Acceleration Mode: Standard vs Sport

[takedownca]

My MS 75 has the following acceleration modes: Chill, Standard, Sport. As far as I can tell, there isn't any difference between Standard and Sport. The owner's manual says they both "provide the normal level of acceleration". If that's the case, why are they both listed as options? Just a fluke?

 

[jmaddr]

I don’t know the answer, but in ICE cars the difference between sport and regular is usually not the total power available, but the throttle response. Maybe Tesla is doing the same?

IE so at 25% throttle standard is giving 25% maximum torque but sport is giving 50% or something like that. Then at 100% throttle, each “map” is giving 100% torque?

 

[takedownca]

That may be the case, but I haven't been able to notice anything yet. And the vague owner's manual description doesn't help. The only difference I can spot is the type of drive train and/or AP supported by either mode. According to the description, I shouldn't have Sport mode available since my car isn't AWD.

 

[MonsterMullet]

where do you see the option? What year is it?

Ice vehicles dont give torque at certain pedal, they do it like this.
standard 25% foot pedal throttle gives 20% actual throttle at engine
sport 25% foot pedal throttle gives 45% actual throttle at engine.

The tesla limits current on the modes.

 

[Krash]

Tesla limits the torque as well on lower modes. You can see the values for dmcmillen here. 360 Nm in chill. 625 Nm in sport. ish. Power limits on that same S75D sample are 188 kW and 341 kW respectively.

 

[MonsterMullet]

but he is saying his is 2wd.

 

[Krash]

but he is saying his is 2wd.

I don't have the data from a RWD but the idea is the same: lower max_torque and max_power for chill. I wouldn't be surprised if the limits were the same value between RWD 75 and AWD 75.

 

[MonsterMullet]

You are missing the issue. 2wd doesnt have selectible modes unless something has changed.

 

[takedownca]

Looks like the latest software update got rid of the redundant acceleration mode. I'm now down to just Chill and Standard, which makes perfect sense for my 2wd 75.