I was trying to work out SuC stops for a trip to Cornwall. I have not used ABRP in the past for real trips but have checked them before but mainly used the tesla route planners (in the past with battery % in route plans gave some idea about quickly changing the stops if needed). However, as we do not have that luxury now as the battery percentage disappears from the route plans after few seconds I thought I’ll do ABRP route plan and use that.
However, got different battery % when I use ABRP and Tesla maps. The SuC stops are the same: Amesbury and Lifton and return Exeter and Fleet (plese comment if there are any new restrictions here) I kept the ABRP settings as quickest arrival, head & tail wind around 5-10mph, initial charging status 100%, SuC arrival 20%, destination arrival 40%, time to stop around 25 minutes etc.,
The ABRP route has 35% when I reach Amesbury SuC and 20% when I reach Lifton, however, the Tesla one comes up with 10% when I reach Amesbury and around 7% when I reach Lifton. The departure % is roughly the same in Amesbury and Lifton.
So my questions are: Does Tesla takes more data into account before calculating these trips other than what I have given in ABRP - in terms of driving pattern, road conditions (5-10% head and tail wind, dry roads) battery degradation (I have given 5% as degradation with vehicle weight of 200kg)?
Is this difference of roughly 20% extra use of battery percentage as loss in Preconditioning which Tesla calculates and takes into account? And ABRP doesn’t take this into account - I do not have premium membership so not sure how to include preconditioning on this?
Also, if the battery level dips to 7% it is too close to comfort for me (others may have different thresholds), so I may have to stop at Exeter when the levels are slightly around 20% - that may have some impact on my final destination % as I have something planned the next day and there is no granny charging point outside where I am going to stay. So need around 30% to reach Camborne to do a quick supercharge. Any local knowledge of this area near Helston regarding charging will be hugely appreciated - I have podpoint app and Juice card if needed something!
However, got different battery % when I use ABRP and Tesla maps. The SuC stops are the same: Amesbury and Lifton and return Exeter and Fleet (plese comment if there are any new restrictions here) I kept the ABRP settings as quickest arrival, head & tail wind around 5-10mph, initial charging status 100%, SuC arrival 20%, destination arrival 40%, time to stop around 25 minutes etc.,
The ABRP route has 35% when I reach Amesbury SuC and 20% when I reach Lifton, however, the Tesla one comes up with 10% when I reach Amesbury and around 7% when I reach Lifton. The departure % is roughly the same in Amesbury and Lifton.
So my questions are: Does Tesla takes more data into account before calculating these trips other than what I have given in ABRP - in terms of driving pattern, road conditions (5-10% head and tail wind, dry roads) battery degradation (I have given 5% as degradation with vehicle weight of 200kg)?
Is this difference of roughly 20% extra use of battery percentage as loss in Preconditioning which Tesla calculates and takes into account? And ABRP doesn’t take this into account - I do not have premium membership so not sure how to include preconditioning on this?
Also, if the battery level dips to 7% it is too close to comfort for me (others may have different thresholds), so I may have to stop at Exeter when the levels are slightly around 20% - that may have some impact on my final destination % as I have something planned the next day and there is no granny charging point outside where I am going to stay. So need around 30% to reach Camborne to do a quick supercharge. Any local knowledge of this area near Helston regarding charging will be hugely appreciated - I have podpoint app and Juice card if needed something!
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