We have done a first charging test with one of the first delivered Model Y LR in Germany.
The 5C battery is well known for its "only OK'ish" charging curve and the hopes were high, that the improved cooling capacity of the Model Y would also improve the charge speeds.
They key thing here is Tesla's claim of "270km in 15 minutes". This is not an "up to" like in the past.
In the Model 3 the advertisement was "up to 275km in 15 minutes" which the E5CD LG Long Range never reached, even in ideal circumstances.
Here is the data of our first charing attempt under pretty much ideal pre-conditions:
Capacity calculation:
We have done the calculations on about ten Model Y LR now and all of them were in the range of 72-74kWh.
The 5C battery is well known for its "only OK'ish" charging curve and the hopes were high, that the improved cooling capacity of the Model Y would also improve the charge speeds.
They key thing here is Tesla's claim of "270km in 15 minutes". This is not an "up to" like in the past.
In the Model 3 the advertisement was "up to 275km in 15 minutes" which the E5CD LG Long Range never reached, even in ideal circumstances.
Here is the data of our first charing attempt under pretty much ideal pre-conditions:
- Long drive over the Autobahn with SuC V3 set as destination and long time to precondition the battery.
- No charge limit due to high demand at the SuC stall.
- Plugged in at 4% SoC and up to 100%.
- Charge start at 15:57 / 4% SoC / Range 42km (real range including buffer below 0% / rated consumption of 148Wh/km)
- Charge end at 16:12 / 47% SoC / Range 249km (real range including buffer below 0% / rated consumption of 148Wh/km)
- 207km in 15 minutes / 23% off!
Capacity calculation:
- 494km@100% → 494km x 148Wh/km = 73,1kWh
- Energy Screen → 171Wh/km x 431km / 100% = 73,7kWh
We have done the calculations on about ten Model Y LR now and all of them were in the range of 72-74kWh.