Electric700
Active Member
Since Range Mode may not maintain an ideal battery temperature, I generally don't use it. I think it's best to leave it off unless you absolutely need the additional range (hopefully in very rare cases).
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Can someone explain Range Mode?
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Since Range Mode may not maintain an ideal battery temperature, I generally don't use it. I think it's best to leave it off unless you absolutely need the additional range (hopefully in very rare cases).
Phillip L
Gas Passer
I always leave mine off unless I am in the process of driving and I am worried about making it to a charger. Mainly because range mode turns off the battery heater when plugged into a charger, so if it is really cold you may not get a charge if range mode is on. Look at the thread in this section called: “Winter Charge Failure, don’ use scheduled Charge when very cold”
X Fan
Active Member
May not amount to much, but I also turn down the display screen to a level that is just discernible.
I never use Range Mode anymore since it breaks the thermostat. Maybe just slightly warmer in the summer, but in the winter I'm not riding around with it 50F in the cabin and 30F at my feet, this is b******t.
Also now eats up huge amounts of energy day to day to warm the pack for no reason for short trips. I can afford it (well hey, I don't pay to charge this thing anyway), not sure if the planet can.
Also now eats up huge amounts of energy day to day to warm the pack for no reason for short trips. I can afford it (well hey, I don't pay to charge this thing anyway), not sure if the planet can.
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3s-a-charm
Active Member
Interesting question... probably but I’m sure there isn’t any wizardry that would allow you to have more efficient (yet just as fast) 1/4-mile runs with range mode on.It's an old thread but I'll try anyway.
Does the range mode affect the total kw output when doing a 1/4-mile run?
I drvive 230 km each day. 115 to work 115 back. I have tried 1 week with range mode on and one week with range mode off. weather around 15c in the morning, 20c afternoon. There was no difference at all.When driving with range mode on I had around 100km left, when driving with range mode off i had around 95 km. So more or less no difference at all..hmmm
I don't believe range mode does anything anymore except change active heating targets. Non-range mode passive heating target seems to be the same for my car. It's effectively always in range mode.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
If you have a Dual Motor model, then Range Mode is very effective on the highway by using Torque Sleep for one motor...
If you have a Dual Motor model, then Range Mode is very effective on the highway by using Torque Sleep for one motor...
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I believe this used to be true, but not anymore. Someone needs to confirm with CAN logs. Just going by front motor sound, it's active all the time now. This change a while back.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
I would not go by listening to the motor sound...
The link I quoted above on Range Mode is taken directly from the current owners manual posted on the Tesla website.
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/model_s_owners_manual_north_america_en_us.pdf
It depends on the model i think, a rwd Will barely see improvement in range while AWD see more of a difference. I personaly never used range mode until this week on a long stretch and uphill. On our xp100d it made a noticeble difference. When switching range mode on and off I could hear the front motor more of less. Also the tripmeter showed better than projected consumption instead of slightly more. Maybe it's more noticeble on a Perf.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Correct...
If you have a Dual Motor model, then Range Mode is very effective on the highway by using Torque Sleep for one motor...
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I would not go by listening to the motor sound...
The link I quoted above on Range Mode is taken directly from the current owners manual posted on the Tesla website.
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/model_s_owners_manual_north_america_en_us.pdf
If at anytime RTFM doesn't apply, it's definitely here. Literally thousands of changes go undocumented.
I've been unable to discern any range difference. If it's so little it requires an very tightly controlled experiment - who cares. Pack temperature was one of the major controls on how much energy you could get from the pack, and as I said above for my pack range mode no longer does anything.
I found out about range mode operating the battery at a higher temperature and posted about it about 2 years ago.
Interesting finding about Range Mode
Interesting finding about Range Mode
What you do you mean? Do you think Tesla changed the behavior or range mode? Hard for me to test it at the moment because the weather is so warm.
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