Candleflame
Active Member
Welcome to the club.
Bought 2019 July AWD LR
Mileage: 40k miles
I tried using some of the users advice on charging but it actually got worse. Like much worse. Some advise on keeping the car plugged in but that’s hard to track your usage.
This is my latest charge. Charged to 90% (theoretically suppose to have 67.5 kWh). The car stated I have about 252 miles.
Now charging, it says I have 32 miles. Having used 38 kWh, where did the rest of my 29 kWh go? I don’t use A/c, heat, no sentry, radio, etc.
This car struggles so much to get 200 miles it’s not funny no more.
At this rate, I should have just gotten the sr+ model which caps at 263 miles at 100, amirite?
I contacted Tesla several times on this and I get the same answer. Battery ok. Within range.
On the fence of cancelling Tesla plaid order.
tesla will ALWAYS say its within spec unless you hit 70% of capacity. The good news is that cars which are new and have high range drop get anomalies below 40% SOC i.e. cells wont be able to supply voltage which causes rapid range drop and stranding at low SOC (i.e. happened to bjorn).If it gets a bit worse id encourage you to do a few deep discharges to see if the car strands you.
The other option is if calibration is a bit off, probably worth keeping the car at 90% for a bit and doing a couple of deep discharges from 100%.
Once you drop to I think around 220 miles you will get a battery replacement (I think default battery capacity for teslai 77.8kw or smth so 55kw including buffer will cause a battery replacement. so in theory thats 350km or 220 miles).