Hello,
This is my first post! I’m excited to be on here to learn about my new tesla and gather good information and practices so I can take care of it. Hopefully I can provide some useful info as well.
Here’s the deal:
I bought a used Tesla Model 3 Long Range from Hertz. It had 97K miles on it and was only $19K. Car runs fast and smooth. Body was mainly clean (some small dings and some small chips), nothing that bothered me at all condition-wise inside or out. It has the 19” wheels.
I received the 4K tax rebate off at purchase, so $15K out of pocket (before taxes, etc.).
Here are my questions/concerns: Battery Range/Capacity
I have downloaded “Tessie” to hopefully help me understand how good my battery is. Here are some of the details:
Battery Health: 90.1-89.9% (it has been in the range for 2 weeks). First charge it said 89.9, went up from there, then back to 89.9
Capacity: 70.1-69.9kWh (same as above, capacity has followed the health number up and down)
“Max Range”: 321.5-314.6 (similar to above)
My Wh/mi average is around 260-280
I know that the displayed range (where I can change it to percentage, and have done that) is a very optimistic number (I don’t think I could ever attain that number no matter how I drive). It also seems that a good chunk of my range get’s eaten up by using “Sentry Mode” when I’m parked (which is active most of the day, but NOT overnight when it’s parked in a garage).
So here is my question: What actual range “should” a 2022 model 3 long range have? I think if I drove from 100% to 0% I would get around 240 miles. Is that normal for the average owner after the 1-year/10% typical battery degradation? So when I’m driving between 80%-20% (Daily charge limits) I really only have about 140 miles of range?
Will calibrating the BMS help?
Is it worth running the Battey Diagnostic (which does a full battery cycle), when I have the info from the app?
Should I switch to 18” wheels (I’m actually very interested in doing this for range & comfort)?
Thank you for reading!! If you have any question, please feel free to send a reply!
This is my first post! I’m excited to be on here to learn about my new tesla and gather good information and practices so I can take care of it. Hopefully I can provide some useful info as well.
Here’s the deal:
I bought a used Tesla Model 3 Long Range from Hertz. It had 97K miles on it and was only $19K. Car runs fast and smooth. Body was mainly clean (some small dings and some small chips), nothing that bothered me at all condition-wise inside or out. It has the 19” wheels.
I received the 4K tax rebate off at purchase, so $15K out of pocket (before taxes, etc.).
Here are my questions/concerns: Battery Range/Capacity
I have downloaded “Tessie” to hopefully help me understand how good my battery is. Here are some of the details:
Battery Health: 90.1-89.9% (it has been in the range for 2 weeks). First charge it said 89.9, went up from there, then back to 89.9
Capacity: 70.1-69.9kWh (same as above, capacity has followed the health number up and down)
“Max Range”: 321.5-314.6 (similar to above)
My Wh/mi average is around 260-280
I know that the displayed range (where I can change it to percentage, and have done that) is a very optimistic number (I don’t think I could ever attain that number no matter how I drive). It also seems that a good chunk of my range get’s eaten up by using “Sentry Mode” when I’m parked (which is active most of the day, but NOT overnight when it’s parked in a garage).
So here is my question: What actual range “should” a 2022 model 3 long range have? I think if I drove from 100% to 0% I would get around 240 miles. Is that normal for the average owner after the 1-year/10% typical battery degradation? So when I’m driving between 80%-20% (Daily charge limits) I really only have about 140 miles of range?
Will calibrating the BMS help?
Is it worth running the Battey Diagnostic (which does a full battery cycle), when I have the info from the app?
Should I switch to 18” wheels (I’m actually very interested in doing this for range & comfort)?
Thank you for reading!! If you have any question, please feel free to send a reply!