But cross-sectional area is larger. So it will matter. Tests are done on a dyno of course. Of course, test results subject to the accuracy of their dyno resistance aero model coefficients. But they try to make them right for audit reasons I would imagine. Anyway I think if they were using 2170L like they are on Model 3 SR+ that is probably why they aren’t making them right now. Why constrain Performance models?
Perhaps if they have more demand for Performance than SR (or even as much) they would make more profit putting them in Performance. But my guess is the bulk of Y sales are LR's. Not to mention Model 3 LR's (AWD) and Performance. And the Model 3 SR+ can cover most of the Low end EV Market.
Yeah, I am just saying that if there is excess demand for Performance Y or Performance 3, that would be a reason to not put 2170L in the YSR (so, no YSR, assuming it uses those). Who knows.
We got our SR Y Friday. Love it, feels light and flickable compared to the LR and P. (Granted, I didn't drive them back to back, and my "fun car" bias may be heavily due to the astonishing price, but I didn't really like the ride of the big battery cars) The SR is only .4 seconds slower than the LR, and both are a great deal slower than my DM3. So I had previously decided to get the P, and have not been really happy about writing a $78k check. Then Elon in quick succession dropped the price on the SR by 2k, then took them off menu. So I found one in stock and bought it. I get that charging speed and taper are king. When taking long trips we stay in the bottom half of the 3's battery, and if the car experiences taper we don't know as we are never in the car when it is charging, and because we prefer 2 hour legs, we never have to wait for it to finish. I don't want to travel in the 3, it's too small. I love this Y, but it does look like the thing doesn't charge fast for long, it tapers pretty quickly, and I think we may end up waiting at the end of our breaks for it to get enough charge for even our preferred 2 hour leg. It'll be interesting to see if 700 mile days are simply impossible. We did NOT get FSD which I really missed. I like stop lights, summon, and nav on autopilot, but I've really gotten really used to lane change and to lesser extent auto lane change (my gf doesn't really even like AP - so guess she'll drive this mostly) It's an amazing amount of car for the price, and I suspect without FSD the car won't depreciate much. If the range issue turns into a bummer I may simply trade it in in 6 months. I don't think people are losing much on these cars, particularly the cheaper ones. So correcting a mistake isn't a huge catastrophe. Kinda wish we had the 3rd row, would have made the car more fun, which pushes me back toward an LR with boost if this car doesn't travel well. Put about 600 miles on this weekend and this is probably pretty accurate: