Racechip Range Extender??

[HeyEph]

Black magic? Quackery?

RACECHIP Tesla Model Y 2019- PERFORMANCE AWD Range Extender

• Additional Range (Urban): 48• Improved range and fewer charging stops, especially in urban traffic.• Increased comfort, by balancing other electrical consumption, e.g. from air conditioning, heating, etc.• Smooth power output supports the health of the battery.• Reduce your CO2 footprint.•...

evannex.com

 

[MatildaModelY]

I wouldn’t mess with third party stuff like this. Tesla would likely happily void your warranty too.

 

[jjrandorin]

Black magic? Quackery?

RACECHIP Tesla Model Y 2019- PERFORMANCE AWD Range Extender

• Additional Range (Urban): 48• Improved range and fewer charging stops, especially in urban traffic.• Increased comfort, by balancing other electrical consumption, e.g. from air conditioning, heating, etc.• Smooth power output supports the health of the battery.• Reduce your CO2 footprint.•...

evannex.com

If you read what it says it does, it increases the regen amount recovered and "makes the pedal more linear" (translation, need more pedal push for the same acceleration).

I certainly would not want something messsing with the amount of regen that is programed by tesla. There is "less than zero" chance that tesla wouldnt know something had been done, if there were an issue.

Just press the go pedal lighter.

 

[Destiny1701]

Sounds like the reverse of acceleration boost throttle response in that it remaps throttle to be heavier? What’s the fun in that?? Lol

Extra regen…hmm…theory is sound for extending range. Especially if it can result in full regen even in colder temps.

But 48 extra range? 48 what? Miles?km? Meters? Minutes? Lol. Doesn’t specify.

 

[GtiMart]

That box plugs on the accelerator pedal wiring. I don't believe it can augment the maximum regen, it's probably only pedal mapping. I can't be sure but I have a hard time believing that through the accelerator pedal wiring you could augment max regen.

 

[father_of_6]

But 48 extra range? 48 what? Miles?km? Meters? Minutes? Lol. Doesn’t specify.

48 centimeters

 

[MatildaModelY]

48 btu

 

[DaveORD]

48 Unobtainiums...

 

[thesmokingman]

Chill Mode.

 

[qdeathstar]

Someone else should pay the money the just to take it it apart. There’s a non zero chances it’s just some resistors and leds.

 

[avs007]

You could probably get more bang for the buck with getting better range by just putting a brick under the accelerator pedal, to prevent you from pressing the pedal more than 1/2 way, lol...

 

[Wrek]

Racechip has been around for awhile. German company and is a SEMA sponsor.. so they have a good reputation as a tuner.. not the best but good. If you go to their website for this product. It states +22km. So don't know where they are getting the 48_ from.

 

[acarney]

That's likely in stop and go traffic compared to interstate highway driving (you're not going to regen much at a steady 70 mph). I honestly would just fine a way to get an extra 30 minutes on a L2 charger once a week or something if you need. That will get you the same or more range.

As said before, switch to chill mode if you want to try and roll off the line saving as much power as possible.

You're not going to be able to regen more in extreme cold or when you have a full battery because that's designed to protect the battery and battery system. Tesla would be happy to have strong regen all the time, they don't because they don't want to damage stuff, it's not to punish you for living somewhere that it's cold...

 

[TSLY]

Wow, it's like Prevagen for Teslas!

 

[Empiro]

Screams scam to me. If it actually worked, they'd describe exactly what it does and why it increases your efficiency.

 

[Midnightsun]

Extra chill mode is all it is. Forget any Tesla warranty claims also.

 

[Johnny Vector]

That's likely in stop and go traffic compared to interstate highway driving (you're not going to regen much at a steady 70 mph). I honestly would just fine a way to get an extra 30 minutes on a L2 charger once a week or something if you need. That will get you the same or more range.

Not even that. How hard you accelerate has very little effect on range. Top speed and number of accel/regen cycles are the main drivers of electrical efficiency. The only way this makes a significant difference is if it increases regen and thus reduces the use of the friction brake. Which (A) as noted elsewhere is highly unlikely if it only connects to the pedal input, and (B) if you're using the brake pedal that much the only real fix is to learn to pay attention more than 50 feet ahead of you while driving, you idiot.

As said before, switch to chill mode if you want to try and roll off the line saving as much power as possible.

You're not going to be able to regen more in extreme cold or when you have a full battery because that's designed to protect the battery and battery system. Tesla would be happy to have strong regen all the time, they don't because they don't want to damage stuff, it's not to punish you for living somewhere that it's cold...

And yeah, all this too. If you're the kind of person who loves to blast out of intersections with maximum acceleration, remapping the pedal will just make you push it further anyway.

I call BS on this whole thing.

 

[NovaTech]

Snake oil..

 

[Mike_TV]

Extra chill mode is all it is. Forget any Tesla warranty claims also.

Thought the same thing. If Tesla's Chill mode is not enough you may want this. Also, they make this for other EVs so it may work better on other cars that don't have a built in Chill mode.

 

[nate704]

Same thing that I had on my old Honda Civic SI when I was in high school. I bought off of eBay for $15 and it added 100hp instantly =P LOL

Seriously, instead of looking for more range with this kind of BS, exercise and loose weight and this will give you real range benefit.