The whole max motor power issue blew up when the P85D came out some 6 years ago, lots of articles saying he cars had 601bhp whereas the battery was limiting the car to around 470. Ludicrous raised the battery bar, but it was still a bar, and when cars are cold, low state of charge etc, the performance drops not because of the motors, but because of the battery. Ended up in court
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The LR and P have pretty much the same motors and same battery so the limits must be largely software, the numbers quoted must be software locked maximums as the LR can be boosted. I think its another benefit of the LR, the headroom between the power the software allows and the battery limit is larger so its less likely to be clipped by a battery limit, of course the P will never be worse as it uses the same battery (accepting there have been a couple of different ones over time), but when the battery is the limiting factor, the cars seem to perform very similarily.
Tesla Model S power lawsuit Norway - Autoblog
This is the second time in two years that Norwegians have questioned Tesla's power figures.
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The LR and P have pretty much the same motors and same battery so the limits must be largely software, the numbers quoted must be software locked maximums as the LR can be boosted. I think its another benefit of the LR, the headroom between the power the software allows and the battery limit is larger so its less likely to be clipped by a battery limit, of course the P will never be worse as it uses the same battery (accepting there have been a couple of different ones over time), but when the battery is the limiting factor, the cars seem to perform very similarily.
