Hello there, my Model 3 Long Range AWD is one year old and is showing a 10% less range than day one.
I don’t know when this happened because I set the car to % battery and never locked back...until I did and didn’t like what I saw :/ When I got my car the range was 499km ( 310 miles ) and now my range is 451km ( 280 miles )
This are my charging habits:
I drive around 50 miles a day, when I got my car I couldn’t charge at home so I charged the car at work, as soon as I arrived at work I plugged in and started to charge, the speed was really slow, about 13A at 220V ( Europe schuko plug ), the car was charging for around 7-8 hours till It gets to 80% SOC, it would sit about 2 hours idle until I leaved work and then at home the car would be unplugged at about 60% SOC until the next day I could recharge at work again.
That was the case for around the first 4-5 months of ownership, then finally I could get my home installation ready so for the remaining time of this first year of ownership my car now gets charged from 65 to 80 at my off peak electric hours, from 1 in the night till 7 that I hop in the car and I leave to work where the car sits at about 70 % for about 10 hours, then Imgo back home and the car doesn’t start charging till 1 at night like I said.
I’ve tried different things, for the last 3 months with COVID we haven’t been allowed to use the car except to go to the supermarket and things like that, I stored the car at 50% SOC as I only drove 6 miles per week. That didn’t do anything to the range reported by the car.
I’ve tried to go below 30% and then go to 90%, I only did it once but didn’t do anything.
Since I’ve been able to get back to work, for the last 2 weeks I’m charging to 90% SOC. But hasn’t done anything to the range estimate.
I talked to Tesla and they say there is nothing wrong with my battery, that degradation is expected, etc.
Am I doing something wrong? It’s because I don’t charge the car when the battery is still hot from driving? 16A is too much? Should I try to charge as soon as I get home even if the electricity is 3X more expensive at that time of the day?
Any advice?
thank you!!
PS, I don’t live in a Cold weather since I live in Spain, if that makes any difference.
I don’t know when this happened because I set the car to % battery and never locked back...until I did and didn’t like what I saw :/ When I got my car the range was 499km ( 310 miles ) and now my range is 451km ( 280 miles )
This are my charging habits:
I drive around 50 miles a day, when I got my car I couldn’t charge at home so I charged the car at work, as soon as I arrived at work I plugged in and started to charge, the speed was really slow, about 13A at 220V ( Europe schuko plug ), the car was charging for around 7-8 hours till It gets to 80% SOC, it would sit about 2 hours idle until I leaved work and then at home the car would be unplugged at about 60% SOC until the next day I could recharge at work again.
That was the case for around the first 4-5 months of ownership, then finally I could get my home installation ready so for the remaining time of this first year of ownership my car now gets charged from 65 to 80 at my off peak electric hours, from 1 in the night till 7 that I hop in the car and I leave to work where the car sits at about 70 % for about 10 hours, then Imgo back home and the car doesn’t start charging till 1 at night like I said.
I’ve tried different things, for the last 3 months with COVID we haven’t been allowed to use the car except to go to the supermarket and things like that, I stored the car at 50% SOC as I only drove 6 miles per week. That didn’t do anything to the range reported by the car.
I’ve tried to go below 30% and then go to 90%, I only did it once but didn’t do anything.
Since I’ve been able to get back to work, for the last 2 weeks I’m charging to 90% SOC. But hasn’t done anything to the range estimate.
I talked to Tesla and they say there is nothing wrong with my battery, that degradation is expected, etc.
Am I doing something wrong? It’s because I don’t charge the car when the battery is still hot from driving? 16A is too much? Should I try to charge as soon as I get home even if the electricity is 3X more expensive at that time of the day?
Any advice?
thank you!!
PS, I don’t live in a Cold weather since I live in Spain, if that makes any difference.