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I just had an interesting conversation with the Tesla support team.
The question I posed was this:
Since the Tesla Model 3 standard is identical to the Standard Plus with software locks, namely battery capacity, if you set your charging capabilities to 100% on the App or on the car, are you really charging to 100% of battery capacity?
The answer:
Since the battery is software locked, you can never actually charge it to 100% (unless you upgrade the car to the Standard Plus).
Therefore you can set charging on your Standard to full capacity, and it should not affect battery degradation because you are never charging to 100%. I was warned that this level of charge will limit regenerative breaking until the battery is depleted enough to store the energy.
Here is the conversation with their support team:
The question I posed was this:
Since the Tesla Model 3 standard is identical to the Standard Plus with software locks, namely battery capacity, if you set your charging capabilities to 100% on the App or on the car, are you really charging to 100% of battery capacity?
The answer:
Since the battery is software locked, you can never actually charge it to 100% (unless you upgrade the car to the Standard Plus).
Therefore you can set charging on your Standard to full capacity, and it should not affect battery degradation because you are never charging to 100%. I was warned that this level of charge will limit regenerative breaking until the battery is depleted enough to store the energy.
Here is the conversation with their support team: