Hey there..
Many don't want to partake in the figuring out of the range loss conversations and trying to see if there is anything we can do about it. Which is fine, we all have that choice. For those that are interesting in playing around with things like myself, I wanted to throw these thoughts out there to see what you think.
What if a lot of this range decline was because we were consistently on the bad end of rounding error?
What if the end of a charge where it says "Charging Complete" was really important in their algorithm?
If the end point of the charges in the Model 3 are important, that could explain why I was able to manipulate my "Estimated Range at 100%" number.
If we've all been charging and the point where it stops on its own which may generally be on the wrong end of the rounding error in general, I think we'd see an overall decline in these numbers (like we are seeing, for most).
Hypothetical question: What if we were stop our charging on the other side of the rounding error so that the ending "Estimated Range at 100%" is always moving upward a bit every time we charged?
Some background on why I feel this way.. I shouldn't be able to manipulate these numbers simply by just starting a charge and stopping it 1-2 minutes later. I was able to gain range and lose range just by doing this so I'm going to play around with it some more, specifically stopping it on the good side of the rounding error to see if I can manipulate this to my advantage.
Of course, I won't be able to erase any actual/real battery degradation but if this really is an rounding error, I should be able to move it upward like I've seen.
Another thought, when I monitored the car when the batter was low, the rounding error was HUGE. When I was down to 3% SOC left one time, I took some screenshots of Stats for iOS. I was at 10 estimated miles left with 3%. Stats said my max rated range was 334 miles. I was shocked - which is when another user pointed out the rounding error. 10 / 0.03 = 334.
What if Tesla was taking that rounding error into account when the charging stops and this is what a large part of the problem is? Interesting things to think about.
After reading this, what are your thoughts?
Many don't want to partake in the figuring out of the range loss conversations and trying to see if there is anything we can do about it. Which is fine, we all have that choice. For those that are interesting in playing around with things like myself, I wanted to throw these thoughts out there to see what you think.
What if a lot of this range decline was because we were consistently on the bad end of rounding error?
What if the end of a charge where it says "Charging Complete" was really important in their algorithm?
If the end point of the charges in the Model 3 are important, that could explain why I was able to manipulate my "Estimated Range at 100%" number.
If we've all been charging and the point where it stops on its own which may generally be on the wrong end of the rounding error in general, I think we'd see an overall decline in these numbers (like we are seeing, for most).
Hypothetical question: What if we were stop our charging on the other side of the rounding error so that the ending "Estimated Range at 100%" is always moving upward a bit every time we charged?
Some background on why I feel this way.. I shouldn't be able to manipulate these numbers simply by just starting a charge and stopping it 1-2 minutes later. I was able to gain range and lose range just by doing this so I'm going to play around with it some more, specifically stopping it on the good side of the rounding error to see if I can manipulate this to my advantage.
Of course, I won't be able to erase any actual/real battery degradation but if this really is an rounding error, I should be able to move it upward like I've seen.
Another thought, when I monitored the car when the batter was low, the rounding error was HUGE. When I was down to 3% SOC left one time, I took some screenshots of Stats for iOS. I was at 10 estimated miles left with 3%. Stats said my max rated range was 334 miles. I was shocked - which is when another user pointed out the rounding error. 10 / 0.03 = 334.
What if Tesla was taking that rounding error into account when the charging stops and this is what a large part of the problem is? Interesting things to think about.
After reading this, what are your thoughts?