one way trip through all of WV part of the way in my 2023 Model 3 LR. Drove 77-78 MPH most of the way with AC on auto and set to 68. Averaged 4.1 miles per kWh. My battery is 78.8. 78.8 x 4.1 = 323 323/333 = 97% efficiency. Can’t imagine what is going on for...

Thanks. Mine was set to 100% and it sat for an hour and it was still 100 when I left

Thanks Alan. Yes, mine is the LG 78.8. I've really enjoyed learning about these cars from you as well. I'm very lucky that my lifestyle and daily driving needs allow me to be fairly rigorous about a low SOC. I didn't do an energy calculation after I put the car in reverse. Any idea why...

I have followed the advice of @AAKEE for the 8.5 months I’ve had my 2023 model 3 LR. Only charged above 55% 4-5x for a trip and usually driven 25-30% per day. For the first time ever I charged to 100% for a long trip just before leaving. It said 331 rated miles when I opened the door and 333...

I wish I had your bladders. 400 miles is over 5 hours of constant driving at 75MPH. I’m not making it 5 hours with a break of some sort

Thanks. I saw the email after my post. Amazing to think this is probably the worst that FSD will now be in our lifetime

Will the month start from the day the update is downloaded or when activated by the user? Is it independent of 2024.3.6?

I am going to predict it is the LG battery. Isn’t the long range model Y no longer eligible for a tax credit in the United States. The tax credit is available if the Panasonic battery is used because the Panasonic is manufactured in the United States.

Thanks for all your help. I want to make sure I understand what you are saying. Often using wh/mi x range at 5, 15 and 30 miles yields different numbers. Are you suggesting whichever yields the largest number before dividing by SOC will be the most accurate?

I really meant off peak charging. I just couldn’t remember what it was called 😂. Thanks for the advice. I now still plug in when I get home but jiggle my off peak charging time to coincide with when I plan to leave. For example, tomorrow it’s set to 11:00 am.

I have the NCMA battery. I NEVER need more than 50% for daily use. 50 to 25% is a big day for me. Right now I am charging late at night to 50%. Since I am always under 60%, is there any downside to just plugging in and charging whenever I get home? The car will sit at 50% for longer but...

2023 Model 3 LR. used Ken’s method of calculating range by using the service mode SOC. Miles / SOC and got 330 miles. That is the same 100% range Tessie gives me. But…when I use Alan’s formula of mileage * Wh/mi / SOC I get 77.4 as my capacity. 77.4 / 78.8 does not equal 330 / 333 as far...

For myself I find that driving into a headwind and driving in the rain eat up more battery than I expected. Perhaps one of those is an explanation. Going uphill can eat up battery also.

I had this happen in my Model 3 10 months ago. Fixed it my doing the 2 thumb salute Happened right after an update. I now turn the car off after every update and haven’t had any issues since

Thanks for the insights.

It’s always near the front. Thanks. This summer we paid to have new concrete in the garage and there is a little dip right where the front end stops. Makes a nice size puddle. I try and sweep it away when I leave in the morning so the wife doesn’t start the conversation what my car is doing...

I have had a Model 3 LR since August. One of the most surprising things to me is the volume of water I find on the garage floor on occasion. The car has been in 90 degree and 10 degree weather It doesn’t seem to have any odor or color and no warning lights have come on. Anything I should be...

I have a model 3 LR and my average wh/mi is 238 and that’s up from my summer average because of cold weather. I precondition before I start my winter trips, turn on my heated seats and put my heater at 68F. Tesla didn’t lie to me. I understood the EPA tests before I bought and also understood...

Sorry. Carry on. I only wanted to point out that almost all of the information you could want to know about taking care of your battery is contained in posts 15 and 17 with scientific data By all means don’t let me stop you.

Except if you look at the graph you can see you lose about 0.75% per 15,000 miles using large cycles and much more than that per year by not using a low SOC strategy. Note the cycles were done continuously at 3C and who does that. In short, you gain more by low SOC than you lose by deep cycles...

Except that isn’t correct. Did you not read posts 15 and 17. To be precise, if you have a NCA battery, it’s best to be below 55% SOC as long as possible. Please look at the charts in post 15 and note the plateau at 55%.

I recommend you search for @AAKEE and his many discussions on these issues. You won’t find anyone, anywhere more knowledgeable

For the first 6-7 years a lower SOC produces way less battery degradation than charging cycles. If you can’t easily charge at home, what you are doing is best.

I didn’t even need to ask. It was a public charger in the car dealership put there by ChargePoint. CCS1 is an adapter to be used for level 3 charging not level 2 I believe. Just be careful and read the Plugshare comments. Some car dealerships turn off their chargers after business hours...